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Celine’s Spring/Summer 2022 Baie Des Anges Collection spotlighted the “Portrait Of A Musician” series captured by the brand’s creative director Hedi Slimane.
Kaia Gerber re-established her relationship with fashion label Celine for its Summer 2022 campaign. Hedi Slimane, the brand’s artistic director, pictured the brunette model on location in the South of France in Nice. The shots were taken in October of last year and featured Kaia in designs from the spring collection while modeling for a series of predominantly black and white photographs. In one photograph, the American model was shown sporting a leather jacket, a striped mini dress, and the Triomphe Chain Shoulder Bag (shown in a short film), among other things. First appeared during the Autumn/Winter 2021 runway show in Monaco, the bag was featured in the Summer 2022 campaign in a smooth lambskin with interlocking C’s, both in black. (This page, bottom, Model Kaia Gerber poses with Celine Chain Shoulder Bag Cuir Triomphe. Photo: Hedi Slimane)
On the Submariner’s dial, the Chromalight hour markers and hands are filled or coated with a luminescent material emitting a long-lasting blue glow – for up to two times longer than traditional phosphorescent materials. On the bezel, the triangular ‘zero’ marker of the graduation is visible in the dark thanks to an embedded capsule containing the same luminescent material. The unidirectional rotatable bezel is equipped with a 60-minute graduated monobloc Cerachrom insert that allows divers to monitor their time underwater. This patented insert is made of an extremely hard, virtually scratchproof ceramic whose colour is unaffected by ultraviolet rays. The high-tech ceramic is inert and cannot corrode. The graduations and the numerals are moulded into the ceramic and coloured with gold or platinum using a PVD (Physical Vapour Deposition) process.
STRONG VISUAL IDENTITY Like all Rolex watches, the Submariner and Submariner Date are covered by the Superlative Chronometer certification redefined by Rolex in 2015. These certification tests apply to the fully assembled watch, after casing the movement, guaranteeing superlative performance on the wrist in terms of precision, power reserve, waterproofness and self-winding. The status is
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SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER CERTIFIED
symbolized by the green seal that comes with every Rolex watch and is coupled with an international 5-year guarantee. The precision of every movement – officially certified as a chronometer by the Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC) – is tested a second time by
Rolex after being cased, to ensure that it meets criteria that are far stricter than those of the official certification: −2/+2 seconds per day. The Superlative Chronometer certification testing simulates the conditions in which a watch is actually worn and more closely represents re-
Every Rolex watch has undergone a series of tests conducted by Rolex in its laboratories following the brand’s criteria. al-life experience. The entirely automated series of tests also checks the waterproofness, the self-winding capacity and the power reserve of 100 per cent of Rolex watches. These tests systematically complement the qualification testing during development and production, in order to ensure the watches’ reliability, robustness, and resistance to magnetic fields and shocks.
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IN-HOUSE PERPETUAL CALIBRES 3230 AND 3235 MANUFACTURED by Rolex The Submariner is equipped with calibre 3230, while the Submariner Date is fitted with calibre 3235, self-winding mechanical movements entirely developed and manufactured by Rolex. Consummate demonstrations of technology, these movements carry a number of patents. They offer outstanding performance in terms of precision, power reserve, resistance to shocks, convenience and reliability. The oscillator of calibres 3230 and 3235 has a large balance wheel with variable inertia regulated extremely precisely via gold Microstella nuts. It is held firmly in place by a height-adjustable traversing bridge enabling very stable positioning to increase shock resistance. The oscillator is also fitted on patented, high-performance Paraflex shock absorbers, designed by Rolex. Calibres 3230 and 3235 have an optimized blue Parachrom hairspring, manufactured by Rolex in a paramagnetic alloy. Insensitive to magnetic fields, the Parachrom hairspring offers great stability in the face of temperature variations. It is equipped with a Rolex overcoil, ensuring the calibres’ regularity in any position. Both calibres incorporate the patented Chronergy escapement, made of nickel-phosphorus, which combines high energy efficiency with great dependability and is also insensitive to magnetic fields. Calibres 3230 and 3235 are fitted with a self-winding module featuring a Perpetual rotor, which ensures continuous winding of the mainspring by harnessing the movements of the wrist to provide constant energy. The power reserve of both movements is approximately 70 hours. The movement of the Submariner and that of the Submariner Date will be seen only by certified Rolex watchmakers, yet they are beautifully finished and decorated in keeping with the brand’s uncompromising quality standards.
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