Description
Dornblüth & Sohn Quintus 2010.3 ‘Kraftzwoelf’ Big Date Power Reserve (GR) Steel
Dornblueth & Sohn’s striking, in-house caliber Q-2010 beats at the heart of the Quintus Collection.
Each piece offers unique functionality in a tidy 38.5mm case so it is perfectly suited to slimmer wrist sizes. A special technical feature of the Quintus Centre Second collection is the concealed center second drive located under the main bridge. As a result, the movement affords a more aesthetic appearance because its overall height is reduced. This allows the wearer to enjoy the exposed, patented Maltese Cross feature on view. In conjunction with the double spring-cage drive and short-armature locking, it ensures almost linear force transmission and significantly improved gear ratios, combining beauty with functionality as only the Germans can.
Dornblueth & Sohn’s Quintus collection features the stunning in-house calibre developed and created at Dornblueth’s HQ in Kalbe.
The addition of a large date window to this classic piece provides is a nod to the heritage of watch displays as well as providing additional information at a glance. While the clever inclusion of the power reserve indication behind the ‘12’ is a stroke of design genius. Watch the ’12’ fill up as the movement takes on power reserve and observe the passing of time as the colour drains from the 12 over the wearing period.
The elegant steel case coupled with silver dial and flame-blued hands will outlive any trends to retain its appeal for many years to come.
Movement: diameter 34.3 mm – height 4.7 mm – 28 rubies – power reserve 52 hours – 18,000 semi-oscillations per hour – inhouse developed and created movement – double barrel with indirect driven, visible Maltese cross spring for almost linear torque of the power to the movement (patent pending) – classic short anchor escapement with a lower escape wheel – red gold plated, grained three-quarter plate with yellow gold plated hand-engraving of manufacturer name and serial number – retracing ratchet – sunburst finish on winding wheels – Glucydur screw balance with Nivarox-1-Breguet-spring – swan-neck fine adjustment on the hand-engraved balance cock – screws flat polished, heat-blued, with beveled edges – indirect center second driven by third wheel to the center second pinion – big date with two number discs
Case: polished / burnished, double screw union • diameter 38,5 mm • height 10 mm • 1.0 mm sapphire glass on top, slightly domed and anti-reflected inside • screwed sapphire glass base • oversized crown with embossed manufactory name solid nickel-free stainless steel, polished / burnished
Dial: central display of hours and minutes and second – big date at “6 o’clock” – hidden power reserve scale in number 12 • engraved brass dial with the grained, silky matte finished surface of historical ship chronometers • engraving technique in the tradition of old precision pendulum clocks • black engraving
Hands: steel, hand-polished and heat-blued
