Maurice Lacroix has been making high end Swiss timepieces since 1975. The company has especially dedicated to offer the extremely elaborate and sophisticated watch dials and finely decorated and finished movements, some of which are enhanced with additional intricate complications. Having pushed forward the mechanical watchmaking to a new stage by introducing a square wheel mechanism which is the first in watchmaking history, as new arrival of this year, Maurice Lacroix’s Masterpiece Roue Carrée Seconde offers a totally fresh angle by focusing on the seconds display. This truly fascinating and stunning looking timepiece is believed will be the hot sale of this year.
In cooperation with the Haute Ecole Arc, Michel Vermot – the famous watchmaker as well as engineer, spent several years of hardworking of designing the square wheel mechanism to perfection. Activated by a toothed clover-leaf wheel, the watch’s openwork square wheel pushes the small seconds in a steadfast rhythm. The whole lively process also represents an extremely dynamic visual effect, which definitely will catch your eyes from the first glance. In order to highlight the seconds display, the hours and minutes are indicated by simple central hands coated with Superlative. Thus, together with the hours, minutes and power reserve, they are displayed directly on the main watch plate.
In the meantime, the whole Grand snailed black color of the dial spontaneously makes itself outstanding: black form end to end; perfect dark, perfect legible. The 43 mm steel case with alternation of satin-brushed and polished finishes makes another highlight in this new timepiece.
Contemporary and revolutionary, this Maurice Lacroix’s new arrival has given time a new philosophy, in which aesthetics and engineering go hand in hand to challenge the limits of watchmaking imagination. With its finest Swiss watchmaking tradition, it offers time a new lease of life and transcends time with a determination that nonetheless heeds functionality.