{"id":4776,"date":"2013-04-22T10:01:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T09:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preprod.gmtmag.com\/?p=4776"},"modified":"2013-04-22T10:01:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T09:01:36","slug":"christophe-claret-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/nouveaute-en-n-en\/focus-2\/christophe-claret-11.html","title":{"rendered":"Christophe Claret : The singing chronograph"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>Kantharos\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Movement\u2009:<\/strong> mechanical self-winding <strong>Case\u2009:<\/strong> white gold and anthracite titanium <strong>Diameter\u2009: <\/strong>45mm <strong>Functions\u2009:<\/strong> hours, minutes, monopusher chronograph, mechanical strike at each change of function, patented cathedral gong, constant force<strong> Caseback\u2009:<\/strong> sapphire crystal\u00a0<strong>Strap\u2009:<\/strong> black alligator leather with red stitching <strong>Water resistance\u2009:<\/strong> 30m<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"contenu_article\">Making the timepieces he develops strike\/sing has become something entirely natural for him, like a personal signature. With the Dual Tow in 2009, Christophe Claret had been the first to introduce a striking chronograph. He once again makes news with the Kantharos, an automatic chronograph that strikes with each change of function (start\/stop\/reset). \u201cI find it entirely logical to mark the beginning or end of a timing operation by an acoustic signal\u201d, explains Christophe Claret who admits to be seriously fascinated by this function \u2013 as confirmed by almost his entire range of models. \u201cLike the start of a boxing match or a greyhound race, for example, which are audibly signalled \u2026\u201d Not content with merely having his new chronograph chime, Christophe Claret focuses firmly on enhancing acoustic quality with a patented cathedral gong. He has also added yet another horological complication to this ultra-technical timepiece in the shape of a constant-force mechanism visible at 6 o\u2019clock. The latter enhances the precision and reliability of this chronograph that expresses its impressive assets within a sporting yet elegant design.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making the timepieces he develops strike\/sing has become something entirely natural for him, like a personal signature. With the Dual Tow in 2009, Christophe Claret had been the first to introduce a striking chronograph. He once again makes news with the Kantharos, an automatic chronograph that strikes with each change of function (start\/stop\/reset). \u201cI find it entirely logical to mark the beginning or end of a timing operation by an acoustic signal\u201d, explains Christophe Claret who admits to be seriously fascinated by this function \u2013 as confirmed by almost his entire range of models. \u201cLike the start of a boxing match or a greyhound race, for example, which are audibly signalled \u2026\u201d Not content with merely having his new chronograph chime, Christophe Claret focuses firmly on enhancing acoustic quality with a patented cathedral gong. He has also added yet another horological complication to this ultra-technical timepiece in the shape of a constant-force mechanism visible at 6 o\u2019clock. The latter enhances the precision and reliability of this chronograph that expresses its impressive assets within a sporting yet elegant design.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":4774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80],"tags":[360],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}