Press release
The latest TNT Royal Retro model by PIERRE DEROCHE cuts a powerful figure in its new garb featuring a rubber-moulded bezel – an even sportier version that sublimates the polished and matt finishes of the titanium and steel case. It thereby also provides a virile setting for its perpetually moving mechanism.
A powerful identity for an exceptional mechanism: six retrograde seconds mechanisms creating a truly spectacular effect! This playful complication vividly testifies to an unprecedented approach. The retrograde hand is driven by gears, before returning to its initial position once the baton has been passed on, thanks to a strip-spring replacing the traditional balance-spring system. This technical solution, which facilitates adjustments and enhances shock resistance, is entirely visible thanks to the dial-free design revealing the virtuoso skill of the Vallée de Joux watchmakers.
This avant-garde attitude is also epitomised in the single central bridge single-handedly bearing 12 pivots, conveying an impressive sense of detail also reflected in the sturdy 47.5 mm titanium and steel case with 11 intricately fitted and screwed parts, composing a powerful timepiece with an architecture and design bearing the signature of PIERRE DEROCHE.
The latest TNT Royal Retro © Pierre DeRoche
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Visible movement
Automatic, exclusive 58-jewel Dubois Dépraz calibre
Decorated and engraved oscillating weight
12 pivot central bridge and 6 chamfered and satin-finished seconds bridges
Moving retrograde hand indicators
Hand-fitting held by a transversal pin
6 gear-driven retrograde seconds hands,
strip-spring return
Date at 6 o'clock
Case
Black PVD-treated container, rubber-moulded steel bezel, steel lugs, crown guard and
screw-lock crown, 47.5 mm in diameter
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds with retrograde function displayed on 6 segments covering 10 seconds each, date
Strap
Overstitched rubber, safety folding clasp
Limited edition
