Recreated hours I century BC Bashny.Net

Hublot Swiss House introduced a mechanism Anticythère, on which the famous watchmaker Matthias Butte worked for the past seven years. Master set a goal to make the caliber of the image of the Antikythera Mechanism.
In 1901, in the Aegean Sea between the Greek island of Crete and the Peloponnese, near the island of Antikythera, it was discovered the sunken Roman ship antique. Among other utensils, archaeologists discovered the remains of an ancient mechanism, created about 100 BC. A unique find has set researchers a lot of questions, many of which modern science has not yet found an answer.





And for most of the brand in this case there was not the slightest benefit. Anticythère - pure experiment. Hublot announced that the new mechanism will never appear in production models hours. This will create a 3-4 caliber, which will be sold at a charity auction.



The mechanism consists of 495 parts and very complicated. Particularly hampered the work that antique mechanism for a long time spent under water and got to investigators heavily damaged. Even now, when Butte presented the final version of his caliber, many of the ancient mysteries remained unsolved. It is not a replica of the ancient device. Something from the master added, for example the tourbillon, which appeared much later. The official name of hours - Calibre 2033-CH01. They have a long list of exotic options: Egyptian calendar, calendar Panhellenic games (These included the famous Olympic competition), the zodiacal map, phases of the moon, solar cycles and a host of astronomical cycles - Meto, Saros, Kallip, Ekseligmos. This miracle of mechanics Hublot intends to present at the exhibition in Basel in 2012.



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