Astronef Dvojité Tourbillonové Hodinky by Jean-Marie Schaller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Zlatá cena A' Design Award in Šperky Competition Category.
ZlatoŠperky· 2022
Astronef Dvojité Tourbillonové Hodinky
Client: Louis Moinet
Zlatá cena A' Design Award Winner in Šperky Category
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The Design
About Astronef Dvojité Tourbillonové Hodinky
Astronef je dědicem jak know-how předků, tak neústupné touhy vytvořit design zítřka. Svým charakterem spojuje adrenalin a současné umění. Představuje nedávno představenou technologii zahrnující dva tourbillony rotující v opačných směrech vysokou rychlostí. Křižují cesty 18krát za hodinu a jsou postaveny na dvou různých úrovních. To dává život podmanivé animaci, která se odehrává před podivuhodným pohledem. Celkem je v pohybu šest odlišných prvků: dva satelitní tourbillony rotující kolem číselníku, stejně jako jejich dvě klece a jejich dvě protizávaží.
The Recognition
About the Zlatá cena A' Design Award
Astronef Dvojité Tourbillonové Hodinky je vítězem Zlaté ceny A' Design Award, nesmírně prestižního uznání udělovaného prvotřídním, úžasným a vynikajícím designům. Zlatí vítězové jsou mimořádně inovativní, vysoce vizionářské a oslnivě okouzlující výtvory, které odrážejí génia, moudrost a um svých designérů. Očekává se, že Astronef Dvojité Tourbillonové Hodinky bude vysoce oceňovaným, trendy udávajícím a monumentálním vynálezem, který přináší dosud nevídanou hodnotu. Tento design, který získal Zlatou cenu A' Design Award, je velkolepý, respektovaný projekt, který velmi prospívá a posouvá hranice umění, vědy, designu a technologií. Astronef Dvojité Tourbillonové Hodinky vyvolává silné pocity touhy, probouzí vášeň, podporuje kreativitu a fascinuje nás.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- ASTRONEF is a limited edition mechanical masterpiece presented by Ateliers Louis Moinet. Its character combines adrenaline and contemporary art. This creation unveils a complex dial, a super-light case and reveals a powerful mechanism: two tourbillons rotating in opposite directions at high speed.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The dial is made from a plate measuring a total 0.6mm thick, from which 0.2 mm is then hollowed out to reveal the numerals and a rack, in order to create a depth effect facilitating readings. The
ensuing deep black DLC treatment creates a striking contrast with the rhodium plating and endows it with a two-tone hue. Finally, a circular satin-brushed finish is applied to instil it with undeniable strength of character. The curved crystal of ASTRONEF reveals the powerful mechanism and its power is accentuated by the lightness of its gold frame and sapphire container. This maximum transparency enables
observers to admire a unique sight. The technical construction of the case is unusual:
➢ a sapphire container mounted on an 18K gold frame
➢ openworked lugs and case middle
➢ a sapphire dome and its applied inner bezel ring - Tags
- Tourbillon, Double Tourbillon, Space Tourbillon, ASTRONEF, Rotating Tourbillons
- Production Technology
- The mechanism devised by Jean-Marie Schaller is entirely original. Initially deemed impossible, its development required more than three years of research. Given the complexity of the technology
involved, the possibility of a successful outcome was even called into doubt after a year's research. Today, this construction is one of the most sophisticated in the field and requires the best possible
care devoted by a handful of exceptional watchmakers. - Design Challenge
- The ASTRONEF mechanism required more than three years of research. Given its totally innovative character, its development was even considered impossible at various stages of research and almost discontinued. The fact that ASTRONEF was finally able to see the light of day was due to the concerted efforts of the finest watchmakers and engineers. The tourbillon cages are geometrically shaped. The weight of a cage is only 0.25 grams, in order to guarantee the correct speed through fine poising.
Each cage rotates in 60 seconds and requires perfect poising, which also relies on an 18K gold counterweight weighing 0.4 grams. - Inspiration
- "Produce an excellent and curious effect": this maxim upheld by Louis Moinet (1848) was our starting point for designing ASTRONEF. The idea is to push back known limits, just as Louis Moinet did in his time – notably by inventing the chronograph in 1816. ASTRONEF propels us into the exclusive world of uncompromising modern watchmaking. It is heir to both ancestral know-how and an unyielding desire to create the design of tomorrow. Its character combines adrenaline and contemporary art. ASTRONEF adopts the technology developed for SPACE REVOLUTION, yet only the tourbillon specifically recalls their kinship
- Project Duration
- The ASTRONEF mechanism required more than three years of research.
- Operation Flow
- ASTRONEF showcases recently introduced technology involving two tourbillons rotating in opposite directions at high speed. They cross paths 18 times per hour (every 3 minutes and 20
seconds) and are built on two different levels.
This gives life to a captivating animation, which unfolds before the wondering gaze. In all, six distinct elements are in motion: two satellite tourbillons rotating around the dial, as well as their
two cages and their two counterweights.
ASTRONEF has been designed to instil a sense of movement, whatever the angle from which it is viewed. Fluid on the outside, original on the inside, it features an absolutely unique and distinctive
aesthetic.
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