SIHH 2009: JeanRichard Paramount Tourbillon Linear Power Reserve Watch

A tourbillon and an inventive power reserve indicator lend a unique character to the JeanRichard Paramount Tourbillon Linear Power Reserve watch, a new creation from the Swiss manufacture born of five years of intensive effort.  The timepiece unifies the most celebrated complication in the haute horlogerie repertoire with the vertically linear power reserve complication that first made its debut on JeanRichard's Paramount Square watch from 2005.  

The JeanRichard Paramount Tourbillon Power Reserve watch features a rectangular 36 x 36mm case in brushed white gold inspired by the German "Bauhaus" architectural movement.  Under the flat sapphire crystal is a satin finished black dial with an opaline minute track; highlighting the alluring presence of the linear power reserve indicator is a Cotes de Geneve decorated plate secured by four screws.  The tourbillon with its blued steel index (serving as a seconds hand) completes a full revolution every minute on a distinctly angled bridge in brushed pink gold with beveled edges.  Polished white gold arrow-shaped hands with an ample application of Superluminova material harmonize with the strongly technical elegance of the overall design, and ensure that the time is easily read, day or night.  

Animating the JeanRichard Paramount Tourbillon Power Reserve watch is the in-house manufactured Sowind 99201 caliber.  Power reserve of the Sowind 99201 is 72 hours, and balance frequency is a moderate 21,600 vibrations per hour.  Among the technical signatures of this manually wound movement are a conical train differential mechanism; this feature was necessitated by the 10 o'clock location of the linear power reserve display, so that the tourbillon could be accommodated in the dial's lower hemisphere.  

The JeanRichard Paramount Tourbillon Power Reserve watch is joined to its wearer by a strap in alligator leather and an 18K white gold buckle.  Water resistance of this timepiece is 30 meters.