Sonic Splash - CVSTOS

Avant-grade, bold and innovative, CVSTOShas been charting its own course in the exclusive world of Swiss Haute Horlogerie since 2005.

This year, it is literally making waves with the RMT-S by shattering industry myth that minutes repeaters cannot come in water resistant cases. A timepiece that is watertight up to 100m, this groudbreaking watch look set to alter our preconceptions of minute repeaters forever as it comes as a relief to connoisseurs who dither over wearing their delicate minute repeaters when they go sailing or suffer anxiety of splash backs when washing their hands.

CVSTOS Challegne-R

CVSTOS Challegne-R

An amalgamation og the best of inventive high-end watchmaking, the in-house designed and manufactured 76510 hand-wound calibre expresses CVSTOS' technical ingenuity by combining a minute repeater and a tourbillion in the same timepiece. Strengthened through an exclusive plasma process borrowed from the aerospace industry, the mechanims of this mechanical wonder can be admired in its full glory from the front and back thanks to the sapphire crystal dial and case back. Featuring the same cutting-edge atmospheric coating, the red-hot 12mm flying tourbillion is further fortified by an innovative anti-shock construstion comparising a main bridge at the back of the movement linked to the main plate via two bearing that provide excellent support with minimal tolerance. As the tourbillion performits gravity-defying pirouettes tirelessly, withness the minute repeater function come to life when you active the push-piece at '9', and be enthralledby the crystal clear chimes as the hammers hit the gongs.

CVSTOS Challenge Tourbillon

Pagani Zonda F Chrono by CVSTOS

CVSTOS Challenge Tourbillon

Delivering clear and lound tones, the RMT-S succesfully vindicates CVSTOS' belief that a water resistant cases does not adversely affect the aural quality of minute repeaters. Leveraging on the sheer volumes of air in its watch case, the watchmaker ingeniously constructed the titanium caseas an exceptional resonance chamber that amplifier the sound by allowing the vibrations to bounce freely through 4 acoustic goles in the movement and reinforce the standing wave. Just as the sound holes on acoustic string instrument allows its sound to be projectedmore efficiency from the resonance chamber the mlodious chimes of the RMT-S is transmitted effectively through the thinner crystal membrane by the rigid titanium case.

CVSTOS Challegne-R

CVSTOS Challegne-R

CVSTOS Challegne-R

Strapping and robust, the RMT-S oozes CVSTOS' audacious DNA with its sculpted and hand finished Challeng tonneau-shaped case (53.7mm x 41mm). Ergonomically cambered to conform to the curve of your wrist, it is crafted out of grade 2 titanium that is renowned for its strong yet lightweight propeties. More importantly, titanium is chosen because of its low internal damping factor that allows most of the audible frequencies generated by the gong to be preserved, and a smaller ratio of E to p that amplifies vibrations within the chamber wothout absorbing them, forcing the sound out of the case through the crystal.