The unbelievable Daytona skeleton by Label Noir Ultimate customization, in the best sense of the word With Label Noir, we have come full circle: the secret know-how of co-contracting becomes a signature of ultimate luxury.
And when a client wants his Rolex part number 116520 to metamorphose into a skeleton, the challenge becomes a textbook case. In the global community of watch enthusiasts and collectors, there is a tribe apart.
They are irreducible afficionados who, in addition to acquiring sought-after models, delight in adding a personal touch to them, often synonymous with unique pieces or even limited editions.
From Tourbillon to skeletonization of a mythical caliber For one of them, an original and limitless client, Label Noir had already made a name worldwide: the brand launched in 2018 the world's first Rolex Tourbillon, a Milgauss that became a hit in the medias.
Watchmaker Emmanuel Curti, CEO of Label Noir, loves such clients. Because every madness is synonymous with challenge.
And when respect for fine mechanical watchmaking is matched by innovative creativity in terms of finishings and closures, the exercise requires the entire range of expertise in watchmaking excellence.
The art of watchmaking skeletonization involves stripping each component of a watch movement of as much material as possible, without taking the risk of weakening its loadbearing structures or impairing its precision.
It is a real complication resulting from an addition of delicate processes: digging until flirting with the rupture points, then softening the protruding angles while performing as an artist.
For through the emptiness achieved, a new aesthetic emerges from the watchmaker's golden fingers: racy, tapered curves, suspension effects and transparencies, harmony of lines and intricacies… In short, a carefully chiseled masterpiece that enhances the fascinating kinetics of a mechanical self-winding calibre that is gradually being stripped bare.
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Platinum oscillating mass, expertly inversion from polished, to brushed SuperMattLight The micromechanical autopsy of this metamorphosis reveals that all the original components of the famous calibre 4130, the one that inhabits the Daytona chronographs, have been preciously preserved.
All but one.
The oscillating mass, a.k.a. the rotor, that famous piece usually made of a heavy steel and brass alloy which constantly supplies the caliber with energy through its to-and-fro motions.
In this incredible Daytona Skeleton which has become LNSK010-01 (LN for Label Noir), this mass is made of platinum and a transparent bottom allows you to visually taste it. The very compact mass of this material makes it heavier, therefore more mobile.
The originality of this aesthetics so well done comes from this systematic inversion between polished and satin finishes using the SuperMattLight technique.
The result of this process is an unrivalled softness, an almost unreal light absorbency. As a result, what was shiny in the original Daytona becomes matt in this squellete version, and vice versa.
It's sober, deliciously organic, particularly uncluttered. Like the hands and the bezel, which seem to have escaped any modification, the familiar crown, the distinctive sign of Rolex, has been preserved at 12 o'clock, as the culmination of an inner bezel on which some SuperLuminova tips have been sprinkled.
As for the pushbutton protection devices, they have been kept as they are.
Label Noir, ethical personalization, excellent reputation The ultimate luxury brand Label Noir is a signature entirely dedicated to personalization.
Headed by watchmaker Emmanuel Curti, this love brand claims respect for origins and practices, and the most absolute ethics in terms of materials and techniques. It is the creator of all kinds of watch transformations, world firsts and process innovations, such as Magma Moon Coating (MMC).
Its entrepreneurial foundations are the result of the advanced know-how of excellent watchmaking co-contracting: finishings, surface coating treatments, construction of cases and bracelets, manufacture of dials and hands, surgery on watch calibres, etc.
Label Noir, first Rolex Tourbillon in The first watchmakers used to work mainly on order and therefore in customization mode.
This way of doing things is closely linked to the History of watchmaking. Once the creation was finished, they used to sign the dial and added to their first and last names, the place where their workshop was located.
Other master craftsmen then later brands, when faced with ultra-special orders, also used to rename their works with the name of their future owners...: Marie-Antoinette of Austria was Queen of France, James Ward Packard was an American automobile manufacturer, Henry Graves Jr. was a New York banker, Paul Newman was an automobile driver and an actor.
These four figures embody the most accomplished form of the personalization arts. The brand LABEL NOIR appropriates the fundamentals of watchmaking. It rekindles personalization, one of the noblest traditions. Welcome to the heights of the most desirable luxury, that of being able to get involved in the creation of your own watch.
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