Emile Chouriet, this year’s sponsor of the Prix de Lausanne, pays tribute to the world famous dancing event by presenting a pair of classic replica watches: Alchimie. Capture the dreamy ripple of a tulle fan as the ballerina twirls in a floaty pirouette on a replica watch dial: that’s what inspired the designers at Emile Chouriet as they replica watched the dancers at the famous Prix de Lausanne.
Like white silk muslin, the heart of the Alchimie’s shimmering silver dial is adorned with a softly gleaming fan. A slim black minute track wraps around the guilloché dial and the slender Roman hour numerals reach out to the chapter ring.
The two dark grey hands on the silver body are like two arms stretching into a graceful arabesque to track the hours and minutes in the centre alongside the central seconds hand. The date display performs supple leaps in its bubble to take today into tomorrow. The hands performance is brought to life by the caliber EC5317, a self-winding mechanical movement made by Emile Chouriet in its Genevan studios.
The new steel Alchimie models come in two sizes (28 or 38mm) with a metal or leather strap to wrap around your wrist.
Technical details
References
19.2185. L.6.2.25.6/2
19.2185. G.6.2.25.6/2
Movement
Calibre EC5317
In-house movement, designed and developed in Geneva
19.40mm in diameter, 4.88mm thick
Emile Chouriet Swiss spiral and anchor escapement
28 jewels
138 components
28 800 vibrations per hour (4Hz)
Power reserve: 45 hours
Winding: Automatic, Emile Chouriet bidirectional rotor
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds in the centre, Date counter at 3H
Case
Steel
Bezel: Fixed, steel
Diameter: 28mm or 38mm
Water resistance: 30m
Glass: Sapphire glass
Case back: Solid, thread
Crown: 3 positions (manual winding, date correction and time setting with stop-second mechanism)
Dial
Silver opaline, markers with Roman numerals and printed black minute track, leaf-shaped steel hands, steel second hand, date in black Arabic numerals on a white background
Strap
Steel links on three rows or black leather with alligator scales, folding clasp or needle buckle