Balancier Contemporain

• Limited Edition: 33 pieces
• Case: 18-karat white gold
• Size: 39.6mm
• Movement: hand-wound manufacture movement
• Function: power reserve
• Power Reserve: approximately 72 hours
• Water Resistance: 30m
• Dial: rhodium-colored
• Caseback: sapphire crystal
• Hands: polished blue steel
• Strap/Bracelet: hand-sewn alligator leather
• Factory Warranty: three years

In creating the Balancier Contemporain, a white gold 33-piece limited edition, Greubel Forsey imagined providing a particularly compact showcase for its exclusive balance-wheel system. Creating such a moderately-sized new movement and dial imposed the challenge of maintaining well-balanced forms and pleasing proportions, along with clear legibility and cutting-edge performance.

This highly original creation is distinguished by its 39.6mm diameter, a first from Greubel Forsey which generally builds larger timepieces. The challenge here was not only to house the large balance wheel within a limited space, but above all to achieve optimal proportions and an attractive three-dimensional construction, as well as safeguarding the emblematic aesthetic codes of the timepieces built within the atelier.