A New Blancpain with Carousel

The watch company Blancpain revives in his new creation the popularity of the unique complexity of time called "Carousel." A watch Le Brassus Carrousel Volant 1 Minute is equipped by it. "Carousel" is a very similar complication, but it's not a tourbillion. It was invented in a century after the appearance of Tourbillion.

The watch complication called "carousel" has been created by a Danish artist Bane Bonniksen, having aimed to make alternative tourbillion, not copying its architecture. However, the establishment of such a time complexity requires much more effort, details and costs, so for a long time it was deprived of popularity. But as usual a misfortune helped: in our time tourbillions have become so popular that there are even in cheap Chinese watches, so a "carousel" becomes the last hope for watchmakers to separate themselves from the budget segment.

Watchmaker Blancpain one of the first decided to revive this great complication, moreover, after the history of the bankruptcy BnB (the so-called ETA of Tourbillion), which took up the creation of massive Tourbillion.

Blancpain has improved “Carousel ". If she had done before a complete circulation in 30 minutes, now it takes only 1 minute. The new "Carousel" is set on the 225th automatic caliber of Le Brassus Carrousel Volant 1 Minute. This complication is the first “carousel" with such speed.

The novelty Le Brassus Carrousel Volant Minute has a 43-mm platinum case. The silver dial is partially skeletonised and decorated by hand. The "Carousel" is set on a mark of "12 hours". On the contrary ("6:00"), there is a power reserve indicator. And in the "9:00" there is a very original double date indicator, which is due to the shorter second half of the hand shows the numbers on the same semicircle, at a generally suggesting the retrograde.