Cu riscul de a ma repeta, vin si spun ca sunt un impatimit al numelui Blancpain si a ceea ce reprezinta el in industria orologera prin produse, campanii, prezentari, idei si mai ales principii.
Jehan-Jacques Blancpain, un adevarat om al secolului al XVIII-lea, purta in adancul sau darul viziunii pe care l-a asociat cu intuitiile si certitudinile sale. El care punea inainte de orice valoarea muncii bine facute a creat unele dintre cele mai inovatoare ceasuri, adevarate bijuterii tehnice.
Fondatorul celei mai veche marca de ceasuri elvetiene, activa si astazi afirma: "noi scriem astazi istoria de maine". Un slogan perfect adevarat in domeniul ceasurilor elvetiene si nu numai.
Si in zilele noastre spiritul Blancpain al fiecarui ceas se afirma ca in prima zi, in 1735, pastrandu-si aceeasi precizie si aceleasi idei: mentinerea traditiei, pastrarea autenticitatii, refuzul compromisului, cautarea continua a perfectiunii. La Blancpain, unde triumfa binecunosctul ceas rotund, tehnica quartz-ului nu si-a gasit niciodata locul, ceasornicarii Blancpain preferand nenumaratele obstacole pe care le pun "dificultatile" mecanice, ceasul mecanic fiind considerat drept marturia uneia sau mai multor generatii de ceasornicari. In viziunea lor, un ceas mecanic reprezinta visul si efortul omului.
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Scurt istoric:
1735 - Crearea marcii de ceasuri de catre Jehan-Jacques Blancpain. Inceputul anilor '30 - Blancpain creaza ceasul rectangular "Rolls" al lui Léon Hatot, un ceas automat cu bratara, ce are un mecanism revolutionar.
1953 - Purtat de catre Jacques-Yves Cousteau si echipajul sau la turnarea documentarului "Monde du silence" (Palme d'Or la Cannes in 1956), Fifty Fathoms de Blancpain a fost de asemenea selectionat datorita superioritatii sale tehnice de catre mai multe armate (printre care armata americana, franceza, germana si italiana).
1983 - Premiera mondiala: cel mai mic mecanism pentru ceasuri ce poate indica fazele lunii, ziua, luna si data.
1989 - Doua premieri mondiale: cel mai plat cronograf din lume si primul cronograf automat ratrapant din istoria ceasurilor.
1990 - Alta premiera mondiala: singurul ceas automat tourbillon ce are rezerva de mers de 1 saptamana.
Blancpain -Tourbillon Semainier (The Leman collection 2006):
1991 - Blancpain realizeaza simultan, in carcase simultane, cele 6 complicatii ale artei orologere (Leap Year, Minute Repeater, Moon Phase, Perpetual Calendar, Split Seconds Chronograph, Tourbillon). Mai mult, eveniment istoric, lansarea modelului 1735, ce regrupeaza la un loc cele 6 complicatii, constituind astfel cel mai complex ceas de mana realizat vreodata.
1992 - Blancpain ajunge sub conducerea lui Jean-Claude Biver - SMH (Société Suisse de Microélectronique et d'Horlogerie), cunoscut mai bine sub numele de Swatch Group.
1996 - Lansarea ceasului Chronographe flyback. Premiera mondiala, in toata istoria orologeriei, Blancpain a fost prima marca ce a facut un cronograf de dama cu sistem "flyback". Crearea noului Ladybird automat. Acest ceas are un mecanism automat minuscul, cel mai mic si cel mai plat din lume.
1998 - Lansarea trilogiei de ceasuri Mare Pamant Aer, ce cuprinde ceasurile: Fifty Fathoms, GMT si l'Air Command.
2002 - Blancpain isi redenumeste colectiile: Villeret, Le Brassus si Leman.
Villeret:
Le Brassus:
Leman:
Aici sunt niste scrisori/carti/reviste in format PDF la o calitate foarte buna despre Blancpain, de la Blancpain:
http://www.blancpain.com/sites/default/ ... _01_EN.pdfhttp://www.blancpain.com/sites/default/ ... _02_EN.pdfhttp://www.blancpain.com/sites/default/ ... _03_EN.pdfhttp://www.blancpain.com/sites/default/ ... _04_EN.pdfhttp://www.blancpain.com/sites/default/ ... _05_EN.pdfhttp://www.blancpain.com/sites/default/ ... _06_EN.pdfhttp://www.blancpain.com/sites/default/ ... _07_EN.pdfhttp://www.blancpain.com/sites/default/ ... _08_EN.pdfhttp://www.blancpain.com/sites/default/ ... _09_EN.pdfhttp://www.blancpain.com/sites/default/ ... _10_EN.pdfTin sa adaug si niste materiale video la aceasta prezentare:
Filme de prezentare:
1. How It's Made - Blancpain Tourbillion Watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGCPxy7w2pw2. Blancpain - The Running Equation of Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARsR8UXKUYk3. Blancpain watches presentation at BaselWorld 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuyVNsEX42c4. Blancpain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnKpzj1UuQQ5. Blancpain Movement 13RO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYn8SYWttWk6. Blancpain - Passion For Excellence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LuamkfaeB47. Blancpain - Fifty Fathoms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n_l8vBUkSg8. BLANCPAIN X-Fathoms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thGFvgqagvwCateva review-uri:
1. Blancpain Flying Tourbillon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYn8SYWttWk2. Blancpain L-evolution Reveil (Alarm) GMT 8841-3630-53B
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuDMttBKxuI3. BLANCPAIN Fifty Fathoms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eDUb1VOAgY4. Blancpain LeMan Flyback Perpetual
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SleVV86oXl05. Blancpain Leman Aqua Lung Watch 2850B-1130A (very thin automatic movement)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21r-qL2s7m0Cateva mecanisme Blancpain mai recente:
1. Calibre 13R0
• Hand-winding
• 8-day power-reserve
• 3 mainspring barrels
• Titanium free sprung balance gold regulation screws
• Breguet overcoil
2. Calibre 1315
• Self-winding
• 5-day power-reserve
• 3 mainspring barrels
• Glucydur free sprung balance gold regulation screws
3. Calibre 225
• World’s first carrousel in a wristwatch
• World’s first flying carrousel
• World’s first one minute carrousel
• World’s first carrousel to achieve 100 hours
of power-reserve
• Self-winding
4. Calibre 5215
• Self-winding
• 5-day power-reserve
• 3 mainspring barrels
• Glucydur free sprung balance gold regulation screws
• GMT
5. Calibre 13R5
• Self-winding
• 8-day power-reserve
• 3 mainspring barrels
• Titanium free sprung balance gold regulation screws
6. Calibre 66R9
• Self-winding
• 8-day power-reserve
• 3 mainspring barrels
• Titanium free sprung balance gold regulation screws
• Calendar and moon phases adjustable at any tim
Nivelul marcii Blancpain pe plan orologer:
Am incercat sa o fac cat mai buna, fiti blanzi!
Acestea fiind scrise, sper sa va placa sa o cititi la fel de mult pe cat mi-a placut mie sa o fac.
Astept parerile si impresiile dvs!
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http://www.youtube.com/