Maurice Lacroix Mémoire 1
Info
With the 2007 launched chronograph Mémoire 1, Maurice Lacroix, after three years of development, presented the world's first mechanical movement with memory function. Even with the design of the case and the dial as well as with the movement decoration and the materials the company is treading new paths.
The self-winding movement ML 128 was awarded the “Golden Balance” 2008 (in the division Technology Prize) of the German Uhrenmagazin. The special construction features claim that time and stop function are represented on the same pair of hands. In addition, the mechanism realizes the value once stopped and allows the wearer of the watch to switch between the two times as often as he wishes.
The watch is limited to only 20 pieces.
The price of the watch, which is brought on the market in 2008, is approximately 300,000 Euros.
Movement:
- Bidirectional winding
- Precision regulation with worm screw system
- KIF shock protection
- Wheels gilded or with black PVD coating
- Transparent Balance wheel with white gold ring
- Nivaflex-M- mainspring
- 537 components, including 9 switching hearts
Case:
- Ø 49 mm
- Sapphire crystal, antireflecive at the inside
- Screw-in caseback with antireflecive sapphire crystal
Dial:
- Black and silver
- Transparent, antireflecive hour disc on mineral basis
- Minutes hand, hours disc and hours index with white, blue luminous coating
- Faceted indexes as applications
- Luminous numerals and hands
- Skeletonized GMT hands
Functions:
- Hours, minutes, seconds
- Date indication with disc
- Chronograph with mechanical Memory function (Time mode and Chrono mode), mode indication
Bracelet:
- Hand-sewn, mat Alligator leather with tang-type buckle in white gold with palladium