On the occasion of the opening of its new Ateliers in Geneva, Ateliers deMonaco (dMc) has been granted the prestigious “Poinçon de Genève” for its latest new collection “The PdG”. Originally created in 1886 to combat counter fits, the “Poinçon de Genève” is a quality certification of the watch as a whole. Given the strict standards used, the “Poinçon de Genève” is the most demanding signature for quality in fine watchmaking, and only a very few can carry in the Haute Horlogerie. The assessment for the “Poinçon de Genève” is conducted by officially appointed sworn inspectors from TIMELAB : the Geneva Laboratory of Horology and Micro-engineering. As a neutral and independent institution, the very strict rules governing the “Poinçon de Genève” guarantees the provenance and know- how, flawless quality of components, certification to finishing and accuracy, lastly the ultimate seal of quality and craftsmanship. For instance, all parts of the movement, from the main caliber’s plate to the smallest screw, are thus finished according to traditional techniques including polished chamfers, straight- grained sides, smoothed down or leveled faces, polished or circular-grained screw heads with chamfered edges. All the watches produced in Switzerland each year, only a very few bear the “Poinçon de Genève” certification. Ontopofde“PoinçondeGenève”certification,thenewreleased dMc PdG timepieces also include our latest innovation with the patented “Freebeat” adjustment system. In a conventional regulation system, pins on both side of the hairspring are used to regulate how much it can wind and unwind hence regulating the speed of the balance wheel. By allowing the hairspring to bounce against these pins, in combination to gravity forces, the unfortunate side effect of these collisions is that it interferes with the precision of the movement itself. Our newly patented “Freebeat Regulation System” allows us to regulate the length of the hairspring with an adjustable “crémaillère” (straight bar with teeth on one edge, allowing it to be fixated at different length) obsoleting the need for the pins and thus avoiding the interference!
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