academy tourbillon georges favre-jacot

ACADEMY TOURBILLON GEORGES FAVRE-JACOT
ACADEMY TOURBILLON GEORGES FAVRE-JACOT
FUTURISTIC HAUTE HORLOGERIE
Absolute transparency ensuring unobstructed views of cutting-edge Zenith
mechanics: the Academy Tourbillon Georges Favre-Jacot offers a futuristic
take on Haute Horlogerie. Its powerful design and innovative materials
reveal an unprecedented ‘engine’ – El Primero Calibre 4805 – combining
two iconic complications from the Manufacture: the tourbillon and a fusee
and chain transmission system. Issued in a 150-piece limited edition
featuring a 45 mm-diameter black ceramic case, this sophisticated watch
fully reveals the contemporary architecture of its high-frequency heart.
Eloquently expressing the comprehensive manufacturing expertise cultivated
by Zenith, the Academy Tourbillon Georges Favre-Jacot flaunts its mechanism
in an entirely transparent manner. Its virile black ceramic case houses a new
El Primero movement equipped with a tourbillon as well as a fusée and chain
transmission system. These two horological complications, both specialities
of the brand with the guiding star, are thus united for the first time in a
Zenith high-frequency movement. The dial-free hand-wound El Primero
Calibre 4805 provides a perfect picture of its magnificent mechanisms and its
powerful architecture. An authentic technical and aesthetic feat stemming
from a lengthy process of research and design affording an unprecedented
view of the movement structure.
CONTEMPORARY VIRTUOSITY
The manufacturing expertise of Zenith and its resolutely future-oriented
mindset are entirely in tune with the genetic heritage cultivated by the
Maison for more than 150 years. Zenith’s brilliant founder, Georges FavreJacot, instilled a pioneering spirit into the firm by creating one of the first
industrial watch manufacturing facilities in 1865. This resolutely technical
approach driven by a sense of daring has now given rise to the Academy
Tourbillon Georges Favre-Jacot watch, issued in a 150-piece limited edition.
Haute Horlogerie meets modernity in this remarkable fusée and chain
tourbillon model, equipped with the new high-frequency El Primero Calibre
4805, entirely developed and produced in-house by Zenith. While its famous
name and its fast cadence of 36,000 vibrations per hour recall the legendary
chronograph created by Zenith in 1969, this original new ‘engine’ also
features a majestic tourbillon coupled with a fusée and chain transmission
system linked to the barrel so as to ensure constant force.
LIMPID DARKNESS
A fascinating compendium of watchmaking technologies, this 807-part handwound movement is composed of modern, well-structured lines. The dialfree Academy Tourbillon Georges Favre-Jacot with its generously sized 45
mm-diameter black ceramic case turns the spotlight on its tourbillon placed
at 6 o’clock and on its fusée and train transmission system between 10.30 and
1.30. Secured to the mainplate by polished screws, three blackened bridges
support the fusée and barrel arbors, while the tourbillon carriage performs
one rotation per minute. The central hours and minutes functions are shown
on a ring swept over by luminescent black facetted hands and hour-markers.
The more than 50-hour power reserve is displayed between 4 and 5 o’clock
by a red-tipped hand moving between “High” and “Low” indications. Visible
both on the display side and through the sapphire crystal case-back, the
mainplate and bridges are coated with a deep anthracite colour adorned with
alternating sandblasted, hand-chamfered and straight-grained finishes.
Water-resistant to 50 metres, the Academy Tourbillon Georges Favre-Jacot is
fitted with a perforated rubber strap secured by a PVD-coated titanium triple
folding clasp and issued in a 150-piece limited edition. Another 150-piece
rose gold limited-edition version is also available. A new chapter in the
Zenith saga is thus being written in unmistakably modern ink.
I NEW 45-MM CERAMIC CASE
I FIRST-EVER TOURBILLON FUSÉE AND CHAIN MOVEMENT
I AUTOMATIC EL PRIMERO TOURBILLON WITH FUSEE
AND CHAIN TRANSMISSION
I 150-PIECE LIMITED EDITION
ACADEMY
TOURBILLON GEORGES FAVRE-JACOT
MOVEMENT
Movement El Primero 4805, Manual
Calibre 16 ½ ‘’’ (Diameter: 37 mm)
Thickness: 5.90 mm
Components: 807
Jewels: 32
Frequency: 36,000 VpH (5 Hz)
Power-reserve: min. 50 hours
FUNCTIONS
Hours and minutes in the centre
Tourbillon:
- The carriage is positioned at 6 o’clock
- The carriage makes one turn per minute
Fusée Chain transmission connected to the barrel
Power-reserve indicator at 4:30
CASE, DIAL & HANDS
Material: Black Ceramic
Diameter: 45 mm
Opening diameter: 37.80 mm
Thickness: 14.65 mm
Crystal: Domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective
treatment on both sides
Case-back: Transparent sapphire crystal
Water-resistance: 5 ATM
Dial: Black elements screwed to the movement
Hour-markers: Ruthenium-plated, faceted and coated
with SuperLuminova
Hands: Ruthenium-plated, faceted and coated
with SuperLuminova
STRAPS & BUCKLES
Black rubber strap
Black PVD coated Titanium triple folding clasp
Reference : 49.2520.4805/98.R576
150-PIECE LIMITED EDITION
ZENITH | Swiss Watch Manufacture Since 1865
Rue des Billodes 34-36 | CH-2400 Le Locle | T +41 32 930 62 62 | F +41 32 930 62 60
[email protected] | www.zenith-watches.com
Zenith is a brand that has been bringing style and substance to the wrists of watchmaking cognoscenti all over the world for
more than 150 years. Founded in Le Locle in 1865 by a visionary watchmaker, Georges Favre-Jacot, the Manufacture Zenith
gained swift recognition for the precision of its chronometers, with which it has won 2,333 chronometry prizes in a century and
a half of existence: an absolute record. Having earned fame thanks to its legendary El Primero calibre – an integrated automatic column-wheel chronograph movement launched in 1969 and endowed with a high frequency of 36,000 vibrations per hour
that ensures short-time measurements accurate to the nearest 1/10th of a second – the Manufacture Zenith has since developed over 600 movement variations. Zenith remains one of a select group of traditional luxury watch brands to produce all its
movements in-house, the industry’s ultimate token of quality. Engaged on several vintage territories such as classic cars, Zenith currently offers a collection of exclusive and ageless finely crafted timepieces designed for sartorially minded men and women. Zenith’s rich heritage, tradition, passion and pursuit of excellence reflect the legacy of its slogan “Legends live forever”.