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Press Announcement | 04 / 2009

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1. 01 | Regulateur Classica Secunda
2. 02 | Tempus Mobile

 

01 | Regulateur Classica Secunda – A Very Small Clock

The regulator dial with its subsidiary seconds at 12 o’clock, hours at 6 o’clock, and large central minute hand is just as naturally a part of the Erwin Sattler collection as are the invar compensation pendulum and gold-plated gears. Thus, it was crystal clear that the clock manufactory would not use this type of time display alone for its precision pendulum clocks—such as the Classica Secunda 1985—but would put it to use on the dial of its first men’s wristwatch, the Regulateur Classica Secunda.
This exceptional hand placement is modeled after the especially precise pendulum clocks found at observatories. When making time comparisons, it was found that the very wide hour hands on the observatory’s clocks hid the second hand, the vital link in precision regulation work. Taking this into consideration, clock designers therefore created regulator dials with one main dial for the minute hand, kept very slender, and two subsidiary dials for hours and seconds—all of which were completely legible at all times.
The Regulateur Classica Secunda features an exact miniature version of the very successful wall clock regulator dial, but with all the characteristics of a fine mechanical wristwatch:
As found on the original, this wristwatch’s dial is made of solid sterling silver (925/000) and sports four screws.
Erwin Sattler’s clock specialists give special attention to the domed steel hands of this wristwatch Regulateur. The hands are first filed into shape, then hardened and polished. Finally, they are slowly heated to 295° C, at which point the hardened steel achieves its coveted deep blue hue. The hour and minute hands have steel hand sockets with polished grooves—just as the clocks do.
The Regulateur Classica Secunda was created in cooperation with watchmakers Maria and Richard Habring. These Austrian specialists not only modified the dial train of the ETA Valjoux 7750 chronograph caliber for use with a regulator dial; they even redesigned the seasoned caliber, crafting a movement including jump seconds. The oscillating pinion, an arbor with two differently toothed gears whose purpose is actually to ensure the energy flow between movement and chronograph, was cleverly employed to power an additional mechanism. This mechanism utilizes several wheels and pinions and a stop spring, causing the second hand to jump.
Clockmakers at Erwin Sattler took the automatic movement, thus modified, assembled it and housed it in a stainless steel case consisting of both polished and matt components. Sturdy strap lugs with screw-in bars lend an aura of solidity and robustness that is underscored by the large crown.
Scratchproof sapphire crystals—one framed by the bezel and one a part of the fully threaded screw-down case back—both showcase the legibility of the cleanly structured dial and allow the watch enthusiast to ponder the inner workings of his or her Sattler wristwatch.
The elaborate modifications to the movement are not its only value-increasing features; its lovingly finished automatic rotor, hand-skeletonized and engraved with the company initials by specialist master engraver Jochen Benzinger of Pforzheim, makes each watch unique.
It is with good reason that the Regulateur Classica Secunda was awarded prizes at the luxury watch fairs ViennaTime and MunichTime held in the fall of 2008. It claimed fourth place in Munich and tenth place in Vienna in the category “Classic Elegance”—as the only watch submitted by a clock manufactory.

DATA SHEET
MANUFACTURER		Erwin Sattler Munich
MODEL/ REFERENCE NO.		Regulateur Classica Secunda
MOVEMENT	Caliber	Sattler-Caliber ES 01, base ETA 7750
	Functions	Hours, minutes, subsidiary jump seconds
	Diameter	30 mm
	Height	7,90 mm
	Frequency	28.800 vph
	Jewels	25
	Power reserve	42 hours
DIAL/HANDS		Solid silver / Steel, thermally hand-blued
CASE	Material	Stainless steel
	Diameter	44,0 mm
	Height	15,0 mm
	Case back	Fully threaded screw-down case back
	Crystals	Domed anti-reflective sapphire crystal, sapphire crystal window in case back
	Water resistance	5 bar
STRAP	Material	Hand-sewn remborded leather strap
	Clasp	Double folding clasp with push-button release, stainless steel with Sattler emblem
SPECIAL FEATURES		A perfect miniaturization of the Classica Secunda 1985 precision pendulum clock Serial number on the dial Patented jump seconds, regulator dial Winding crown in the shape of a precision pendulum clock’s movement-holder nut Bezel shape corresponding to the Sattler precision clock bezel Automatic rotor with engraved “E” and “S” Hand-finished movement

 

 

02 | Tempus Mobile – Precision Marine Clock with Global Time Indication

• Gimbal suspension and heeling indication of the vessel.
• Silvered dial, handcrafted blued hands,
• date and powerreserve indication.
• 24-hour hand for UTC time.
• Water-resistant, nickel-plated bronze case.
• Handpolished granite base.

A shipclock designed and equipped in this way meets every demand on classic craftsmanship.
Additionally, this clock is an eye-catcher on every superyacht and naturally in every living room.

Measures: diameter base 42 cm, height 43 cm

 

Contact
SR M Werbeagentur GbR
Sabine Müller
Lohenstraße 6
82166 Gräfelfing

Telefon: + 49 (89) 89 55 806-12
Email: sabine.muellererwinsattler.de

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