Meccanico - The World’s first Analog Digital Mechanical watch
If there is one brand that tries to raise the bar every year at Baselworld, it’s de Grisogono. Rather than revisit or reinterpret existing construction methods and principles in mechanical watchmaking, dG tries to do something new. This year, they have out done themselves with the Meccanico dG which is a complex mechanical watch which tells time both in Analog and Digital manner. The handwound watch comprises of 651 components
The Meccanico Watch
The time information is displayed by an array of 23 horizontally and vertically positioned microsegments. Vertical segments are 9 mm high and weigh at most 25 milligrams while the horizontal segments measure 2.90 mm in length and weigh only 10 milligrams. The segments have four faces: two opposing visible faces fitted with colored strips and two opposing unmarked faces. Time changes are effected by 90° rotations of the required segment or segments. Involving one to twelve segments, time changes are lightning fast.
The side of the case
The side of the case
The back of the case
The Strap
The Buckle
The Otturatore
That’s not all, dG also introduced the Otturatore. A wristwatch with a rotating face that reveals a hidden display of seconds, date, moon phasea and power reserve at every 90 degree turn.
The Movement Sequence of the Otturatore
Instrumentino
Instrumentino (Stone Version)
de Grisogono Jewellery Pendant
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