“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.
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