BaselWorld 2012 is about to unveil the Hublot "Antikythera" watch housing a special movement that reinterprets, while respecting its architecture, the Antikythera machine (also known as the Antikythera mechanism), a sophisticated planetarium dating back to the 2nd century BC and capable of calculating sunrise, moon phases, the movements of the five planets then known, equinoxes, months, days of the week and the dates of the Olympic Games. Hours and minutes are indicated in the classical way, at the heart of the movement recreated by Hublot and presented for the first time at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris as part of the exhibition "Anticythère, l'énigmatique machine surgie du fonds du temps" (Anticythera, the enigmatic machine that emerged from the mists of time) during which a 2D and 3D film made by the watchmaker and aimed at introducing the public to the entire history of this extraordinary machine is being shown. (The film can also be viewed on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/user/antikythera2012). This watch movement is regulated by an equally classic tourbillon, whose 'cage' at 6 o'clock completes one revolution on itself in one minute. On the watch, the various known indications of the Antikythera machine have been respected, both front and back. On the first side of the movement: the calendar of the Panhellenic games (indicating the cities that hosted the games), the Egyptian calendar (12 months of 30 days with epagomenal days - extra days), the position of the sun in the constellations of the zodiac, the phases of the moon (in a superb window with a hand indicating the position of the moon in the zodiac throughout the sidereal month) and the sidereal year. On the back of the watch movement are the Callippic cycle, the Metonic cycle, the Saros cycle and the Exeligmos cycle.
Hublot Anticitera Calibre 2033-CH01
Movement functions: Hours, minutes; Seconds with tourbillon cage; Flying tourbillon without ball bearing; Manual winding
Dial view: Egyptian Calendar: Pan-Hellenic Games Calendar; Zodiac; Moon hand; Moon phases; Sun hand
View of bridges: Cycle of Meton; Cycle of Saros; Callippic Cycle; Cycle Exeligmos
Main features
Movement dimensions: Width 30.40 mm; Length 38.00 mm; Thickness 14.14 mm (overall dimensions)
2-position (3 o'clock) setting shaft: Manual winding; Time setting
Number of rubies: 69
Number of components: 495
Spiral: Flat for extremely precise adjustment
Frequency: 21,600 vibrations per hour (3Hz)
Power reserve: Approx. 120 hours (5 days)
Oscillator (manufactured in-house): Rocker with adjustment masselets; Moment of inertia: 16mg/cm2; Rising angle: 53°.
Shock absorbers: Shock absorber for main plate and balance bridge
Plates and bridges: Brass, chamfered with drawn contours, perlage grooves; Treatment: black ruthenium
Cycle and calendar dial: Finishing, 5N Gold treatment
Wheels: Chamfered finished wheels, rhodium-plated, rolled sprockets
Screws: Polished and chamfered heads, rounded and polished tips
Steels: Satin-finished, bevelled with drawn contours
