Memoris Deep Blue

Description

Memoris Deep Blue A contemporary and unparalleled version of the chronograph. Louis Moinet is now acknowledged as the inventor of the first chronograph (1816); in paying an original mechanical tribute to this gifted watchmaker, this timepiece is the most chronographic on the market. This Memoris Deep Blue exalts the art of the chronograph by making it visibly essential: the chronograph of chronographs distinguished by the aesthetic power of its decoration. The chronograph movement is the heart of the Memoris, which has been redesigned around this central element (the chronograph takes precedence, whereas the time becomes secondary). The chronograph part of the movement has been given pride of place on the front of the watch: its mechanism can be admired in action when the deliberately oversized monopusher is pressed. Setting this chronograph apart from the base movement in order to show it to its best advantage implied a complete rethink of the movement (half of its 307 parts are dedicated to the chronograph alone), of which the Energy Plus system has been awarded a chronometry prize. The Memoris Deep Blue version of this watch is recognisable by its brand-exclusive Moinet Blue chronograph bridge. About Louis Moinet Ateliers Louis Moinet was founded in Saint-Blaise, Neuchtel, in 2004. The fully-independent firm was established to honour the memory of Louis Moinet (1768-1853): master watchmaker, inventor of the chronograph in 1816 (certified by Guinness World RecordsTM), and pioneer in the use of very high frequencies (216,000 vibrations per hour). Louis Moinet was a watchmaker, scholar, painter, sculptor, and teacher at the School of Fine Arts as well as the author of Trait dHorlogerie, a watchmaking treatise published in 1848 that remained a definitive work of reference for almost a century. Today, Ateliers Louis Moinet is perpetuating this legacy. The firms timepieces, produced in limited editions only, have won some of the most coveted honours, including a Red Dot Design Award (Best of the Best category), gold and bronze medals in the Chronometry Competition, a Robb Report Best of the Best award, a Chronograph of the year distinction from Begin magazine, Japan, and a recent UNESCO Award of Merit. Louis Moinet creations often make use of unusual materials, such as fossils and meteorites, combined with bespoke fine watchmaking complications in a unique creative approach. The brands core values are creativity, exclusivity, art and design.

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