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Absolut
Glass Clocks (Torino, Italy)  .
Fine glass clocks
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Absolut
Crystal
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Absolut
Murano
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Absolut
Regulateur
Squelette
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Absolut
Crystal
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Absolut Regulateur
Squelette
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Absolut is
a very special wall pendulum clock, whose mechanism is the first of all times
entirely made of glass. It blends, in an absolutely original design, the
charm of glass and that of the measure of time.
Its running
is made possible by a new and exclusive escapement mechanism, based on two
micro ball bearings applied to an anchor, which roll over the teeths of an
escapement wheel, instead of crawling over them, and does not need any
lubrication.
High
technology glass cutting processes are used in order to achieve the required
precision.
Hours and
minutes are displayed on two separate dials. The 8 days winding up is weight
driven.
Absolut is
exhibited at the Musée International d’Horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds (CH), the sanctuary of horology.
Absolut is
available in four versions, which can satisfy any aesthetic sensitiveness:
- Absolut Crystal, whose
transparent wheels, made of common or extralight glass, exhalt its pure
design.
- Absolut Murano, whose hours and
minutes wheels, made of Murano glass, give it the fantastic colours of a
millenary art.
- Absolut Regulateur
Squelette, with skeleton sand-blasted wheels and
extra-low attrition ball bearing pinions and 11 days winding-up.
Dimensions: 110 x 50 x
12 cm. Weight: 30 kg.
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Technical details - Chronicle of achievements - Links
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TECHNICALDETAILS.
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Structure
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2 triangular panels, tempered extralight glass, 10 mm. (or 0.4 inches)
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Toothed Wheels
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glass, 10 mm. (or 0.4
inches)
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Pinions
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glass, 20 mm. (or 0.8 inches)
micro
ball bearings (Regulateur Squelette)
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Regulator
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pendulum with a period of 2 seconds (1 second per oscillation)
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Display
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2 hands for hours and minutes on 2 separate dials
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Winding up
(weight driven)
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8 days (Absolut Crystal, Absolut Cathedral)
5
days (Absolut Murano)
11
days (Absolut Regulateur Squelette)
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Weight
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30 kg. (66 pounds)
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Widht
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500 mm. (20 inches)
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Height
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1100 mm. (43 inches)
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Total height
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2400 mm (94 inches)
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Fastening to a wall
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2 plugs inserted into the 2 intermediate bolts
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CHRONICLE
OF ACHIEVEMENTS.
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December 1994
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birth of the idea
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May 1995
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first prototype of the escapement. Built directly in glass, it
worked at the first try
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July 1995
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first complete prototype
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October 1995
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first definitive piece of the model Absolut Crystal
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November 1995
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first public exhibit, as a host of the fair "Elogio all’Orologio"
in Turin, Italy
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December 1995
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first piece sold
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April 1996
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exhibited at Basel ’96,
Switzerland
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April 1996
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first piece of the model Absolut Cathedral
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May 1996
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first piece of the model Absolut Murano
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June 1996
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first point of sale in Turin, Italy
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September 1996
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first piece of the model Absolut Regulateur Squelette. It worked at
the first try
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September 1996
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two clocks exhibited at Orogemma ’96 in Vicenza, Italy
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May 1997
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first foreign point of sale in Genéve, Switzerland
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October 1997
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a piece donated to the Musée International d’Horlogerie in La
Chaux-de Fonds, Switzerland
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February 1998
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officially presented at the Musée International d’Horlogerie in La
Chaux-de-Fonds
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May 1998
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a piece sold in auction by Antiquorum Fifth Avenue in New York
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December 1999
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reached break-even
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LINKS TO HOROLOGICAL SITES.
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Analogies among car brands and watch brands
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Vittorio Scialla - Via
Cibrario 114 - 10143 Torino - Italy - +39 011 756698
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