Speake-Marin J-Class Collection One & Two Luxury Watches
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The Speake-Marin One (left) is in a rose gold case, while the Two is in a titanium case.–
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This year – 2017 – at America’s luxury watch show, WatchTime New York, Speake-Marin Manufacturer presented two new watches from its elegant J-Class Collection. Simply named One and Two, these watches make quite a difference in Speake-Marin Watches Collection, being equipped with all-new in-house movements.
The watch dubbed the One is in an 18k rose gold case; the Two features a grade 5 titanium case.
The Movement
Both are available in two case sizes — 38-mm diameter and 42 mm — and are distinguished by their highly skeletonized dials that put the micro-mechanical vista of the new movement, Caliber SMA01, on full display.
Peter Speake-Marin says that the development of this in-house movement, the first to be used in the J-Class collection, required many months from the design stage to the manufacturing process.
The Speake-Marin watchmaking team kept the movement slim by using a micro-rotor to wind the mainspring and positioning it flush with the bridges.
Assembled entirely by hand and possessing a fully wound power reserve of 52 hours, Caliber SMA01 carries a COSC chronometer certification, testifying to its timekeeping precision and reliability.
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Speake-Marin J-Class Collection’s The One, front (above) and back (below)
Speake-Marin J-Class Collection One & Two Luxury Watches
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Speake-Marin J-Class Collection One & Two Luxury Watches
The case is an evolved version of Speake-Marin’s hallmark “Piccadilly,” engineered for a slightly more technical look. The shorter lugs allow the strap to be integrated more closely into the case, and the crown has also been moved closer to the case middle.
The bezel and the case-back now slightly overlap the central case section, and the sapphire crystal over the dial is now a box form, further reducing the overall thickness of the case. Both the front and back crystals, the latter offering a rear view of the movement, are treated with non-reflective coating.
The open-worked dial swept over by Speake-Marin’s distinctive hands, is bereft of numerals except for the ones on the small seconds sub-dial, placed uncharacteristically at the 1:30 position to create a visual balance with the dial-side rotor and mainspring barrel. The Speake-Marin J-Class One and Two watches are all limited editions;
THE J-CLASS COLLECTION
SPECIFICATIONS — ONE & TWO RED GOLD
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Speake-Marin J-Class Collection One & Two Luxury Watches
SPECIFICATIONS — ONE & TWO TITANIUM
| REFERENCE | 11 42 06 110 |
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| MOVEMENT | Calibre SMA01 self-winding movement also with micro-rotor |
| INDICATIONS | Central hours, minutes and also small seconds |
| JEWELLING | 31 jewels |
| POWER RESERVE | 52 hours |
| FREQUENCY | 28,800 v.p.h / 4Hz |
| CASE | Titanium Piccadilly case (grade 5) Front and back sapphire crystals treated also with anti-reflective coating Case thickness of 10.50 mm |
| DIAMETER | 42 mm |
| WATER RESISTANCE | 3 bar (30 meters) |
| DIAL | Skeletonized dial. Small seconds at 1.30 |
| HANDS | Speake-Marin style hands in steel |
| STRAP | Hand-made, natural alligator leather strap |
| BUCKLE | Titanium pin buckle |
| LIMITED EDITION | 20 |
Although, part of this article was first published in WatchTime Magazine. Showing at Watchtime New York 2017. Written by Mark Bernardo on September 25, 2017
Many thanks also to the Spake-Marin Official Website for all the information above.
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