Micro-Rotor Automatic Watches

Micro-Rotor Automatic Watches

5'395

Based on the original watch that went up the Nanga Parbat in 1953. Watches are made to order for every client. Delivery in September.

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Description

 

Old German Advertisement

Here you can see an old ad from Henzi & Pfaff advertising the watch that went up the mountain. If you look closely, you can see that the dial and hands are very strongly influenced by the original watch.  Numeral indexes on the 3 – 6 – 9 and 12 hours, bright white dial, “sword” hands for the hour and minutes and finally a long central second hand. The second hand is colored in a dark blood red color, memorating the people who didn’t return from the Nanga Parbat.

See history of Hercules ↗

The movement

The movement is specially made from scratch for this watch. The luxury aspect comes mainly from the micro-rotor mechanism. Normally, an automatic rotor is placed on top of a movement, while here the rotor is placed between the bridges. The alpinism part comes from the height lines of the Nanga Parbat (like on an old map) engraved in the bridges, filled with BGW9 SuperLuminova. This lights up bright blue in the night, memorating the permafrost on the top of the mountain.  

Additional information

Dial

  • Design based on the original piece from 1953
  • BRW9 SuperLuminova
  • Snow white + Snow dial
  • Applied polished indexes

Strap

  • Calf leather suede in grey or cognac
  • Custom straps are available at no extra cost.
  • 316L stainless steel buckle
  • Quick-release push pins
  • Normal size 115 x 75 mm (standard)
  • Custom sizes are available.

Box

  • Large luxury wooden box
  • With stainless steel hinges and closure system
  • The book: Nanga Parbat Pelgrimage, by Hermann Buhl

Extra’s

  • Unique Chronometer certificate with every single watch
  • Warranty certificate signed by Hercules director
  • 2 years of wordwide warranty
Strap Colour

Brown Suede Leather, Black Suede Leather, Custom Leather Strap

Dial color

Snow White, Ice Blue, Ice Pink, Ice Green, White

Technical details


Movement

Design In-house designed, unique movement for Hercules
Winding Automatic micro-rotor
Size 15.5’’’lignes – 34.4mm diameter
3.70mm thickness
Number of jewels 33 Jewels
Frequency 28’800 / hour
Precision Ratings of -4 / +6 seconds per day
Power reserve 70+ hours
Functions 3 hands: Hour, Minute & Central second
Engraving Mountain height lines, filled with BGW9 SuperLuminova
Finishing Sunburst finishing (from the center of the movement)
Certification Officially Chronometer Certified, 100 % Swiss Made
Movement

Case

Construction 3 parts (bezel, middle case, caseback) all screwed
Diameter 40 mm
Thickness 9.4 mm (including glass)
Lug to Lug 46 mm
Material 316L Stainless Steel
Finishing All polished finishing
Lug size (strap) 20 mm
Glass Sapphire glass with Anti Reflective (AR) coating on the inside
Caseback Screwed caseback with sapphire glass including AR coating
Water resistance 100 M / 10 ATM water resistant
Crown 316L steel with embossed crown logo
Case

taxes & shipping

Your watch will be shipped by DHL Express and is fully insured by us during shipment.

In the EU and Switzerland, the pricing is including local duties & VAT. Outside these regions you can buy excluding VAT from us, but you will have to pay local duties and VAT when your watch arrives. For any questions, please contact us.

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