The world wide time control (ww.tc) line is made for people traveling frequently or for those in need to know the time around the globe.
Girard-Perregaux has teamed up with Romania based luxury magazine Caesar to launch a very limited series of two ww.tc models, one for ladies and one for gents. You'll have to be fast to secure one: both models are ultra limited, one will be made 4 times, the other 8.
(from the press release | November 2011)
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WW.TC LADY SHOPPING ‘MONDO EXPLORIS’
The mechanism allows for a subtlety in the world time display: Paris, New York and Tokyo have disappeared from the city ring, yielding pride of place to avenues and squares world-renowned as main shopping places. The ww.tc Lady Shopping ‘Mondo Exploris’ features the “shopping spot” CAESAR for the time zone of Romania.
On the dial, the hours are also punctuated by eight diamonds alternating with soft arabesques. To round off the work to perfection, a bezel set with fifty-four diamonds (c. 1.95 carats) gleams against the steel case.
Technical specifications
Case
- Stainless steel
- Bezel set with 54 round diamonds (1.95 cts)
- Diameter: 41.00 mm
- Height: 11.00 mm
- Case-back: Steel, engraved with AE & Mondo Exploris logos and fitted with transparent sapphire crystal, secured by 6 screws.
- Water resistance: 5 ATM
Dial/Hands
- White mother-of-pearl with applied numerals and 9 round diamonds (0.12 cts)
- White and grey 24-hour revolving ring
- Outermost 24-city disc printed with CAESAR for GMT +2 timezone, and set with 15 round diamonds (0.18 cts)
- Leaf-shaped skeleton hour and minute hands
Movement
- Girard-Perregaux GP033G0
- Mechanical manufactured movement, self-winding
- Calibre: 11 ½ '''
- Frequency: 28,800 vibrations/hour (4 Hz)
- Jewels: 27
- Power reserve: minimum 46 hours
- Functions: hour, minute, small second, “shopping” world time with day/night indicator, power reserve indicator
- Finishing: circular graining on the main plate, Côtes de Genève on the bridges and oscillating weight, and blued steel screws
Strap/Buckle
-Black alligator leather strap. Stainless steel folding buckle
Exclusive limited edition of 4 pieces
REF: 49860D11A778SBA6A
WW.TC CHRONOGRAPH ‘MONDO EXPLORIS’
The iconic ww.tc collection is released as a new steel version. Its ergonomic and generously-sized 43mm case is entirely satin-finished, which emphasizes the subtle strength of its design. Its matt black "stepped" dial has also been subtly reworked in the same style, playing with the contrasts of red and black; the 24-hour ring has been redesigned with two arrows showing its direction of rotation while baton-style hands indicate the hours and minutes.
Technical specifications
Case
- Stainless steel, satin-finished
- Three-body case, rounded bezel, concave lugs, screw-down crowns, sapphire crystals with anti-reflective treatment
- Diameter: 43.00 mm
- Height: 13.40 mm
- Case-back: Steel, engraved with AE & Mondo Exploris logos and fitted with transparent sapphire crystal, secured by 6 screws.
- Water resistance: 5 ATM
Dial/Hands
- Matt black with luminous “12” numeral, 8 round indexes, and transferred Girard-Perregaux, Mondo Exploris and AE logos
- Black and red 24-hour revolving ring
- Outermost 24-city disc printed with CAESAR for GMT +2 timezone
- Luminous white baton hour and minute hands
Movement
- Girard-Perregaux GP033C0
- Mechanical manufactured movement, self-winding
- Caliber: 13'''
- Frequency: 28,800 vibrations/hour (4 Hz)
- Jewels: 63
- Power reserve: minimum 46 hours
- Functions: hour, minute, small second, world time with day/night indicator, chronograph, date
- Finishing: circular graining on the main plate, Côtes de Genève on the bridges and oscillating weight, and blued steel screws
Strap/Buckle
- Black alligator leather strap. Stainless steel folding buckle
- Extra rubber strap
Exclusive limited edition of 8 pieces only
REF: 49805-11-777SBA6A
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