There is something you don't see every day - a mechanical wrist watch with a working altimeter! Produced by Breva, the Génie 02 Terre is a titanium made (G5) timepiece with a fully functional, high-performance mechanical altimeter. Only 55 pieces will be produced (available with meter or feet calibrations) and the price will be $132,000. Breva Génie 02 Terre technical specifications:
- Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, large-scale altitude indicator, precision-scale altitude indicator, power reserve indicator, air pressure valve, equalizer seal indicator, altitude scale adjuster.
- Case, dial and strap:
- Case material: titanium G5, with altitude calibrated in either meters or feet.
- Dimensions: 44.7 mm x 15.6 mm
- Number of components: 69
- Crowns: winding setting crown at 9 o'clock, altitude adjuster at 2 o'clock, air valve at 4 o'clock
- Crystals: sapphire crystal and display back treated with anti-reflective coating on both sides.
- Dials: Grained and galvanically-treated Nickel silver, indexes and numbers in three-dimensional Super-LumiNova
- Altitude scales: available in metric (meters) or imperial (feet) measurements
- Water resistance: 30m
- Air valve with Teflon moisture-resisting osmosis membrane
- Strap and buckle: natural rubber strap with titanium tang buckle.
- Movement:
- Proprietary movement developed exclusively for Breva by Jean-François Mojon/Chronode
- Diameter: 36mm
- Number of components: 415
- Number of jewels: 45
- Balance frequency: 3 Hz
- Dual aneroid capsules specifically developed to derive altitude from air pressure
- Power reserve: 65 hours