Back to the main page Back to category 1
watch details
GV2 By Gevril Men's 8101B Montreux Chronograph Limited Edition Steel Date Watch
Estimated price for orientation: 3 495 $
Category: 1
Class:
Description Condition: New with tags: A brand-new, unused, and unworn item (including handmade items) in the original packaging (such as the original box or bag) and/or with the original tags attached. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition Brand: GV2 By Gevril LACOSTE: GV2 by Gevril MPN: 8101B UPC: 840840110978
YOU ARE NOW LOOKING AT A GV2 By Gevril Men's 8101B Montreux Chronograph Limited Edition Steel Date Watch The 44 mm GV2 Montreux timepiece is spectacular. This superb limited edition watch features a unique chronograph movement that takes timing events to a new level. In watch mode, the hands function as any three-hand configuration timepiece. In chronograph mode, the three hands turn into hour, minute, and second totalizers. Even more amazingly, the big date display becomes an accurate 1/100 of a second totalizer. Two well-placed pushers and a multi-function crown control this high-tech masterpiece. One you get used to the accuracy and versatility of this innovative timepiece, you never go back to conventional chronographs. The beautiful textured dial is engraved with an intricate Guilloché pattern with two large date wheels that rotate in opposite directions, revealing the date through a whimsical brass plate at 6 o'clock. Traditional blued Feuille hands, a fluted onion crown, and a functional tachymeter scale on the chapter ring complete the inspired design.
The Gevril watch company was begun by Jacques Gevril in the mid-1700s in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland's center of watch-making for centuries. He was a sought-after master of horology, and he created his first chronometer in 1743 and his first repetition dial in 1744. Most notably, he was called upon by the King of Spain in 1758 to produce a personal timepiece, which went over so well that Gevril was appointed as Royal Swiss Watchmaker to the Spanish Crown. The Gevril family tradition of watchmaking was passed onto Jacques's son, Moyse Gevril, and in 1784 he achieved the status of Master Clockmaker. During the 1800s, the Gevril family expanded their art to include enameling as well as the creation of dials for their watches. Gevriltimepieces are displayed in museums across Europe--most notably the Museum Geneve and the Rolex Museum (where a Gevril pocket watch is displayed in the collection personally selected by the Wilsdorf family, the founder of Rolex). Today's signature Avenue of Americas line is based on a case design from the 1920, which was discovered after going through Gevril's raft of historical documents and design books. It has a retro look, but is updated with a bevelled dial with raised, hand-painted numbers and straight chrono pushers for a contemporary feel. Creating a Gevril timepiece is exhaustive, and Gevril expends years into the design and manufacture of its rare and enduring timepiece collections. It manufactures only limited edition collections, with 6,000 Gevril watches created each year and each line limited to 500 (stainless steel) or 100 (gold) pieces. The company also sources only the best materials and accoutrements, including 316L stainless steel, natural mother-of-pearl dials, Wesselton diamonds calibrated by CNC machines and Louisiana crocodile skin.
Description
| Condition: | New with tags: A brand-new, unused, and unworn item (including handmade items) in the original packaging (such as the original box or bag) and/or with the original tags attached. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition | Brand: | GV2 By Gevril |
| LACOSTE: | GV2 by Gevril | MPN: | 8101B |
| UPC: | 840840110978 |
YOU ARE NOW LOOKING AT A GV2 By Gevril Men's 8101B Montreux Chronograph Limited Edition Steel Date Watch
The 44 mm GV2 Montreux timepiece is spectacular. This superb limited edition watch features a unique chronograph movement that takes timing events to a new level. In watch mode, the hands function as any three-hand configuration timepiece. In chronograph mode, the three hands turn into hour, minute, and second totalizers. Even more amazingly, the big date display becomes an accurate 1/100 of a second totalizer. Two well-placed pushers and a multi-function crown control this high-tech masterpiece. One you get used to the accuracy and versatility of this innovative timepiece, you never go back to conventional chronographs. The beautiful textured dial is engraved with an intricate Guilloché pattern with two large date wheels that rotate in opposite directions, revealing the date through a whimsical brass plate at 6 o'clock. Traditional blued Feuille hands, a fluted onion crown, and a functional tachymeter scale on the chapter ring complete the inspired design.