Glashutte Original "Alfred Helvig Tourbillon 1920 -Limited Edition" was announced on an opportunity to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2020, giving respect to the legendary watchmaker of Zaxen who devised Flying Tourbillon.be.This time, we will convey the charm of this model again, including the historical description of Alfred Hellwig.
ヘルウィグ（左）と彼の学生たちによってつくられた初期のフライングトゥールビヨンは、グラスヒュッテ・ドイツ時計博物館に展示されている。Originally published on watchtime.comText by Mark Bernardo2022年1月12日掲載記事Tribute model to praise Alfred Hellwig, the creator of Flying Tourbillon
It was Swiss who invented Tourbillon, but it was Germans who made it leap.At the same time as the invention of the most important watch technology in the 19th century, the reconstruction period in the 21st century was invented by the legendary clockman-Louis Breguet, which was invented around 1795.Beyon.Tourbillon, which means "whirlwind" in French, has a breakthrough that corrects the impact of gravity on the accuracy of the clock, rotating 360 degrees every 60 seconds with a pocket watch detached and a tumy in a cage.It is a device.Breguet Tourbillon and other Tourbillon, which were created after the 1801 patent expired, was designed to be fixed in two bridges, the movement side and the dial.In 1920, a new evolution of Tourbillon appeared in Glas Hutte, Germany.The cage is fixed only at the bottom, and theoretically, the technical advantage of bringing more stability and the visibility that shows the dynamic removal movement that has been hindered by the bridge that has been removed.It brought secure.This is the "Flying" Tourbillon, celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2020.And this is also a masterpiece of Alfred Helvig, one of the most influential people in Glashutte's proud watch production history.
Alfred Hellwig (1886-1974) and German watches, which welcomed him as the principal, are both recorded as indispensable in talking about history.Glashutte is a small town in Zaxen, a suburb of Dresden, which is now crowded as the center of clock building.Ferdinand Adolf Lange (1815-1875) established a company with its own name in 1845 and driven other entrepreneurs.In 1854, Lange's friend Morritz Grosman (1826-1885) established a clock company, and on May 1, 1878, German Watch School (Deutsche UHRMACHERSCHULE) was established in Glashutte to the successor.I was finding the need to nurture.
ドイツ時計学校で41年間教鞭を取った、アルフレッド・ヘルウィグ（1886年～1974年）。Alfred Hellwig, who graduated from the school in 1905, trained at German watchmakers, such as Hamburger Chronometer Work (now Wempe), and set up his workshop in Glashutte in 1911.In 1913, he was appointed as a lecturer at the age of 27, specializing in the technique of improving the accuracy of the clock and the development of a unique Tourbillon that he called the "rotating gear clock."In 1920, the first Flying Tourbillon, which was completed by the students under the director of Helvig, submitted a test to the German Navy Observatory in Hamburg and achieved great results.The invention has been a revolutionary invention to inspire watchmakers in Germany, Switzerland, and other countries for decades.Helvig has taught at a German watch school for 41 years and has trained more than 800 clock masters.Helvig has many books, publishing books on clock -manufacturing and clock production, led by the "Die Feinstellung Der Uhren (clock adjustment)" published in 1950, and made his heritage stronger.
The German split in the 20th century and subsequent Cold War has effectively ended the traditional education of German watches and young clock craftsmen.In 1951, the school changed its policy, became a Glashutte precision machine and watch technical school, and became a Glas Hutte Precision Machine Industry School in 1957.More than 10 years after Helvich died in 1974, the demand for watches and clock craftsmen has returned to the town of Zaxen.
グラスヒュッテ・オリジナル「アルフレッド・ヘルヴィグ トゥールビヨン 1920 - リミテッド・エディション」。手巻き（Cal.54-01）。2万8800振動／時。パワーリザーブ約100時間。18KRGケース（直径40mm、厚さ11.6mm）。30m防水。世界限定25本。1525万7000万円（税込み）。Glashutte's center of Glashutte since 2008 as a repair workshop for Glashutte Original (currently under the Swiss swatch Group), a luxury watch manufacturer born of German watchmakers during the Cold War.The historical buildings in the department are responsible for two use.Glashutte Original, founded in 1994, established Alfred Helvig Watch School in 2002, in honor of the prosperous graduates of the original watch school, and produced Helvig and his students around 1927.It has many historically important works, such as the Flying Tour Billon model.
「アルフレッド・ヘルヴィグ トゥールビヨン 1920 - リミテッド・エディション」に搭載されているフライングトゥールビヨンは、1927年頃に開発されたオリジナルの系譜を継ぐ。Glashutte Original has announced a modest but modest model, in accordance with the magnificent tradition of luxury watch production in Zaxon, to commemorate the first anniversary of the birth of the Flying Tourbillon.It is the "Alfred Helvig's Tourbillon 1920-Limited Edition", which is the name of Helvig, with 25 limited productions.This will follow the footprints of Flying Tourbillon, which has been sent out to the world.
文字盤下に搭載されたトゥールビヨンが60秒で1回転する一方、青焼きの針が秒を刻んでいく。One of the series of models equipped with Flying Tourbillon, which has been handled by Glashutte Original, is the 2013 Panorn Tourbillon.Equipped with an automatic winding caliber 93-02, it combines a subdial of the off-center-displayed and displayed sub-dial, the moon phase display, and the dial-side flying toolbillon and the large "panoramic" date display of the hole mark.In the "Seneta Tourbillon" Alfred Hellwig Edition "announced in 2017, Flying Tourbillon is located at 6 o'clock and panoramic dates are placed at 12 o'clock (no moon phase), and the blue center needle and elegant Roman numerals.With an index, it realizes a more symmetrical beauty.This watch is equipped with automatic winding caliber 94-03.The statement of modest is the 2019 Seneta Chronometer Tourbillon, which was the first clock that incorporates a flying toolbillon, a zero reset -second stop mechanism, and a minu -detent in one movement.This model contained in the platinum case is exposed to many mechanisms, including the off-center time display subdial, elaborate decorated movement (caliber 58-05) and 6 o'clock on the dial.It was characteristic.All of these watches were unique, but there was something in common that the "Alfred Helvig Tourbillon 1920 -Limited Edition" introduced this time did not have.It is designed so that the invention of Helvig is large on the clock dial.
18Kローズゴールド製ケースに内包される手巻きキャリバー54-01は、トランスパレントバックより鑑賞可能である。"Alfred Helvig Tour Billon 1920 -Limited Edition" is a diameter of 40mm, thickness 11.Equipped with a 6mm 18K rose gold case.The dial is made of pure gold with silver plating by friction, and the rail road chapter ring and applied bar index surround the surroundings.Two delicate needles are also made of rose gold.
For those who are familiar with the Tourbillon cage, especially the flying type Tourbillon, from the opening of the dial, it is important that the model of this model is hidden elegantly.Instead, there is a classic small second subdial at 6 o'clock, where the blue -roasted needle is chopped seconds.As seen in the early 20th century Hellwig's early model, the flying toourbillon cage is arranged on the back of the movement with a template and escape, and accurately 360 -degree stable in one minute, mainly on the axis.
手巻きキャリバー54-01に配された繊細なトゥールビヨンケージ。角穴車の下には約100時間のパワーリザーブを保持するシングルバレルがある。The new movement, hand -rolled caliber 54-01, developed for the "Alfred Helvig Tourbillon 1920 -Limited Edition" is breathtaking in harmony with the gorgeousness and classical transparency.Three -quarters plates, a symbol of a watch making in Glashutte, a plate on the plate, a grilled green grilled screw, a gold shuton, polished finish.The decorations are diverse.The incense box cover has an attractive sunburst finish.What is even more impressive than the decoration is a long power reserve of about 100 hours that realizes more than 4 days in a complete winding state.The delicate flying toourbillon cage is also wonderful, and its temples are regularly moving at 21,600 vibration per hour.The strap is a nub -finished alligator from Luziana.
伝統的なグラスヒュッテの4分の3プレートには、手仕上げの装飾仕上げが施される。It is the place where this special tribute time piece is mentally linked to the existing work so far.All 25 "Alfred Helvig's Tourbillon 1920-Limited Edition" all 25 Helwig taught and his students completed the original Flying Tourbillon, the same building.Made by.Only at the time of the current watch school, it will only know whether Alfred Helvig students will present the history of watches that will celebrate their anniversary in 100 years.
ムーブメントはひとつひとつ、グラスヒュッテの熟練時計師が手作業で組み立てる。Contact Info: Glass Hutte Original Boutique Ginza TEL.03-6254-7266
