Basel 2011 – New Brand – Moritz & Grossmann

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Moritz & Grossmann

Benu – The New Beginning – Limited Edition of 100 Pieces

The name of Grossmann’s first revival watch is Benu. It comes from ancient Egyptian mythology: Bennu (as spelled in English), the divine heron, settled into its nest one evening and was consumed by fire there. It left an egg from which another Bennu bird hatched the next morning.

Moritz Grossmann was an ingenious watchmaker who lived from 1826 to 1885. In the Saxon town of Glashütte, he crafted numerous pocket watches, various chronometers, and a few precision pendulum clocks that are still coveted collectors’ items at international auctions. Now, 125 years after the death of this eminent German master of superior watchmaking, watches that bear his name are once again available.

Specifications

18kt rose gold case, measuring 41mm x 11mm. AR-coated sapphire crystal and water resistance to 30 meters.

Movement is the German manual-wind Grossmann in-house caliber 100.0 with 17 jewels, 18,000 vph and a power reserve of 42 hours. It is adjusted to 5 positions. It measures 36mm x 5mm.

The oscillation system and the escapement are mounted on two hand-engraved cocks: the large one, for the balance wheel and the hairspring, is cantilevered according to Moritz Grossmann’s design for his lever chronometers. It also carries the Grossmann micrometer screw. The escape wheel sits on the smaller, adjacent cock. At a lower level, a third, snailed cock holds the lever. Its size was deliberately reduced to showcase the escapement.

The Benu features an index adjuster that allows the watch to be regulated to one second accuracy without disrupting the equilibrium of the oscillation system. The Grossmann micrometer screw enables accurate, tension-free adjustments of the index tail in both directions.

On the inside, the balance spring is overcoiled with a quarter arc and pinned to the classic roller. When the crown is pulled, the seconds hand is stopped to allow precise timesetting. The stop-seconds device relies on a spring that advances a pin onto the circumference of the double roller and temporarily halts the oscillation system.

A modified Glashütte stopwork secures the tension of the mainspring. After winding, it allows the ratchet wheel to reverse somewhat and slightly relax the mainspring.

Grossmann’s watchmakers implement this controlled backlash with a slotted hole in which the pin on the stop click can slide.

Two contoured pillars – evocative of Grossmann’s pocket watches of old – and the separately removable winder – a refinement of the Glashütte clutch winding mechanism – support the plates.

MSRP is 16,800 Euros.

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[fabri5.5]

pezzo notevole!!

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nuova maison interessante....

[Andrea 65]

Veramente straordinario!! Prezzo altino...

[Patrizio]

la problematica era che sti pezzi costano 15k sacchi...
allora tanto per tanto mi piglio un lange...

moser presenta nulla?

[Dani80]

Se non sbaglio lo avevamo già presentato...comunque al di là della qualità, secondo me il prezzo è molto alto e in quella fascia se dovessi scegliere un "crucco", sarebbe Glashutte Original oppure Lange & Sohne.