BASEL 2010: Carl F. Bucherer Patravi EvoTec BigDate

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With the Patravi EvoTec BigDate, Carl F. Bucherer presents the first ladies’ watch based on the visionary EvoTec Manufacture Concept. In so doing, the Lucerne brand is responding to the growing number of women connoisseurs who demand a high level of mechanical and technical refinement without in a watch with unique, feminine styling.

For an increasing number of women, what goes on inside the watch they wear on their wrist is by no means a matter of indifference. There has been a sharp increase in the demands women make regarding the mechanical and technical sophistication of their watches. Sophisticated technical features should, however, be useful and above all reliable; complicated gimmicks that do not work properly stand little chance with discerning women. Nor are women willing to make any sacrifices with regard to aesthetic appeal. Aesthetics that stand on their own and perfectly express the individual and independent style of the wearer, but are at the same time distinguished by a timeless elegance.


The CFB A1003 manufacture movement

The first EvoTec model for women
Carl F. Bucherer presents the first women’s watch that is based on the integrated, visionary “Evolution Technology” Manufacture Concept – EvoTec for short. This concept concentrates in particular on the design of Manufacture movements and mechanisms with genuine added value as well as practical additional functions. Planned or existing traditional technologies are also reviewed and wherever possible improved so that more intelligent and more reliable implementation solutions can be identified. The basis for each development process is the company’s own copyrighted method known as “Smart SimPlexity®”. The CFB A1003 Manufacture movement of the Patravi EvoTec BigDate and its function module are the result of this progressive approach. A fascinating feature of the caliber is the first ever reliably functioning peripheral rotor, which offers an unimpeded view of the caliber with its modern decoration, in addition to innovative developments such as a patented dynamic shock absorption (DSA) for the rotor and a new fine adjustment system (CDAS), which requires adjust- ment only once. An intelligent solution has also been found for the switching of the big date. This functions with a moveable finger which is integrated into the relevant ring. This finger makes it possible, when changing the date from the 31st to the 1st of the following month, to change only the disk with the second digit while that controlling the first digit stays still..

Impressive and original aesthetics
The Patravi EvoTec BigDate dimensions have been reduced to a still extremely generous 39.2 mm x 38.5 mm. In two of the four versions so far available, the bezel is fitted with 56 of the purest diamonds, emphasizing the character of this watch as a modern piece of jewelry. With the jewels becoming finer towards the corners and their slightly convex shape, this setting perfectly emphasizes the elegant shape of the case. The silver dial of the Patravi EvoTec BigDate presents an elegantly sleek look with fine index marks for the hours. The black dial offers an extremely attractive alternative: with fascinating high-quality black mother-of-pearl with its natural play of colors at the center, while on the outside there are longitudinal index marks and five diamonds, also set in a dome-shaped framework, indicating the hours.


Reference 00.10628.08.23.11


Reference 00.10628.08.23.01


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Reference 00.10628.08.87.01


Technical Specifications
Patravi EvoTec BigDate, Ref. 00.10628.08.23.11

Movement Automatic, CFB A1003 calibre, 33 jewels, 55-hour power reserve
Functions Hours, minutes, seconds and large date
Case Steel, 38.54 x 39.25 mm. Bezel set with 56 TW VVS (1.1 cts) diamonds. Screw-down crown. Sapphire crystal, anti-reflective on both sides. Sapphire back. Water-resistant to 50 m
Dial Silvered or black mother-of-pearl set with 5 diamonds. Large date window at 10.30. Small seconds at 6 o’clock
Strap Sea snake, python, lacquered calfskin or alligator leather with steel folding clasp

Variants:
00.10628.08.23.01 stainless steel, python leather strap with stainless steel folding clasp
00.10628.08.87.11 stainless steel with 56 diamonds TW vvs 1.1 ct., black mother-of-pearl dial with 5 diamonds, varnished calfskin strap with stainless steel folding clasp
00.10628.08.87.01 stainless steel, black mother-of-pearl dial with 5 diamonds, alligator leather strap with stainless steel folding clasp