{"id":32496,"date":"2016-11-21T09:36:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T09:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/?p=32496"},"modified":"2016-11-21T09:36:08","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T09:36:08","slug":"h-moser-cie-carves-a-second-sapphire-case-for-venturer-tourbillon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/h-moser-cie-carves-a-second-sapphire-case-for-venturer-tourbillon\/","title":{"rendered":"H. Moser & Cie carves a second sapphire case for Venturer Tourbillon"},"content":{"rendered":"
Chronopassion is a legendary boutique in Paris owned by\u00a0Laurent ‘Lolo’ Picciotto, who has more recently become a respected commentator and social media star in the fine watch world.<\/strong><\/p>\n
He was also the buyer in 2015 of a one-off\u00a0Venturer Tourbillon Dual Time Sapphire Skeleton by H. Moser & Cie., which he acquired for CHF 1 million.<\/p>\n
Two key innovations made the watch unique, its case, made entirely from clear saphhire, and its new skeleton movement.<\/p>\n
Not content with purchasing the only piece in existense, Mr Picciotto asked M. Moser to create a second Venturer again from sapphire, which led a year later to the creation of the\u00a0Venturer Tourbillon Dual Time Sapphire Blue Skeleton.<\/p>\n
The sapphire case houses an\u00a0HMC 803 automatic skeletonised movement with a blue finish created using CVD, a chemical vapour deposit process.<\/p>\n
Framed by the Venturer’s thin bezel, the hand-finished movement is open to full view through the sapphire flange bearing the hour indices.<\/p>\n
The long, tapered hands are created in rose gold, as is the main bridge of the tourbillon, arching broadly across the cage.<\/p>\n
On the reverse side of the watch, the engraved and openworked bidirectional rotor made from 22ct red gold.<\/p>\n
The watch displays\u00a0a second time zone using a red, rhodium-plated hand, which is concealed beneath the main hour hand when the function is not in use.<\/p>\n
It also features an interchangeable minute tourbillon equipped with an original Straumann Double Hairspring.<\/p>\n