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1948 Automatic
The contemporary version of the “1948” features a sturdy self-winding mechanical movement fitted with a ball-bearing device similar to the original’s. 44 mm across, its finely polished stainless steel case with transparent sapphire porthole at the back embodies today’s design preferences. The case frames a silver-toned or sunray brush-patterned black dial enhanced with rounded hour markers and a date window at 6 o’clock, over which rotate rhodium-plated hour, minutes and seconds hands protected by an anti-reflexive scratch-resistant sapphire crystal.
Like the original design, today’s “1948” comes with elegantly facetted and incurved case lugs securing a black alligator strap with polished steel deployment clasp. The small plates on ei-ther case flank, with “1948” engraved at 9 o’clock on one of them, and the crown’s peculiar silhouette round out the coolly classic design signature of the contemporary “1948”.
Specs
Functions
Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Date
Movement
Swiss Made
Case
Stainless steel, Polished, 11.70mm (thinness) x 44.00mm (diameter)
Buckle
Deployment Buckle
Glass
Sapphire
Water resistance
5.00atm / 50.00m / 165.00ft
Year
2012
Reference number
2950.41.11.1175