Eberhard & Co. Extra-fort Grande Taille Roue à Colonnes
The Extra-fort collection has always had a prominent position within the Eberhard & Co. universe, due to the fact that it is the oldest of the collections that contribute today to making the Maison from La Chaux-de-Fonds one of the landmarks of Swiss watchmaking. The first Extra-fort models were in fact produced in the nineteen-forties, and for the Eberhard of that time represented an affirmation of its own role in the watch-making industry.
Over these eighty years, Eberhard has never abandoned this symbolic collection, indeed has always enriched and developed it, allowing it to reach our own days with its charm intact and with a prominent position in the international market for elegant timepieces. With the new Extra-fort Grande Taille RAC, Eberhard & Co. introduces a more sophisticated version, from a mechanical point of view, which will replace the previous one with the column-wheel chronographic movement.
This device is much more complex in manufacture than the standard "cam" version, but has well-known advantages: greater precision in driving the chronographic functions, greater smoothness in the engagement of the same functions and, a satisfying element for enthusiasts, a softer sensation in the running of the timepiece.
The typical elegance and great personality of Extra-fort GT remain unchanged: the new timepiece has a 41 mm steel case that is water resistant to 50 m and is offered in different dial variants, all with " frappée” and "azurée" counters, and complemented by alligator straps or the "Chalin" steel bracelet.
Eberhard & Co. Extra-fort Grande Taille Roue à Colonnes
Technical specifications:
· Reference: 31955
· Movement: mechanical chronograph with automatic winding and column wheel, 2 counters (30 minutes counter at 3 o’clock, small continuous second at 9 o’clock) – date at 6 o’clock. Central second hand of the chronograph
· Case: steel
· Diameter of the case: 41 mm
· Thickness of the case: 13.90 mm
· Case-back: polished, engraved, locked by 6 screws
· Strap-attachment: 20 mm
· Water-resistance: 50 m
· Crown: screw-in crown, water-resistant, personalised “E”
· Bezel: polished
· Glass: sapphire, domed, anti-reflecting
· Push-buttons: rectangular
· Dials: Silver with silver counters; Blue with silver counters; Grey with grey counters; Silver with black counters - Dial with “frappe” finishing and snailed counters - Roman numerals, indices and date contour applied; “Dauphine” hands
· Strap: Chalin in steel
· Bracelet: Chalin in steel
· Optional: deployment clasp Déclic in steel (Patented)
