Ebel Introduced the New 1911 TEKTON
The 1911 trilogy is now complete with the introduction of the new 1911 TEKTON: the most bravery, conceptual and cutting-edge men’s watch in the whole Ebel accumulation – and first and foremost the most engineered. All 1911 TEKTON models are powered exclusively by COSC-certified Ebel proprietary movements.
Ebel 1911 TEKTON AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH
Named behind the Greek root of the word architect – architekton, which literally method central (archi) of construction (tekton) – this iconic new 1911 TEKTON line entirely lives up to its noble inspiration. As the most meticulously constructed piece among the entire Ebel collection, it embodies the quintessence of the horological expertise, sophisticated design and achieving details improved by the Architects of Time.
Starting from the fact that regular counters on automatic chronographs were generally too small to assure rapid and precise clarity of the elapsed time, Ebel watchmakers went on a new building of the chronograph display features on the basis of the highly authentic Ebel Caliber 137.
1911 TEKTON AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH Powered by Ebel CALIBER 137
The 1911 Tekton Caliber 137 is available in two editions combining steel and black rubber: one with a silver-colored dial and technofiber cane – an ultra-rugged substance used in high-tech sports apparel; and the additional, fitted with a black dial and matching black profiled rubber strap, exuding an even more masculine and assertive appeal.
Representing the very core of the scope and depth of brand know-how, the Ebel Caliber 137 called for five annuals of development ahead it emerged from the corporation workshops in 1995. This sophisticated and exclusive automatic chronograph movement is based on a charming principle: instead of "bolting" a chronograph movement onto an automatic movement, its 322 components are integrated in parallel. This construction results in a slender movement proficient to power the hour and minute hands, chronograph seconds, date display Montblanc, as well as 60- second, 30-minute and 12-hour counters.
1911 TEKTON AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH Powered by Ebel CALIBER 139
The distinctive and artistic aesthetic of this model features a galvanic black skeleton dial enhanced by a slender circular motif. This three-dimensional, split-level construction reveals a finely circular-grained bridge and several mechanisms that are seldom visible – including the three-arm ruddy chronograph minute hand and the three-arm black seconds hand at 9 o’clock.
The Caliber 139 is the brand’s 2nd proprietary caliber, built and fired by Ebel in 2005. Starting from the fact that regular counters on automatic chronographs were generally too small to ensure fast and accurate legibility of the elapsed time, Ebel watchmakers worked on a new architecture of the chronograph display functions on the basis of the highly reliable Ebel Caliber 137. The outcome is a 120°enrol displaying the chronograph minute hand in an optimally readable style likened with regular chronograph sub-dials. Consistent with the minute display, the chronograph hour display was also revised: the hand was replaced with a record graduated from 1 to 12 that corners under the dial and precisely indicates the hour in progress via one aperture.
Ebel Caliber 245 A football devoted caliber
Having made a spectacular discovery in football by its coalition with the most classic clubs such for Arsenal, FC Bayern Munich, Rangers, Ajax, Real Madrid and Olympique Lyonnais, Ebel is asserting itself for the leading watch brand in the world of football. It is the first to display a honest long-term vision in the football macrocosm by opting to build intense and lasting partnerships with its elite representatives.
For every of its football partner-clubs, Ebel has designed a limited version within the 1911 TEKTON line. Each conception was developed in close cooperation with the relative clubs and is very alter in terms of materials, textures, colors and other shrewd finishing details.
Ebel has powerfully expressed its deep and permanent commitment to football along creating the quite premier and indeed the merely in-house mechanical manoeuvre aboard the mall to amount football time. This exclusive chronograph activity was amplified by Ebel watchmakers and is amassed and tested in-house in its La Chaux-de-Fonds workshops. Designed apt fathom mate half times and code-named "245" standing because 2 times 45 minutes, it even indicates surplus period where required. The oversized 45-minute counter at 12 o’clock above the watch dials serves to peruse off elapsed period, when the disk by 6 o’clock indicates the hours in periods of 45 minutes.
Doubtless the most distinctive function of always is the signature football-shaped oscillating weight, personalized with the corresponding raised union VI and carved limited catena digit. The extraordinary complexity of this skeleton construction is beyond promoted by the alternating satin-brushed and lustered achievement, scrupulous chamfering and activity on outlooks – all of which incorporate to offer the landlord a truly solitary piece of watchmaking craft.