Perrelet watch company made a surprise for all connoisseurs of exclusive watch movements. Legendary Abraham Louis Perrelet – the founder of Perrelet brand, a person who is in the Top 100 Great Horology Inventors List because of his contribution into a Horology art.
For a long time he was just a simple assistant of a famous watch-maker Breguet. At this time Abraham created his widely known invention – a module of auto-rewind rotor which afford to to rewind watch by the energy made by the watch owner. Having made a lot of changes in the system of rewind of Perrelet, Breguet started to install the movement into produced watches.
The dial of Perrelet movement has a special aperture, which was moved by Breguet to a back lid. Later, outsode rotor started to be used in modern watch models by Perrelet, making them more “mouvable” and more recognizable in the number of other models of other watch-makers.
Rotor is made not only as a kind of esthetic decoration but also as a tool which provides a stable work of a movement for a long time of use.
Swiss brand Perrelet has a huge history and is famous for its production of a very high quality and brand-name complications. However it became famous only in some small circle of collectors who were mainly interested in unusual watches and a very complex mechanics. This fact can be explained by the following things, Perrelet company released very rare watch models in limited edition (nearly 500 items per year). Every series is a real opus a realization of a result of a very laborious work and creativity of talented and qualified watch-makers.
Perrelet brand has own work-shops in Le Sentier where the genius modules and complications were designed and also where they came to the reality.
So, now it is clear that Perrelet watch brand is aimed to an audience of “professionals” who can estimate exclussive movements and particularities of of their work.
Despite the fact that Perrelet presents a number of different models supplied with tourbillons, perpetual calendar and many other complications, brands popularity is provided by a double rotor and a very specific case.
Classics which is always in fashion presents in many complex models, that is why Perrelet designers and watch-makers decided to modernize their series having brought a radical novelty into a model supplied with a double rotor. The watch is modern, stylish, the case is made of solid and light titanium. Rotors have golden and carbon mounts.
Sport de luxe model is released mainly supplied with a rubber strap which buckle is made of titanium. The dial has an opened central part. Back lid is fixed by six screws. The crown with and a rubber washer provide water resistance up to 100 meters.
Such model can suit a person who value unusual mechanics love extraordinary inventions and live fast. |