The Le Locle based Swiss watchmaker Vulcain is famous for their Cricket alarm watches. What's better than a Cricket alarm watch? One with an enamel dial!
"To The Races" is a Limited Edition of 30 pieces featuring a high gloss Grand Feu Cloisonné Enamel dial in the famed cricket manual winding movement.
Some technical details of the Cricket movement:
Vulcain Cricket Calibre - manual winding V-10
Power Reserve - 42 hours
Frequency - 18,000 beats per hour
Case - rose gold case with solid case back
Case size - 39mm
Thickness - 13.2mm
Limitation Number - Number 8 of 30
Enjoy the photo essay of this very fine timepiece. Contact me via Instagram (@eddiesng1011) if you are keen to buy this watch.
Cloisonné (coming from the French word Cloison which means to partition) enamel is a decorative art technique that uses metal strips to create compartments before filling with enamel and firing it up.
What's so special about this piece is the colourful enamel which means a lot of intricate work goes to forming the dial, filling it with enamel and firing at different temperatures to achieve the final dial.
Fully serviced and in good working condition, the watch is in pristine condition.
The gloss on the enamel is superb - just take a look at the reflection on the seconds hand.
The hand with the pointer is for the alarm. The unique part of this timepiece is the crown at the 2 o'clock is the pusher for the alarm - when the alarm goes off, the crown pops up and to turn it off, one just needs to depress the crown to stop the buzzing.
The crown at 3 o'clock is the same as the the "normal" crown one would find - to wind the movement and to adjust the time. However, the time adjustment goes only in one direction.
In any case, this is a watch finding the right owner - someone who knows how to appreciate the finer things in watchmaking. Send me a DM through Instagram @eddiesng1011 if you are keen on this piece.
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