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Monaco, February 2010
 
The way to overcome an economic crisis is to do the counter intuitive: Innovate more, bigger and faster. With this in mind, it is our pleasure informing you about a new and exciting development for our brand, the finalization of our own in-house developed and manufactured Tourbillon Minute Repeater: The Carré d’Or Squelette - TB-RM1. With this latest invention, Ateliers deMonaco joins a very exclusive group of only a few watch makers in the world that have the ability to design and manufacture such a complication in-house.

Carré d’Or Squelette - TB-RM1

Some special features of this exceptional time piece are:
- The dial is an hand cut open dial (skeleton), enabling you to look directly onto the movement.
- The movement is hand engraved with every sunbeam of the pattern carved into the movement by hand, one at a time; Each sunbeam represents 1 minute. Hand engraving 1 sunbeam stripe takes about 15 minutes, making the total engraving task adding up to almost 1000 minutes for each individual movement!
- The movement is our own in-house developed and patented ultra precise Grand Tourbillon XP-1 tourbillon.
- The Grand Tourbillon is floating behind the sapphire bridge with double anti reflexion coating on the front and a hand mirror polished bridge on the back.
- The back has the unique 3 dimensional deMonaco engraving, a signature trademark of the brand;
- Speed regulation of minute repeater with 18K gold weights to minimize access sound.
- The highly complicated case construction (55 components ) with the activation mechanism is fully hidden in de 18K gold side panel.
- One of the few, if not the only, waterer resistant square minute repeater case in the world.
- Lastly, it is made in a limited edition of only 8 pieces worldwide.
 

Close up - Carré d’Or Squelette - TB-RM1

The watch comes in a special case that is designed as a resonance box. The wood chosen is curly maple, often used for exclusive musical instruments like Stradivarius violins due to the deep sound it can produce as well as beautiful pattern. The base plate exists of 2 parts “bookmatch”, which means it was originally one piece of wood, that is cut apart like opening a book. As a consequence, you have almost perfect mirroring patterns aiding visual depth and light reflection.

The watch will be officially presented to the public during Baseworld in March and Top Marques luxury show in Monaco in April.

And it is creating already some good buzz and excitement with the on-line community. have a look at: http://www.thewatchlounge.com/ an on-line magazine well worth tracking!!

In case you did not know, you can down-load High Res photo’s from the press corner on our website!

Iconic back side Carré d’Or Squelette - TB-RM1

ATELIERS DEMONACO @ ONLY WATCH 2009

Monaco 24 September 2009 -  Under the patronage of H.S.H Prince Albert, the charity auction Only Watch 2009 took place alongside the Monaco Yacht Show, with the proceeds going to the Monaco Association for Muscular Dystrophy Research. Just as it was two years ago, this year’s auction has been a huge success. Under the leadership of Osvaldo Patrizzi from auction house Patrizzi & Co, the auction is estimated to have raised nearly Euro 2.3 million! “We are proud to have contributed to the success of Only Watch 2009, an initiative that is the ultimate win-win for all involved. True watch collectors are able to acquire unique pieces of the 30 most prestigious watch brands - mostly at reasonable prices - while helping the the fight against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at the same time” said Robert van Pappelendam, co-founder of Ateliers deMonaco.

“These are excellent results,” says Osvaldo Patrizzi, “Proving once again, thanks to the marvelous craftsmanship of the 34 watch brands that donated their unique works of horology, that there is a continuing demand for unusual and exclusive pieces.”

Luc Pettavino, President of the Monaco Yacht Show and founder of the Monegasque Association Against Muscular Dystrophy, declared, “In the face of this marvelous result, I cannot but thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for everything that they have given of their talents to such a noble cause and with such humanity, excellence and altruism. With their collective energies orientated towards the same objective, everyone has once again given with humility and joy, the right of hope for healing to 1,000s of children in the world.”

Ateliers deMonaco entered the auction with the iconic Carré d’Or Grand Tourbillon XP 18K rose gold with black onyx dial. Master Horlogier and co-founder Pim Koeslag: “Of course we are excited that as a new comer, our entrance triggered very strong interested of customers from around the world, culminating in a dramatic and exciting final sale”. Ateliers deMonaco auction performance was among the best of the younger generation brands, confirming the appeal and potential of this first Made in Monaco proposition.

See more details on the creation of the watch:  http://blog.atelier-demonaco.com/?p=83

The beautiful watch-art of all participating brands can be viewed on the official website of Only Watch :. www.onlywatch.com