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Since its founding in 1735, Blancpain has been putting

industry-leading spins, so to speak, on fine timepieces, so it comes as no surpr ise that the

venerable Swiss company is back with yet another ground-breaking achievement in the

artistry of grand watch-making: the Carrousel Répétition Minutes Le Brassus.

Combining a flying one-minute carrousel and a cathedral gong repeater, the

Carrousel Répétition Minutes Le Brassus is the first of its kind, taking the

technologically advanced carrousel (French for “merry-go-round”) to

even greater heights of innovation. While some might understand the

complicated mechanical difference between a tourbillon movement

and a carrousel, essentially it comes down to the spinning of minuteand intricate gears and flying wheels. With the Carrousel Répétit ion

Minutes Le Brassus, Blancpain has created a watch with a special

flying regulator for the minute repeater complication that spins

on its own axis, a movement the company pioneered a couple

of years ago. This time, however, it has been combined with a

cathedral-gong-striking mechanism so the sounding rings are

much longer and much fuller, circling the movement one and

a half times, and resulting in a rich, extended tone.

With the addition of the cathedral gong rings to the inside

of the case, the Carrousel Répétition Minutes Le Brassus rings

with an unsurpassed volume and clarity, a feature that will doubt-

lessly excite true Swiss watchmaking aficionados who will embracethis handsome timepiece, notwithstanding its relative affordability at

about $360,000.

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One of the more

more telltale differences between

the standard tourbillon (French for

“whirlwind”) movement and the new

carrousel movement on the Carrousel

Répétition Minutes Le Brassus is how

less delicate its inner workings appear. In

truth, the carrousel mechanism and assembly

are intentionally sturdier and ultimately more

masculine than those of its first cousin.

Apart from the complicated movements found

within, the Carrousel Répétition Minutes Le Brassus

has other impressive virtues that befit such a spectacular

and handsome timepiece. To wit: the red gold movement

bridges and main plate are individually hand-engraved. The

45mm red gold case features a brushed white gold chapter ring

and red gold applied numerals. Further, the watch’s combination of an

opened dial center and sapphire caseback “window” provides its owner

with a perfect view of the minute repeater mechanism and hand-carvedmovement br idges.

Other aesthetic features of the Blancpain Carrousel Répétition Minutes Le

Brassus, include an 18-karat brushed white gold dial r ing, easy to read

bone-like Roman numeral hour markers and a brown genuine crocodile

strap. The manually wound movement also has a small power reserve

(60 hours) indicator function. Limited to just 10 pieces, the

timepiece was introduced at this year’s Baselworld.

Easily one of the most beautiful skeleton watches

Blancpain has ever produced, the Carrousel Répétition

Minutes Le Brassus will make onlookers turn on their

heels for a second look, an altogether fitting response

given this new spin on style.

Blancpain, www.blancpain.com, 41.21.796.3636

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