A Blancpain watch in honor of the Dragon Year
Upcoming in 2012 has a very noble character: not a rabbit, rat or pig, but a great dragon. So in honor of the coming Dragon Year Swiss watch company Blancpain has released a special watch on the rotor of which shows the same dragon.
The new watch is called Caruso Chinese Dragon Limited Edition and will be just a magnificent gift for the upcoming holiday. Limited edition is restricted to 50 items. The case, crown and hour markers are made of pink gold. The diameter of Caruso Chinese Dragon Limited Edition is 43.5 mm.
The position "12 o'clock" on the dial is occupied by the tourbillon, which regulates the accuracy of chronometer. The central hands are skeletonized with tips in a white phosphor coating. The right half of the dial reveals the beautifully decorated plate of the watch mechanism. At the "6 o’clock" there is a retrograde hand of the power reserve. Next to the "9 o’clock" there is a small of the date indicator.
But, of course, the main element of the new Caruso Chinese Dragon Limited Edition is a gorgeous engraving on the self-winding rotor in the form of a dragon, designed to the smallest scales. Just through the transparent case back can been seen superbly finished and decorated an automatic movement Caruso Cal.225, which consists of 262 parts and has a very respectable 100-hour power reserve.
Caruso Chinese Dragon Limited Edition is available on a brown strap, made of alligator skin and having a folding clasp in rose gold.
The appearance of Caruso Chinese Dragon Limited Edition is not a surprise - Swiss watchmakers today are paying more attention to customers in Asia. Nowadays China shows particularly high demand for luxury watches. Actually that's why in every possible way to allocate on the dial or the location of additional counter number "8" has brought into the fashion - in China it is a sacred number which symbolizes a good luck, happiness and longevity.













































