For the 2015 Only Watch Charity Auction, we have seen many wristwatches thus far. Today we bring you something different: A table clock!. Introducing the Thomas Mercer Table Chronometer, The Brittanica for Only Watch 2015.
Thomas Mercer Table Chronometer, The Brittanica for Only Watch 2015
Thomas Mercer has donated the very first “Brittanica”, an all new, exclusive table chronometer made in collaboration with British furniture designer Jake Phipps. A precision timekeeper with chronometer escapement – the spring detent, the manually wound movement incorporates an elaborate fusee and chain system providing 8 days of power reserve. Made of stainless steel with fine leather and extra-white crystals, the case measures 183mm x 150mm x 90mm.
The manually wound movement incorporates an elaborate fusee and chain system providing 8 days of power reserve
It features a unique dial with celestial map of the constellations, from the point of view of Geneva with the stars aligned for the exact date of the Only Watch 2015 auction – 7 November 2015. The dial’s outer ring is galvanically treated with ruthenium, while the inner constellations map is in bas-relief, with hand-painted blue decorations.
The dial is a great shade of blue, featuring a unique celestial map
This timepiece will be sold during the Only 2015 charity auction, with all funds raised benefiting research for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
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