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L'ultima creazione dell'orologiaio tedesco Torsten Nagengast...
The Concept:
With the Black Luna, Nagengast strove to produce a completely unique timepiece utilizing a few classic design cues coupled with a workhorse movement modified to offer complications never before executed in a budget timepiece (more on that later). The business model follows a slightly Kickstarter-esque framework, in that the pieces have been designed ahead of time, with manufacturing partners already in place, but production will not commence until most of the 85 planned timepieces get a deposit in place. Deliveries are planned for the end of Quarter 1, 2014.
The Mechanism:
The beauty of the piece aside, the mechanical elements of the Luna are highly impressive in their own right. It has been previously proven in pieces such as the MIH Watch that impressive high-horology complications can be crafted from industry workhorse movements (in the case of the MIH, an Annual Calendar was built using a modified Valjoux 7750). Nagengast takes that a step further with the Luna, as the base movement is a manual-winding Valjoux 7734 chronograph unit.
Admittedly, I am particularly fond of the 7734, as it powers a number of my favorite sports chronographs from the 1970s. Yet adding a triple calendar and a moonphase function on top of that? Impressive, to say the least. The movement will be decorated with Perlage and visible through a display back.
    
FONTE"AblogTowatch"
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