Moritz Grossmann Mg-003888 Tourbillon Tremblage White Gold Salmon
Traditional mechanics in a modern light: TOURBILLON Titanium and TOURBILLON Tremblage
The tourbillon is considered one of the most marvellous complications in the history of watchmaking. The manufactory Moritz Grossmann is shining a fresh light on it with the limited-edition models TOURBILLON Titanium and TOURBILLON Tremblage. Rather than being stylised artefacts, they are unquestionably contemporary with a modern aura owed to a new case and guilloche dial as well as a new colour.
Unconventional angles: the design of the dial
To make the tourbillon at 6 o’clock on the dial achieve its full effect, the hour and second indicators have been shifted from the centre. They have been equipped with two off-centre, deeper recessed subsidiary dials to create a symmetrical appearance. The dials, type and scales are presented in black print, as is the minute scale on the dial’s circumference. The hands are produced manually at the manufactory and tempered to a brown-violet hue.
The Moritz Grossmann brand name is a modern detail that serves as a signature on the dial atop a curved emblem at 12 o’clock.
TOURBILLON Tremblage: traditional balanced with modernity
The perfect selection of colours, shapes and details is evidence of just how entrenched the Moritz Grossmann manufactory is in modern times The dial of the TOURBILLON Tremblage appears in a warm shade of rosé. In combination with white-printed numerals, inscriptions and scales, as well as manually crafted, polished steel hands, it presents a face of time, that look both contemporary and classic. The tourbillon takes centre stage and is highlighted by the tremblage surface of the dial, which is engraved meticulously by hand.
The art of tremblage
The dial of the TOURBILLON Tremblage consists of multiple parts made of solid silver, with an historical engraving technique applied at the centre. It involves guiding cutters of varying sizes by hand across the metal with a trembling movement. The result of that handiwork is a fine, even grain which softens the incident light and makes the tremblage surface appear beautifully matt.
The impression is further reinforced through Moritz Grossmann’s use of colour to showcase the engraving technique, with the hand-crafted surface being finished in a vibrant rose shade. The colour has a warm and exceedingly contemporary quality to it. It also emphasises the three-dimensionality of the dial, where the hour numerals and small seconds circle arise from the surface along with the historical ‘M. Grossmann’ logo dating from 1875.
The processing of the dial requires several days to complete. With highly legible Arabic numerals in white and very delicately tapered hands crafted in-house at the manufactory, the TOURBILLON Tremblage showcases the clear aesthetics of the Glashütte precision measuring instruments of the 19th century.
Special features
Flying three-minute tourbillon with screw-secured driving wheel and V-shaped balance bridge (protected as a registered design); central minute display, off-centre display for hours and seconds with stop-second function, bridging of the scale gap in the minute dial from 25–35 minutes via a hand extension with separate scale (patented); stop-second function on balance rim with intervention by a hair brush (patented); asymmetric-arm lever escapement with counterweight and lever banking pin; Grossmann balance with a suspended balance spring and regulation via poising screws in the balance rim; newly developed jewel bearing for the barrel; brake ring on the second arbor made of very hard, oily lignum vitae; movement wheels made of ARCAP; Grossmann manual winder with pusher to override hand setting and to start movement; modified Glashütte recoil click; pillar movement with plate and frame pillars made of untreated German silver; plate and tourbillon cock hand-engraved; broad horizontal Glashütte ribbing; 3-band snailing on the ratchet wheel; raised gold chatons with pan-head screws; white sapphires as jewels; separately removable yoke winding mechanism.
