P02 Tourbillon
Slow Motion
The Elegance of a Pocket Watch
Hager is pleased to release two attainable hand-wound Tourbillon timepieces for those who are looking for complicated and elaborate. Hager has been making luxury watches accessible to the common man for more than ten years now. Each Hager is designed with the same quality and precision as any world-renowned watch, but for those who want a true timepiece that is worth its value. After listening to Dr. George Daniels talk about pocket watches we decided to produce one. Hager worked with a Far-East manufacturer to make available these higher-quality tourbillon watches at prices that are one tenth or less of those from a company in Switzerland. These are truly excellent watches for anyone who can't afford a European tourbillon. The tourbillon is backed by a 3 year guarantee of the movement and should servicing of the tourbillon be necessary, should it ever need servicing, Maryland Watch Works will complete the work here in the United States.
Abraham-Louis Breguet invented the tourbillon ("whirlwind") in 1795. Back then, men carried their pocket watches around vertically in their vest pockets. This position negatively impacted the watches' accuracy, and thus they would often deviate from the reference time. Therefore, Breguet invented a cage that makes an entire 360-degrees rotation every minute and placed the balance wheel and escapement inside the cage. The rotation compensated for the gravity-related deviations, delivering a more stable rare by eliminating the effect of positional variance. The irony is that its purpose of attempting to improve the accuracy of movements was never really validated. Today, tourbillon watches are now marketed more as an aesthetic feature than a horological one, however tourbillons are still considered proof of haute horlogerie.
“The pocket watch is much more elegant than the wrist watch ” ~ Dr. George Daniels.
The P01 is a 42mm modern sapphire glass open faced watch set inside a DLC cushion case with three-hole security screws features a sophisticated skeleton structure, with baton hour markers filled with ecru Super-LumiNova®, that enables distinctive technical aspects of this movement to be seen. The exhibition caseback offers a superb view of the movement framed by a blue Clous de Paris stamped guilloché hobnail ring with the Hager logo and a Maryland cross bottony on the crown wheel. The watch comes with a 10mm brown leather fob. Case size is 42mm X 12.87 X 42mm, weight of the P01 is 2.3 ounces, water resistant to 3ATM. Currently limited to 10 pieces.
The P02 is set inside a more traditional round DLC case, with sapphire glass featuring Clous de Paris a stamped guilloché hobnail / grain dial with stunning depth and character, applied brushed silver plaques for the hour, minute, second indexes. It comes in dark blue with Super-LumiNova® hands. The exhibition caseback offers a superb view of the movement framed by a blue guilloché ring with the Hager logo and a Maryland cross bottony on the crown wheel. Case size is 42mm X 12.94 X 42mm, weight of the P02 is 2.0 ounces, water resistant to 3ATM. Currently limited to 10 pieces.
Technical Details Pocket Watches
Case
P01 and P02
Case Height: 42mm
Case Length: 42mm
DLC
Scratch resistant domed sapphire crystal
Dial
P01 Dial : Skeletonized structure with ecru 3-6-9-12 numerals/ markers and hands filled with green Super-LumiNova® which enables distinctive technical aspects of this movement to be seen.
P02 Dial: Clous de Paris stamped guilloché hobnail / grain dial and blue Super-LumiNova® hands
Movement
20-jeweled Tourbillon movement 65-hour power reserve that operates at 28,800 vibrations/hour (4HZ). The tourbillon is located at the 6 o’clock position and functions as the second hand indicator.
Functions
Hours, minutes, tourbillon
Bracelet
Brown leather fob
Water Resistance
3 ATM = 30m
Please note that images are stock photographs and that colors and sizes may not exactly correspond to actual products.