LEDERER INNOVATIONS
THE WORKS OF A MODERN DAY MASTER
Bernhard Lederer is one of the world’s most lauded independent watchmakers, who over the past four decades has developed ultra-complex watches both under his own name and for major brands.
1986 - Masterpiece Table Clock
Created in 1986, this masterpiece table clock features a gravity escapement, temperature compensation and a fusée-and-chain mechanism. The 1000-year calendar is paired with a moon phase display, with the sidereal and synodic moon phase display requiring adjustment only once every 800 years.
1996 - Brazil
In 1996, Bernhard Lederer spent more than a year in Brazil to finalize an extravagant project, the Brazil Monumental Countdown Clock. Counting down to the 500th anniversary of the country’s discovery, this monumental clock had to contend with power outages, the salty air swept in by the relentless wind from the Atlantic, and the intense heat of the Brazilian sun. Rock solid reliability that lives up to an historic task.
2007 - MT3 Tourbillon
In 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, on the occasion of the largest collectors’ gathering in Asia, Bernhard Lederer won the prestigious “Most Revered Watch of the Year” award for his Majesty Tourbillon MT3. Dr. Francis Yeoh, organizer of the event, said: “With the Majesty Tourbillon MT3, Bernhard Lederer unveiled something unique in the world, a major breakthrough in design and technology.” The timepiece features 3 cage-free tourbillons secured by a single bridge. When true emotion requires no dial.
2011 - Gagarin Tourbillon
Recognized with multiple awards around the world, the Gagarin tourbillon was designed by Bernhard Lederer in 2011 as a 50th anniversary tribute to Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s historic 108-minute spaceflight. Among its distinctive features, a flying tourbillon that moves counter-clockwise, in an eastward march around the dial, completing a revolution in exactly 108 minutes – and a loupe to view its intricacies. Watch number 1 was presented to His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco at his wedding.
2016 - 100,000 Gauss Paramagnetic Watch
In 2016, Bernhard Lederer introduced a notable world premiere: a movement with the lowest magnetic interaction rate ever achieved. Resistant to 100,000 Gauss and certified to the stringent NATO-STANAG 2897 standard, it has a magnetic signature of less than 5 nano-Tesla. This made it the only watch to pass muster as standard equipment for the mine clearance divers' unit of Germany’s NATO Special Forces.
2021 - Central Impulse Chronometer
Inspired by Breguet’s Natural Escapement and George Daniels’ Independent Double Wheel Escapement, the Central Impulse Chronometer features an innovative escapement driven by two independent gear trains, each with its own barrel and remontoir d’égalité. This creation was awarded the Innovation Award at the prestigious Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2021.
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