JeanRichard 2TimeZones Zirconim Watch
My favorite piece in JeanRichard 2009 watch collection is the 2TimeZones Zirconim watch which is also the JeanRichard’s flagship product this year. Bearing the brand’s over 3-hundred years tradition and the innovative sprits, it is a surprise hit a many fans of JeanRichard watches.
As the name suggests , the case of the new JeanRichard 2TimeZones watch is done in an alloy of zirconium. To watch-making and to the many watch lovers, zirconium is almost a stranger.Though widely used in making medical equipment and aircrafts, zirconium is fresh to watch-making and many watch lovers. This material outshines other materials adopted in watchpmaking when it comes to resistance to shocks, corrosion and high temperatures.
As you can see from the picture, zirconium featuring warm matt texture offers nice contrast with the smooth vulcanised rubber-coated steel bezel
Thanks to the in-house developed and made automatic mechanical JR1060 calibre movement, the watch displays double time zones at the same time one through the traditional central hands that indicate the local hours,minutes and seconds, and the other one via the large aperture at 12. And the 2TimeZones Zirconim watch reviewed by blog.top10brand.com offers a wide selection of 24 cities for the seond time zone display. And the city being displayed is revealed though the window at 6.
As you may have noticed, the case structure is quite balanced as it is fitted with a crown at both site. Both crowns are coated with black PVD. And the one at 3 is used to set the time and the date, and the other at 9 is to set the city that represents the second time zone.
JeanRichard 2TimeZones Zirconim watch is coupled with a alligator leather strap featuring black rubber coating.
Technical Specifications:
Movement:
JR1000 manufactured self-winding mechanical movement (JR1060).
Calibre 15’’’, 31 jewels, frequency 28,800 vib./hour (4 Hz).
48 hour power reserve.
Functions:
Hours, minutes, seconds, dual time zone, date window at 6 o’clock.
Case:
Case in zirconium, vulcanised rubber-coated steel bezel, titanium pushers and crown-shields and black PVD-coated titanium crowns.
43 x 43 mm, height: 13.23 mm
Convex, colourless anti-reflective sapphire crystal.
Zirconium and tinted sapphire caseback secured with 4 screws.
Water-resistant to 100 m.
Two screw-down crowns.
Dial:
Powdered effect stamped rhodium-plated or black dial.
Applied rhodium-coated Arabic numerals and indexes with luminescent material.
Strap:
Black rubber-coated alligator strap with sandblasted stainless steel folding buckle.
2Timezones Zirconium, 2 dials, limited edition of 249 pieces.
