Louis Moinet honoured by two prestigious “red dot awards”
red dot design award 2011
Louis Moinet has been singled out to receive two prestigious “red dot awards”. The red dot
jury, composed of 36 experts, chose to award this famous international distinction to no less
than two Louis Moinet watches: the TEMPOGRAPH and JULES VERNE watches, which caught
the jury’s attention from among the 4,433 products submitted by 1,700 companies.
red dot design award
The “red dot design award” is considered to be one of the world’s most prestigious design
industry prizes. This coveted distinction is awarded by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein
Westfalen, in Essen, Germany.
Since 1995, the goal of this prize is to honour outstanding design quality and to highlight
trendsetting products. With over 4,400 submissions originating from 60 countries, the
international “red dot design award” is the largest and most renowned design competition
in the world. It is open to a total of 18 fields of manufacturing, including watches and
jewellery, furniture, home appliances, machines, cars, tools, IT industry and consumer
electronics.
About the winners :
TEMPOGRAPH, a world first thanks to all-new technology
TEMPOGRAPH original technology is absolutely unique in its kind. It consists in the first and
only 10-second retrograde complication activated by a visible cam mechanism. This
invention has been patented (patent pending), since TEMPOGRAPH can be considered as
one of the most creative watches on today’s market.
The distinctive feature of TEMPOGRAPH is its retrograde seconds mechanism, which is
constantly on the move. The watch is a non-stop visual delight, enlivened by the regular
ballet of a hand that marks off the time in ten-second segments alternating with an instant
retrograding motion.
At 9 o'clock, the cam mechanism is truly spectacular and has been left visible so as to enable
the wearer to admire it in action. The cam is composed of six teeth and performs one
rotation per minute. It releases a titanium lever adjusted to the 100th of a gram.
From the idea through to the finished result, this watch called for three full years of
gestation as befits the creation of a legendary watch. The exclusive TEMPOGRAPH
movement is a self-winding mechanism with a balance beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour.
This complication movement is made up of 125 parts.
LOUIS MOINET TEMPOGRAPH
TEMPOGRAPH is a complex Haute Horlogerie watch. Its retrograde mechanism has been
fully revealed and is particularly spectacular.
JULES VERNE, the mobile lever chronograph
With its JULES VERNE line, Louis Moinet is introducing a new way to use the chronograph,
thanks to the invention of an advanced mechanism. This new device to activate the
chronograph function (patent pending) consists of a mobile lever set in two positions :
armed and disarmed. This device offers the advantage of fully securing the handling of the
chronograph.
The high-tech watch case has been conceived in the spirit of the fabulous inventions of Jules
Verne. Its conception is revolutionary with its two grade 5 titanium shields covering a
stainless steel framework, in order to give the right weight and proportion and to perfectly
hide the secrets of the watch : its mobile lever technology and its authentic piece of the
moon ! The lower part of the bezel and its eight screws are crafted in 18K rose gold 5N.
The mobile lever system consists of twelve different elements, combining advanced
materials like Delrin, known for its low coefficient of friction and steel hardened by special
treatments to provide the necessary resistance. The locking mechanism is secured thanks to
an extremely wear-resistant ceramic ball bearing click. The travel of the lever itself is
controlled by a hardened steel pin and a notched blade to limit the path of the lever.
The JULES VERNE watch won the “Most Innovative Design Watch” prize at Asia’s most
important watch and jewellery exhibition, “A Journey Through Time”, held in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, from December 2nd through 11th 2010.
LOUIS MOINET JULES VERNE Instrument 2, “midnight blue” dial
A high-tech watch case incorporating two inventions for which patents are pending : the chronograph
mobile lever system & the crown guard system