Lot 15
FURLAN MARRI
FURLAN MARRI x DOMINIQUE RENAUD x JULIEN TIXIER – SECULAR PERPETUAL CALENDAR - PIÈCE UNIQUE FOR ONLY WATCH 2023
An ultra-simplified secular perpetual calendar signed Furlan Marri x Dominique Renaud x Julien Tixier. Hours, minutes, date, day of the week, month, leap year indication on the central hand. Secular year indication (Maltese cross). Rhodium-plated silver case and bracelet.
Description
For its first participation to Only Watch, the young independent watch brand Furlan Marri has teamed up with renowned watchmakers Dominique Renaud and Julien Tixier to create an ultra-simplified, modular secular perpetual calendar. A secular module is grafted onto this perpetual calendar, making it accurate over the next centuries, including leap and secular years.
Dominique Renaud carries in him the inventor’s flame: he first puts his ideas down on paper and then turns them into models, the old-fashioned way, as he did in the days of Renaud & Papi, with plexiglass and metal parts. Then it’s the turn of Julien Tixier, who, in addition to co-inventing, translates the concepts and ideas into something the computer can understand so that all the parts work together and can be manufactured: the case, the components of the date module, the dial, but also the finishes and various treatments, such as electroplating and titanium treatment.
Specifications
Model name:
Furlan Marri x Dominique Renaud x Julien Tixier – Secular Perpetual Calendar - Pièce Unique For Only Watch 2023
Case:
Rhodium-plated silver case — Hand-turned lugs (as a piece of jewelry) — Hand-engraving on caseback by Coralie Mercier (Le Lieu, next to the Lac-de-Joux, Switzerland)
Dial:
Blue titanium dial with an in-house anodic oxidation treatment — Hands: hand-crafted by Julien Tixier, including the Maltese cross on the central month hand — Sand-blasted plate gilded with 18K yellow gold
Calibre:
G100 by La-Joux-Perret — Oscillating weight in 18K yellow gold — Module thickness: 1.25mm — Modular plate made from arcap alloy, gilded with 18K yellow gold
Bracelet:
Milanese mesh bracelet in rhodium-plated silver, hand-crafted by Laurent Jolliet in Geneva
Dimensions:
Diameter: 39mm
Height: 11.3mm
Specificities:
Ultra-simplified, modular secular perpetual calendar with 400-year leap and secular year calculation — A single corrector for the entire module — Exclusive module developed in-house and patented
Collaboration
Dominique was keen to join Andrea Furlan and Hamad Al Marri’sendeavor, and delighted to again collaborate with Andrea, as they did for the DR01 watch project. Julien Tixier and Dominique Renaud had met in 2016 and this in turn led to a friendship and the birth of the 'Tempus Fugit' project. The association of Dominique, with his 40 years of experience, and Julien, an independent watchmaker constantly on the lookout for new ideas, was the spark for rethinking the complication – practically from scratch. The result was a balancing act between opting for a classic complication and reinventing it with modern R&D methods.
The brand
Furlan Marri
Furlan Marri is a young Swiss based watch brand proposing vintage inspired watches with an extreme care for details. Each reference tells a different story. Founded by Andrea Furlan, a Swiss industrial designer and Hamad Al Marri, a watch collector and artist from the Middle East. Both are entrepreneurs at heart and wish to offer collections with a story to tell, a strong character and imagine an uncompromising experience.
It's the first time both countries with their own stories partner together from sketch to development and production in the watch industry. In 2021, a few months after the brand’s launch through a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign (world’s top 10 watch campaigns). The 1041-A “Mr. Grey” model won the Horological Revelation prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie. Since, the brand has 15 models and two permanent collections.