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Baselworld, Fairs & Shows, innovation

Baselworld 2012 – meet the Ronde de Monte-Carlo

Posted on by ATELIERS DEMONACO
13
Mar

When inspiration and innovation form the seed of a nouvelle horlogerie, the Ronde de Monte-Carlo is conceived. stunningly refined with a very well rounded and harmonious case, the Ronde de Monte-Carlo is classically yet elegantly styled while safeguarding the distinctive Ateliers deMonaco identity. Thanks to the use of the latest materials and productions techniques, the movement produces High Precision Performance (HPP) at a frequency of 4 Hrz. It is this use of modern technology that we have contrasted against the tradition of individual hand finishing that creates the hybrid that gives our collections its unique look and feel.

Ronde de Monte-Carlo – 18K rose gold, polished bezel grey dial

Technical specifications – the automatic centre seconds bi-directional winding 4 Hrz movement, has curved chamfered decoration on bridges, the iconic 18K gold hand engraved rotor and a silicium escapement to enable the movements precision. The case diameter is 39mm and a height of 11mm. The case is build on a titanium core on which 30 18K gold individual components are attached, thus allowing for the perfect piece by piece contrasting brush and polishing finish. The multi layered lozenge engraved dial has several layers of lacquer applied to allow for a vibrancy and depth as light reflect on the surface. As with all our watches, they come with a personalized hand-stitched alligator straps and an 18K gold adjustable folding buckle.

Ronde de Monte-Carlo 18K white gold brushed bezel grey dial

Beyond the artistic vision of a new and original masterpiece, men and know-how are at the heart of our creations, stamped with Bienfacture and excellence. Innovation is our standard and is firmly rooted leveraging latest generation of technology combined with age-old watchmaking works of art. We place great emphasis on the development of new patent applications and or design registrations as well as for the quest to use new materials. At the same time we are proud ambassadors of Geneva’s incomparable tradition and expertise in the art of watchmaking.

Ronde de Monte Carlo 18K white gold diamond pavé

The Ronde de Monte Carlo collection comes in 18K White and Rose gold, and prices start around €15’000.

Ronde de Monte-Carlo 18K rose gold, diamond bezel grey dial

Next issue: Meet the Quantième Perpetual Calendar EZ-Adjust

 

Baselworld, Exhibitions, Fairs & Shows, innovation

Baselworld 2012 kicked of!

Posted on by ATELIERS DEMONACO
11
Mar
Entrance Main Hall Baselworld 2012

This week, the biggest and most influential world Watch & Jewelry fair Baselwold opened its doors to both public and industry. For us, an unique opportunity to showcase our already well diversified collection as well as our latest innovation. We will have on display our 4 collections firstly starting with the Ronde de Monte Carlo, a high precision in-house made automatic 4Hrz movement housed in an elegant well rounded 39mm case. Secondly, our patented Easy Adjust Quantième Perpetual Calendar housed in a 43mm case, this year on display in 18K white & rose gold as well as our new Titanium version. Thirdly, the Xtreme Precision Tourbillon with which we launched the brand and we now have both square, round and jeweled version. Lastly, the ultimate of showcasing our watchmaking competence: our in-house developed and produced Tourbillon Minute Repeater, this year with the addition of a 18K white gold version.

The Ateliers deMonaco booth in the Hall of Inspiration – B21  

Over the next week, we will try to use our Blog to give also those who are not able see us life in basel, the opportunity to get to know the brand, its philosophy and review the collection and our novelties! Although many people are of and on helping out in our booth, the technical team and proud fathers of the watch designs and innovation at display are…

The innovative driving forces behind the brand – Manuel Da Silva Matos & Pim Koeslag

For those not yet familiar with the brand, Ateliers deMonaco is a young independent high end watch manufacture based in Monaco. Inspired by the people, scenery and creative heritage of the region, the brand targets a new generation with Nouvelle horlogerie by creating iconic timepieces that are derived from their passion to challenge existing conventions to leave a legacy: “We have always dreamt about making a mechanical movement that is the most precise in the world and will keep generations of scientist busy trying to figure out how we dit it!” With the core motto in mind that life is not about luxury, but luxury sure is life, Ateliers deMonaco is proud to design & manufacture their watches and its movements completely in-house, while the parts are produced either in-house or sun contracted to the best swiss suppliers – a strategy that guarantees the highest possible quality.

The corner displaying our innovative Quantième Perpetual Calendar models

Next post: Introducing the Ronde de Monte-Carlo – a classically yet elegantly styled timepiece while safeguarding the distinctive Ateliers deMonaco identity.

Baselworld

Baselworld 2011 – The wrap-up

Posted on by ATELIERS DEMONACO
04
Apr

This year Basel was very special for us and an un-believable positive and rewarding experience. Only the second year we are present, yet this time with a big display area in the Hall of inspiration together with our fellow Independent brands and importantly a full line-up of 21 watches, spanning 4 different collections and price points!

impression of the Basel exposition space

Basel was the official launch of our Perpetual Calendar with Eazy-Adjust system: no matter how long you have not worn your watch, with an easy click on the crown you can independently adjust date, day, week, month and time. The magnitude of the innovation did not go un-noticed as only after one day, the buzz of our Perpetual Calendar was going around in basel and many people visited our stand spontaneous, making our Basel hectic, sometimes chaotic, but above all very, very rewarding and exciting!

display revealing The Perpetual calendar EZ-adjust

With 4 people running the booth 24/7 we thought we were richly staffed yet there was not a lot of time for relaxation during the day….we did however manage to  make a picture of Pim and Manuel having a break! Are we becoming too soft… 🙂

the infamous technical driving force behind the brand – Manuel & Pim

Thanks to the team and all that helped us make Basel 2011 such a success. We look forward to an extremely exciting year ahead. Next up will be Top Marques (April 14-17 2011) – the super luxury car and watch show in the Grimaldi forum in Monaco. As always we use our Alma Mater to have some big news on the brand…..in the next couple of days we will give you the scope!

http://www.topmarquesmonaco.com

 

 

Baselworld

Pre-Baselworld 2011 press coverage

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Since our announcement of the launch of our latest innovation – the Quatieme Perpetual Calendar with EaZy adjust system, we are getting a tremendous amount of press coverage. Most of them you will stumble over yourself as you go through the various information sources you use, but  the one from the watchlounge.com we are especially proud of, as from the very first moment of the inception of our brand, we have had great dialoques with the founder of this site Tom Mulraney: a true and passionate watch afficionada.

http://thewatchlounge.com/wow-watch-wednesday-ateliers-demonaco-quantieme-perpetual-–-qp-ez/

If you have not yet subscribed, register today as it is rapidly becoming the no-miss website for the watch passionistas….!!

Baselworld, Exhibitions, innovation

Taking Basel by surprise….

Posted on by ATELIERS DEMONACO
11
Mar

After the launch of our Xtreme Precision Tourbillion and the in-house developed Minute Repeater, it is time to truly shock the world with our next generation of innovation in the high-end complications: A Quatième Perpetual Calendar with EZ-Adjust system.

Why innovating on this complication? If you are lucky enough to be the proud owner of a watch with a Perpetual Calendar complication, you also know that if you need to change any of the settings of your watch for whatever reason, this is a difficult and long process, and sometimes can even only be done in a watch ateliers. Would it be nice if we could simplify this high end complication to its essence, so whenever you need to change any setting, you can do this with a simple push and turn of the crown?

Our own in-house developed and patented Perpetual Calendar with EaZy adjust system – with one simple push on the crown you can change the function between time – date – day – week- month and year, and if you have found the mode you want to change, simply turn the crown and adjust. This innovation will make something very cumbersome, very manageable for even the most technically challenged – EZ! The QP-EZ will be made in a limited edition of 88 pieces, and will be made available in Titanium, 18K Rose- and White-gold, with recommended consumer prices starting as of an incredible € 26.800 for the

Titanium versions!

For high res pictures, pls see: http://ateliers-demonaco.com/press

Baselworld, Baselworld 2010

Getting ready for Basel…..

Posted on by ATELIERS DEMONACO
17
Mar

As we have had the prototype of the Minute Repeater since the GTE in January, we had the opportunity to ask fellow watchmakers to review our product and take all small imperfections out, and ask feedback from end consumers that have worn the proto-type watch for extended period of times. And yes, even if you think your product is the best in the world, this proces revealed some great feedback. See  the latest adjustments to our launch model for Basel that we finalized a couple of hours ago, just in time for tomorrow’s grand opening:

Grand Tourbillon Repetition Minute Royale - Carré d'Or Squelette
Grand Tourbillon Repetition Minute Royale – Carré d’Or Squelette

– Changed the shape of the crown for easier handling.

– Changed the material (Ti) and the construction of the case back for better and louder sound.

– Sapphire crystals are driven in without the use of a joint or gasket to further improve the sound, while keeping water resistance.

– We increased the size of the gold centrifugal regulating weights to slow down the speed of the striking mechanism,  making it easier to  count the chimes.

– The Titanium activation slide at the 9 o’clock side of the case is hand-engraved with grip lines to make activation of the minute repeater easier.

Hope you get a change to see it for yourself  in Basel…we might have a surprirse for you sur place…..

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