Vanguard Crazy Hours™ – Franck Muller
Franck Mullerr will present the new Vanguard Crazy Hours™ collection during its traditional watchmaking fair, the WPHH (the World Presentation of Haute Horlogerie), at the heart of its manufacture in Geneva, from Monday, January14th to Friday, January 18th, 2019.
The most iconoclastic complication of Franck Muller: the Crazy Hours™, is highlighted in a Vanguard™ case with sporty curves and colorful numbers applied by hand. The material is into the spotlight, with the brushed stainless steel case and dial. An aesthetic that lives up to the eccentricity of the complication, with the iconic numbers of the Vanguard™ collection in blue, red, green or orange, that seem to stand out from the brushed stainless steel dial.
Since the earliest sun dials, the watch hands have always moved in chronological order from 1 to 12 and the association of the zenith with noon is so strong that nobody needs to recognise the numeral 12 in order to know what time it is. The Crazy Hours offers a new reading of time, showing hour numerals in the most unconventional order.
For this to work, the central hour hand literally jumps from one hour to the next, respectfully following the randomly numbers on the dial. Thereby, after every 60 minutes, the hour hand would jump to the next correct number. Meanwhile, the minute hand follows a conventional 60-minute cycle revolving around the dial. Time becomes a value that is personal, individual, and unique. You find yourself eagerly waiting at each 59th minute to observe the Crazy Hours’ mesmerizing jump.
Launched in 2003, the Crazy Hours™ complication has attracted watch aficionados for more than fifteen years in its famous Cintrée Curvex™ case. Water resistant up to 30 meters, central jumping hour hand, central minutes and seconds. Self-winding mechanical movement. 28’800 vibrations/hour, 42 hours power reserve, 203 components, and 27 jewels.
