Armin Strom Masterpiece 1: Hands-on With The Phenomenal Dual Time Resonance

The manufacture from Biel had already impressed everyone in 2016 with their Mirrored Force Resonance, then with the Pure Resonance at the beginning of the year. They were revisiting this delicate principle of physics dating back from Christiaan Huygens in the 17th century. The Dual Time Resonance pushes the limits by integrating two movements in a single watch and inducing their resonance with the patented clutch spring from Armin Strom.
 

Hooked by the spectacle at 12, the gaze naturally goes towards the rose gold balance wheels' bridges. They are beveled and adorned with beautiful decoration. A meticulous work realized in-house with a small hammer and chisel. This manual intervention makes every piece completely unique. This is pure art! The same goes for the two hours and minutes dials. Their elegance is striking with their refined railroad track for the minutes, their distinctive Roman numerals for the hours and their mirror-polished hands. They boast guillochés from the hands of the master himself, Kari Voutilainen, both on the center dial and the power reserve sub-counter at 6 o'clock. The third type of guilloché in waves can also be found on the 24 hours indicator where a double hand marks the day or the night of the corresponding dial according to the color of their indexes. Truly artistic watchmaking.
 

Above this artful flurry of details hovers the real star of the timepiece: the famous Armin Strom spring, the truthful conductor of the resonance. It is so thin that it is barely noticeable. But its polished finishing gives it center stage attention when the light strikes it. The back - visible through its sapphire glass - complements the overall high horology feel. The circular Geneva stripes highlight the curves of the plates and the roundness of the case. The symmetry of the face is echoed by the 4 barrels which are wound up by a single crown to guarantee their precision.