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Tempusvivendi
Qatar Watch

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A vision. That is normally the beginning of a time sculpture manufactured by Thomas Prescher. With excellent design, finest materials and perfect processing these dreams become reality step by step.


Recently Thomas Prescher was asked if he could do a watch with a flag or national symbol. After asking for what country, the answer was: “Qatar”.

 

After a lot of research about this exceptional country, a picture of its Coat of arms inspired Thomas Prescher.

The coat of arms of (Arabic: شعار قطر‎) shows two crossed swords in a yellow circle. Between the swords there is a traditional sailing ship called dhow, sailing over the waves beside an island with two palm trees. The yellow circle is surrounded by a white and brown band, which is divided horizontally with a zigzag line.

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The realisation of the watch: One sword tip shows the minutes, while the other indicates the hours. With this retrograde system, after the swords reach the end of the index sector they jump back to the beginning to rise again.

After pushing the button in the crown the swords move to a resting position to show the original coat of arms in gold and noble colours. After a second push the swords move back to continue to show the actual time.

Thomas Prescher has developed this exquisite concept to give the connoisseur the choice: Having the figure continuously showing the time or allowing it to simply remain in its non-temporal state. This could only be achieved through the use of a complicated and ingenious new system, which Thomas Prescher created specially for his watches, after studying and repairing old originals.

 

Excellent design, the finest materials, perfect processing, beauty for generations.

 

Select a handcrafted timepiece, a unique work of art,

luxury from the house of Thomas Prescher.

Function

Technical Details

Special features

· Double retrograde indication of time

· Continuously running display of minutes and jumping display of hours (temporal display)

· Special device for switching between the figure displaying the time and being in a non-temporal resting   position (activated by button in crown)

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Movement Information

Diameter

Height           

Displays       

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Winding

Power reserve

Number of jewels

Frequency

Escapement

Balance spring

Shock protection

Decoration

Rotor

37 mm, including module        

7 mm, including module

jumping hours (retrograde), minutes (retrograde).

Each shown by one of the figure’s extremities on a

semicircular scale

 

automatic

40 hours

25 bearing jewels

28,800 vph

Swiss lever escapement

flat hairspring

Incabloc

completely hand-engraved and gold-plated

18-karat gold, completely hand-engraved

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Case Details

Case material

Diameter

Height           

Crystal

Crown           

Dial material

Figure

Index plates

Name plates

Water resistance

Strap             

Buckle

18-karat gold

43 mm    

13 mm

convex sapphire crystals on front and back     

contains button for activating time display

onyx or precious metal

18-karat gold

18-karat gold

18-karat gold

1 atm (10 meters) 

hand-cut and –sewn alligator skin uppers and lowers

18-karat gold

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