Limited Edition of 10 Pieces
MCT Watches and the artist Anish Kapoor present the world premiere Sequential One S110 Evo Vantablack, the first watch to feature the blackest material ever produced by humankind, Vantablack. This collaboration stems from an encounter between Anish Kapoor and MCT Watches starring this high-tech material with its extremely strange properties.
Representing an authentic scientific revolution, Vantablack is composed of carbon nanotubes measuring one millionth of a millimetre thick each and capable of absorbing 99.965 per cent of the light they receive.
Initially developed for the military and aerospace industry, Vantablack soon caught the interest of Anish Kapoor. As the artist explains, "it's the blackest material in the universe, after a black hole; a physical object that is impossible to see".
"We are constantly looking for new materials and new technologies", said Pierre Jacques, CEO of MCT Watches. "When we found out about Vantablack a year ago, we were instantly spellbound by the unreal beauty, the depth and the dizzying power of the effect it creates."
For several months, MCT Watches worked hand in hand with the artist in order to give shape to a mysterious and fascinating watch. Used on the back dial as well as on one end of the minutes hand, shaped like a small moon, Vantablack reveals its incredible properties. The movement appears to be suspended in mid-air, while the small moon appears and disappears as if by magic during its rotation around the dial. Each watch is signed by Anish Kapoor.
Technical Specifications:
The case, in DLC titanium, measures 45mm x 45mm x 15.5mm. Front cambered crystal made of sapphire with double anti-reflective coating. Rear crystal made of sapphire with anti-reflective coating on the inside side. Middle crystal made of sapphire. It is water resistant to 30 meters.
Movement is the Swiss manual-wind MCT in-house caliber S1 with 81 jewels, 18,000 vph and a power reserve of 50 hours. Bridges hand-chamfered and adorned with Côtes de Genève. Patented system for accumulation of energy, traditional Breguet terminal curve. Functions are: Sequential indication of the hour on prisms, minutes indication on 270° sector.
Dial - Minutes: indication of a rotated dial. Hours: made of 4 modules composed of 5 triangular prisms each. Back dial: fully covered with Vantablack. Hand: black with the tip shaped moon covered with Vantablack.
It comes on a hand-stitched black alligator leather strap with a steel triple deployant clasp.
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