Carl F. Bucherer Patravi Blue Wave Collection
Four exclusive models from the Patravi line are now being produced by Carl F. Bucherer with a blue dial. These timepieces from the Lucerne-based watch manufacture not only offer extremely useful functions, but also fulfiil the requirements of optimum visual distinctiveness and beauty.
The Patravi models are now available with a blue dial and optionally with a blue calfskin or stainless steel bracelet.
The various presentations of the new models present practical functions like the chronograph, the big date, the power reserve and the retrograde hours display in an elegant and aesthetically pleasing design.
The Patravi ChronoGrade comprises six useful everyday functions, the most prominent of which is the chronograph’s retrograde hours counter. After each rotation of the central
chronograph hand the minutes counter at 9 o’clock moves one graduation mark further. When the hand has completed a rotation, this is transferred via a sophisticated gearing
mechanism to an hours counter between 7 and 8 o’clock, where the corresponding hand moves downwards on a semicircular scale. When the hours counter hand reaches the end of the scale, it instantly jumps back to its starting position, from where it starts its journey again. This retrograde indication is what sets the Patravi ChronoGrade apart from conventional chronographs.
The Patravi T-Graph differs from the Patravi ChronoGrade mainly in its visual aspect, through its unique barrel-shaped case. But there are also striking differences in the realisation of the individual complications. This is true of the power reserve, for example: with the Patravi T-Graph an arc-shaped scale with high/low display in the form of a disc is located at 6 o’clock, which turns in a clockwise direction when the watch is wound up. On this disc is a hand which also moves in a natural direction (clockwise) as the watch unwinds. The hand therefore does not behave in a retrograde fashion. This technical refinement has been integrated for the first time by Carl F. Bucherer in a unique combination with a chronograph, a big date and a barrel-shaped case in the Patravi TGraph. Also worthy of mention at this point is the special arrangement of the chronograph function’s minutes circle. The timer scale has been positioned deliberately along the inner edge of the markers. This means that the stop-seconds can be read quickly and completely, accurate to a quarter of a second.
The Patravi TravelTec is another chronograph with a strong character, which thanks to its sophisticated interplay of case and movement is able to display three time zones simultaneously. The date display of the watch can be switched both forwards and backwards. Switching is automatic when the time is reset. A red 24 hours hand ensures that the time at home is always maintained, wherever you may be. In connection with a fixed 24 hours scale on the dial’s flange, it is possible always to be completely sure what the time is at home. The red hand, interacting with a 24 hour rotating bezel inside the watch case, displays a third time zone, the rotating bezel being moved with the aid of an innovative single pushpiece at 10 o’clock, for which a patent application is pending.
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