Opus Eleven DEVELOPED WITH DENIS GIGUET

Limited edition of 111 watches

Opus Eleven makes news with a technology and architecture that have never been seen before. Ingenious mechanisms give the watch a rare character – an explosive temperament that makes a sport of time. In addition to its role as an instrument, Opus Eleven creates an engineering puzzle that resolves itself on the hour.

An extremely complex case stages the show. The three overlapping cylinders on three levels are configured to deconstruct time. The main circle is the hour’s domain, flanked by two pavilions. One shows the minutes on a jumping disk for the tens and a running disk for the units. The other, slightly lower, displays the regular beat of a big titanium balance-wheel.

Anarchy takes hold of the hours indication beneath the sapphire-crystal dome every 60 minutes. The numeral of the hour, assembled in the center of the circle, explodes into chaos before instantly reassembling as the new hour. It then remains still until the next disintegration. Instead of a hand, 24 placards revolve and rotate on a complicated system of gears mounted on an epicycloidal gear-train.

Movement: Mechanical movement with manual winding. 24 conical pinions 155 jewels 566 components

Functions: Hour display by means of an original system made up of 24 pallets, with a rotation speed regulation and management system Digital display of minutes by 2 disks, a jumping disk for the tens and a running disk for the units

Traditional fine watchmaking finishes

Case in white gold Power Reserve: 48 hours.

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