iW Magazine Spring 2018 | Page 127

“WE HAD ALREADY CREATED A FIRST SERIES OF 10 SECOND TEMPOGRAPHS: A PATENTED, LIMITED-EDITION MODEL THAT IS NOW TO BE FOUND ON THE WRIST OF MANY COLLECTORS. THE NEW COLLECTION DISPLAYS A RATHER MORE CLASSICAL SENSITIVITY, IN LINE WITH THE ETHOS OF TRADITIONAL WATCHMAKING ELEGANCE.” - JEAN-MARIE SCHALLER, CEO AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF ATELIERS LOUIS MOINET. The 20-second Tempograph MEMORIS, THE FIRST EDUCATIONAL CHRONOGRAPH IN HISTORY Memoris may be one of the first educational chronograph in the history of watchmaking. The piece has been designed to be both technical and fun, displaying all the choreography of its chronograph on the dial side. The unique structure of Memoris provides time measurement – and allows you to understand how it works, too. With a single gentle touch on the monopusher, a unique performance unfolds before your eyes: the mechanism of steel parts and gears comes to life, all coordinated by the column wheel at 12 o’clock. The column wheel itself, with teeth at the base and vertical columns that have been precision cut, is the star of the show. The multiple facets of this symmetrical part bring to life the various levers that pass on information to the hands. The chronograph is neither a skeleton nor an additional module: rather, the all-new movement has been designed for and around it – to the extent that Louis Moinet has opted to locate the automatic move- ment’s time mechanism to the rear of the piece, beneath the plate. SPRING 2018 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | 127