![]() ![]() This large chronograph seemed to me like an early taste of watchmaking’s future with regard to performance and design. Each lever was mounted on a miniature stainless steel ball bearing containing seven balls just 0.1 mm in diameter. This was all thanks to a ball-and-joint system never before been seen in watchmaking that connected the crystal to a series of levers inside the movement. Pressing the bezel set a series of levers into motion that transmitted mechanical impulses to the chronograph mechanism located deep within the movement to start, stop (both at 12 o’clock position), and reset (6 o’clock position) it. A completely effortless system, it also featured a slide on the left side of the case allowing the chronograph to be entirely blocked, or only partially blocked, to allow for interval timing without the danger of accidentally resetting the hands. At the time, Cretin was so enthusiastic about the invention that it took him only five months to produce a prototype, one he called “an automotive approach to the watchmaking field.”Ī fully mechanical movement, all the owner had to do was press the sapphire crystal bezel down at a certain point and, voilà, the chronograph started. Its Caliber 751B was outfitted with a vertical trigger mechanism that seemed to belong more to the future than the year in which it appeared. The Amvox 2 was an automatic chronograph officially called Chronograph Concept conceived by engineer Francis Cretin. ![]() Production: 2004-2010 Amvox 2 Chronograph Limitation: titanium edition of 500 pieces, platinum edition of 150 pieces Pricing in 2005: $8,000 (stainless steel), $8,500 (titanium limited edition) ![]() Limitation: titanium edition of 750 pieces Movement: automatic Jaeger-LeCoultre Caliber 918įunctions: hours, minutes, seconds date, alarm Our relationship is harmony in motion.”Ĭase: 42 mm, stainless steel (black dial) or limited edition in titanium (ruthenium-grey dial) Jaeger-LeCoultre Amvox 1 Alarm in platinumĪt the celebratory event in Paris, Jaeger-LeCoultre’s then-CEO Jérôme Lambert was visibly pleased by the new allegiance, commenting, “Jaeger-LeCoultre and Aston Martin share many attributes: beauty, sporting appeal, and refinement. ![]()
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