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KarruselWORLD FIRST: BLANCPAIN CARROUSEL VOLANT UNE MINUTE Blancpain once again displays its innovative strength by presenting the first ever movement equipped with a one-minute karussel. A complication all but forgotten for over a century by the great names in the watch industry, the karussel aims to reduce the effect of gravity on the rate of a movement. By rehabilitating this device and opening up whole new horizons for this mechanism reduced to wristwatch size for the very first time, Blancpain once again makes its mark on watchmaking history and puts a stylish end to the heated debate between exponents of diverging views on the definition of the karussel. |
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One-minute karusselAt 12 o’clock, a “light shaft” reveals the karussel in all its complexity. This elaborate stage-setting accentuates the outlines of the carriage, on which one of the bridges is shaped like a hand to indicate the seconds. |
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Power-reserve indicatorThe power reserve level is displayed at 6 o’clock by means of a hand moving over a scale running from the signs “+” to “-”. |
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A double hand dateAt 9 o’clock, the date is shown by a semi-circle also hugging the side of the dial, based on an ingenious system consisting of a double hand with two pointers of different lengths providing a staggered read-off. The date is adjusted by means of an exclusive under-lug corrector system developed and patented by Blancpain. |
