Ornatus-Mundi[Zenith]
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Baselworld 2013: Sensation: SWATCH presents automatic watch, 90h PR, CHF 130!
Apr 26, 2013,01:44 AM
This is one of the milestone news for this Basel fair!
SWATCH presents the System 51, an absolutely mind blowing watch with:
- automatic movement with 90h power reserve
- unique escapement, no regulator, rate set with laser
- daily deviation is guaranteed less then five second
- 51 pasts, only 1 (one!) screw
- material: ARCAP, (alloy of copper, nickel, zink), highly antimagnetic
- entirely assembled and regulated by robots
- 100% Swiss Made
Now here comes the real surprise: The whole watch costs a little more than 100 CHF (rumors: 130 CHF)!!
the watch was not on display as the introduction is set of October this year. However, I found two life pics from the newpaper 'Bieler Tagblatt', published in SWATCH's home town Biel:
This is an absolute surprise, unannounced, unprecedented - an example of out-of-the-box thinking and a demonstration of what watchmakers can do - if they set the right priorities!
A Basel 2013 highlight, for sure!
Cheers from Basel,
Magnus
This message has been edited by Ornatus-Mundi on 2013-04-29 00:27:27