Blancpain Sneak Peeks New Lotus Watch and Aqua Lung

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Feb 15th 2007 at 9:02AM

Blancpain has given watch lovers a preview of some of the watches they will be showing off at Baselworld in April. The watch above is the Blancpain Ultra-Slim Lotus for women. The latest addition to Blancpain's Lotus line features 220 diamonds on a black dial with a sunray guilloche design. There are also two rows of diamonds on the double-stepped bezel. The 34mm white gold case is on a black satin strap. The watch uses the Blancpain Calibre 1150 movement. This mechanical self-winding movement drives the central hour, minute and
seconds hands, as well as the date appearing through a window at 6 o'clock. The watch's 188 parts can be seen moving through the sapphire crystal case-back.

Blancpain will also be showing their Leman Repetition Minutes Aqua Lung. This watch uses a patented Blancpain invention, a complicated system to keep moisture out. The gear system connects the repeater slide and the repeater actuating lever through two racks and a transmission shaft with two intermediate wheels fitted with two "O-Ring" gaskets to ensure the system is water-tight.

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