Carl F. Bucherer to introduce two new watch models at Basel World
2010 both based on the brand’s visionary EvoTec Manufacture Concept. One
of them is the Patravi EvoTec PowerReserve. Here the innovative power
reserve indication is new, along with the big date and day of the week
indication and the small second’s hand. Initial results of this
completely new approach are the CFB A1000 Manufacture movement and the
mechanism that controls the Patravi EvoTec DayDate’s calendar displays.
To change the big date, the Carl F. Bucherer design engineers
incorporated a moveable finger on the date-change ring, which makes it
possible, when changing the date from the 31st to the 1st of the
following month, to change only the disk with the second digit while
that controlling the first digit stays still.
The watch features both the Manufacture caliber and this mechanism,
and Carl F. Bucherer rounds these off with a new type of power reserve
indication. A small red hand sits on the rack that is powered by means
of a differential mechanism. It traces a gentle curve beneath an opening
in the dial between the 2 o’clock and 4 o’clock index marks. When the
watch is wound up, the hand moves across the scale, designed like the
stage of an amphitheater, towards “High”, and as the watch winds down,
it moves back towards “Low”. To indicate more clearly the power
remaining in the barrel, the rack is coated in white, while the
underlying surface is in a Carl F. Bucherer red that contrasts
perfectly. As the power reserve runs down, the rack with its hand moves
down and the area of visible red surface increases correspondingly. It
is therefore immediately clear when the watch has little power left in
the power reserve. The deliberately understated, modern design concept
of the Patravi EvoTec PowerReserve is emphasized through the geometric
index marks that echo the gently curved shaping of the case sides.see more fausse rolex and replica hermes
