The primary intention of the new Calibre FB-TV.FC has thus been achieved: to render almost its entire mechanism visible on the dial side. Highly anticipated by collectors, this approach also provides a chance to showcase the Chronométrie's decorative expertise to the full. The movement's 1,240 components – including 777 elements for the chain alone – require nearly 300 hours of manual finishing, in accordance with the most stringent quality criteria.
A MECHANICAL ARCHITECTURE ON DISPLAY
Chapter 1 of the "Mesure du Temps 1787" collection presents the first model featuring a mechanical architecture on full display : Chronomètre FB 2TV. Its movement is the successor to the original Calibre FB-T.FC unveiled in 2015. The new Calibre FB-TV.FC uses the same regulating principle as its predecessor, while incorporating a flying tourbillon and enhanced with two complications: stop‑seconds and a central seconds flyback reset via via a crown-integrated pusher.
Chronomètre FB 2TV.1 is housed in an 18-carat white gold case enhanced by a hand-sanded natural nickel silver movement, as a nod to Chronomètre FB 1.1 that won the “Aiguille d'Or” Grand Prix at the 2016 GPHG awards.
features
The tourbillon is now of the flying variety, meaning without an upper bridge It is supported solely by the intermediate bridge, to which the fixed seconds wheel and the cage carrier are attached, with their jewels ensuring the guidance of the entire mechanism. Featuring a spectacular 15 mm diameter, its three-spoked profile alternates between flat and sloping sections, echoing the shape of the centre bridge.
Integrating a running reset of the central seconds into an architecture combining a flying tourbillon and a fusee‑and‑chain transmission represents a technical challenge of exceptional complexity. A new titanium filamentary hand has been specially created to absorb the power of zero-resetting, which occurs within a fraction of a second, invisible to the naked eye. Simple and directly accessible, the flyback-type zero-resetting of the seconds hand is activated by a coaxial pusher embedded in the dynamometric winding crown.
Specifications
Case
- Material : 18-carat white gold
- Case Type : Round
- Diameter : 44 mm
- Thickness : 15,46 mm
- Water resistance : 30 m
- Glass : Domed sapphire crystal glareproofed on both sides
- Case-back : Exhibition back in ethical 18-carat white gold fitted with a glareproofed sapphire crystal pane
- Crown type : Dynamometric in 18-carat white gold
Movement
- Calibre : FB-TV.FC
- Type Of Movement : Flying tourbillon with constant force device with fusee-and-chain transmission
- Type Of Winding : Mechanical hand-wound
- Diameter : 35.60 mm
- Тhickness : 10.70 mm
- Lines : 15 ¾
- Number of jewels : 51
- Frequency : 21,600 vph (3Hz)
- Power reserve : 60 hours
- Number of components : 1240
- Chain length : 279 mm
- Certification : Chronometer-certified by the COSC
- Limited by the production capacity.
Dial and Hands
- Dial : Hand-sanded natural nickel silver movement
- Sword-shaped, faceted, diamond-polished, openworked hours and minutes hands in blue CVD-treated 18-carat gold
- Arrow-shaped power-reserve hand in diamond-polished blue CVD-treated bronze
- Filamentary seconds hand in blue CVD-treated sandblasted titanium
Functions and Display
- Hours and minutes at 12 o'clock, central seconds hand and power reserve at 7:30
Strap and Buckle
- Strap : Rolled-edge alligator
- Buckle : 18-carat white gold