Requiem’ has preserved its fearsomely sober and elegant estheticism and same technical skills, among other things : power reserve of 8 days, rearmament of the base of the skull and a hours display via a «slow» jumping disc and sweeping minutes.
A few side openings were especially conceived and design as such as pirate’s scarifications, in order to allow only a few reflections of light to filter, beautifying the mechanical movement and its hourly vision through the orbits.
The protective housing formed by the skull around the movement allows only a few reflections of light to filter through openings: two crossed swords, symbol of the brand, placed on the temples, such as openings on another temporal space, suggest the rhythmic oscillations of the escapement.
The first piece in the new Skull artistic collection, L’Épée 1839 deliberately wanted this emblematic table clock to remain sober, modern and visually delicate.Manual winding of movement actuated by a specially designed key – The unique key for Requiem’s time setting and manual rewinding interlocks directly between the columns.194 components
