New HMS Victory Watch by Bremont: a tribute to Lord Nelson
The British watch company Bremont has released a new watch HMS Victory. The novelty HMS Victory is dedicated to the British fleet flagship HMS Victory, which was launched in 1795. Under the command of Lord Nelson's HMS Victory ship is participated in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, when the Spanish-French fleet were defeated. The "remains" of the ship in 1921 were moved to Portsmouth, where it has been restored and preserved. Now the ship serves as a museum, which is visited by about 2,000 people daily.
pocket watch of Lord Nelson
On the mast of the HMS Victory at the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, Lord Nelson calls will rise: "England expects that every do his duty."
New operates on an automatic movement Caliber BE 83 -AR, which is based on the mechanism Valjoux 7750, modified with chronograph function and two retrograde indicators - the date and seconds.
ring from oak wood of the HMS Victory ship case
The watch dial impresses with its clean design. It saved not only the basic elements of style characteristic for the company, but the design is directly inspired by the exterior design of the pocket watch that belonged to Lord Nelson. In the center the dial repeats the contours of the ship Victory with open sails.
HMS Victory watch backside
Made of stainless steel or rose gold, the case of the novelty in diameter of 43 mm excites the imagination, and returns the child dreams of adventures at sea. The case band on the three-component case is made of molten copper nails, which are used in the construction of ships. Decorated with hand-engraved Victory and covered with DLC-coated the case band is a kind of focal point for the watch and is combined with a unique form of lugs. Through the sapphire glass of the backside is seen a ring from oak wood of the case. The company's designers chose to use the material amenable to change over time.
HMS Victory case band made of molten copper nail of HMS Victory ship
Sapphire is also opening eyes the rotor in the mechanism, made of gold in the Bremont workshop. On the sapphire crystal is encrusted a seal of Lord Nelson, which is now owned by philanthropist who donated a large sum to recover the ship Victory. The seal was put on all official correspondence of Lord Nelson.
HMS Victory watch
HMS Victory watch is released in a limited number of 40 items in the case of pink gold and 250 items in stainless steel. Parts from the sale of new items will be donated to the fund to restore the ship HMS Victory.
To buy watch will be available through the official representatives of Bremont.
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