GRAHAM 1695

9th September 2016

Fans of Glasgow’s gloriously esoteric Kelvingrove Museum will already be familiar with an Orrery, as the Steampunk mechanics and whirling, hand-painted Solar System of planets on the ground floor can’t fail to hijiack the fascination of the most casual visitor. Well, here’s an equally impressive example in wrist size, with a central tourbillon carriage forming the whirring Sun, with Earth and Mars orbiting. This mechanical masterpiece is made for Graham by the horological maestros of Christophe Claret, which essentially means it’s worthy of its own roped-off showcase at the Kelvingrove.

DESCRIPTION
Manual Tourbillon Orrery
Decorated and refined movement exclusively made for GRAHAM by Manufacture Christophe Claret
Mechanical Solar System model (Moon, Earth, Mars) with 300 years calendar in total
Pink gold 18K
Hand-engraved pink gold (18K) Tourbillon bridge with 2 Phoenix heads inspired by George Graham and a cabochon close set diamond
Limited edition: 20

FUNCTIONS
Manual Tourbillon Orrery, mechanical solar system model with 100 years calendar (two additional graduations of 100 years – 300 years in total)
Year counter on the case back with planet correction indicators. (Moon: 7 years, Earth: 1156 years, Mars: 25 years)
Hours, minutes

CALIBRE
G1800, Tourbillon Orrery high precision mechanical movement by Manufacture Christophe Claret
21’600 A/h (3Hz)
Incabloc shock absorber
35 jewels
Power reserve: 72 hours with 2 barrels

CASE
48 mm pink gold (18K)
17.60 mm thick
Pink gold (18K) right hand control crowns (planets’ crown at 2 o’clock which also enables to set the calendar, manual winding and time crown at 3 o’clock)
Moon corrector at 4 o’clock
Mars corrector at 10 o’clock
Dome sapphire crystal (semi-spherical), anti-reflective coating on both faces
See-through sapphire crystal case back with 100-year scale, Moon and Mars correction indicators and serial number hand – engraved

BEZEL
Pink gold (18K) bezel

WATER RESISTANCE
160 feet / 50 m / 5 bar

DIAL
Black dial with Geo.Graham Tourbillon Orrery inscription at 4 o’clock
3 scales: Hours and minutes scale, Gregorian calendar (365.25 days), Zodiac scale (12 astrological signs)
Solar system: The Moon (rhodium, Ø0.90mm), The Earth (blue sapphire, Ø3.20mm), Mars (ruby, Ø1.70mm), The Sun (pink gold (18K) – hand-engraved
Tourbillon bridge with 2 Phoenix heads inspired by George Graham decoration and a cabochon close set diamond at the centre
Off-centre skeleton pink gold (18K) hands with black Super-LumiNova coating

STRAP
Hand-sewn black alligator
Pink gold (18K) folding buckle

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