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BENZINGER GAP 2 "Classic"
BENZINGER GAP 2 "Classic"
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The new version of the GAP 2 is technically even more sophisticated than the GAP 1. The biggest challenge - apart from the offset hours and minutes and the small seconds on the same axis as the date display - was the additional installation of a power reserve (48 hours). Habring managed to install this power reserve via differentials and various additional gear chains in exactly the same place where it now sits: directly below the 12 o'clock display. And this more technical design is also continued on the back of the watch, as the elaborately skeletonized movement has now given way to a hand-guillochéd three-quarter plate, which gives the GAP 2 movement a calmer, more elegant appearance.
Also new and available as an option is the colored ceramic ring in the case back, which surrounds the inverse engraving. The ceramic color is based on the color of the dial.
So far, the GAP 2 comes in 3 different versions: “Classic”, “Graphite” and “Midnight Blue”.
Case:
High-grade steel case made in Pforzheim with 3-D-engraving, option: ceramic inlay in the case back, color- matched to the dial
Crown at 2 h, option: ceramic inlay, color-matched with case back Pusher for date correction at 3 h
Diameter of 39 mm, height of 11,5 mm
Sapphire glass on both sides
Movement:
Own manufactory hand-winding movement, shifted hour and minute indication Small second at 8 h, date indication at 4 h
Diameter of 30 mm, height of 5,1 mm
28.800 vibrations per hour (4Hz)
48 hours power reserve
Tangential screw fine regulation
Carl Haas sprung balance in chronometer accuracy KIF shock absorber acc. to DIN and NIHS
19 jewels
Dial:
Sterling Silver –hand-guillochéd, with original Breguet-Frost, blue Galvano lacquer Hour and minute indication, slightly shifted towards 12 h
Subdials for small second and date indication Rhodium plated
48 hours power reserve underneath 12 o’clock
Base Plate:
Rhodium plated
Hand-guillochéd, rosegold and rhodium plated movement parts Hand-skeletonized ratchet wheel
Flame-blued screws
Hands:
Steel hands in „Breguet“-style
Strap:
Hand-sewn Alcantara strap Folding clasp / thorn buckle Screwed-in strap lugs
