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Brand Information: Porsche Design
Avante-garde design and technology merge to produce stunning timepieces as efficient as the carmaker's line of high performance vehicles. With novel materials, exciting dial colors and innovative movement decorations, Porsche Design continues to produce gorgeous watches that the car lover and watch afficianado may both appreciate. Case in point is the recently released Porsche PTC 911 with mag-wheel inspired rotor design that may have you spending more time looking through the sapphire crystal caseback, than at the actual time.
Indicator Mens Wristwatch
Model: 6910.10.40.1149 |
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This is the Porsche Design Indicator 6910.10.40.1149 watch
Other series by Porsche Design include: |
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| Item number: |
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6910.10.40.1149 |
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Porsche Design |
| Style Number: |
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6910.10.40.1149 |
| Series: |
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Indicator |
| Style: |
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Mens |
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Titanium Grade 5 case, Sandblasted |
| Dial Color: |
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Black |
| Watch Bracelet / Strap: |
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Rubber - Black |
| Watch Clasp: |
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Tang Buckle |
| Movement: |
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Automatic |
| Engine: |
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Eterna Caliber 6036 |
| Functions: |
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Hours, Minutes, Sub-dial seconds (at 9), Digital Mechanical Chronograph at 3, Power Reserve at 6 |
| Watch Chronograph: |
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Chronograph center sweep seconds hand; minute, hour digital counter aperture at 3.
The chronograph is the essential function of the INDICATOR, situated at 3. Indicated mechanically in digital mode by rotating disks (hours from zero to nine, in units and the ten minutes). Seconds count indicated in analog display from the center.) After nine hours 59 minutes, like the flag-out warning for flight navigators, the 'out of service' ignal appears in the hour window. |
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Sapphire - Scratch Resistant, Glareproofed both sides |
| Case Diameter: |
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49.0 mm |
| Case Thickness: |
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19.9 mm |
| Caseback: |
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Sapphire Crystal Display Back |
| Bezel Material: |
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Titanium |
| Bezel Function: |
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Fixed |
| Water Resistance: |
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50m / 165ft (suitable for showering; not usually suitable for swimming; unsuitable for diving) |
| Additional Info: |
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The world's first mechanical digital display chronograph.
Its movement is the most complicated ever designed for a production series, a world-first with no less than 800 pieces.
In 1973, Professor F.A. Porsche took his passion for mechanics to the extreme by developing a wristwatch inspired by the dashboard of the mythical 911. He created the first black chronograph ever sold, and surprised the watch making world by bringing unprecedented legibility to market. Thirty years after it first entered production, like his fetish racing car, the chronograph still looks up to the minute. A worthy heir to the brand, the INDICATOR is mostly made of titanium, a reminder that Porsche Design was the first to sell watches entirely made of the light, extremely strong metal.
The INDICATOR's character is assertive and exclusive; it's a monster of technology and unique design. From case to dial, bracelet included, its appearance has nothing in common with any other watch. Every design detail was inspired directly by the brand's legendary savoir-faire in automobiles, and it owes much to the new Porsche Carrera GT.
The INDICATOR is a world first in mechanical watches. Not a watch created with just its external appearance in mind, but the fruit of functional internal design. Their perfect mastery of the technique gave the in-house designers total freedom to explore every imaginable option of form, color and material.
At the end of 2000, Ernst F. Seyr, president and managing director of Eterna SA (owned by Porsche since 1995) suggested the idea of a super chronograph by Porsche Design/Eterna. As an amateur pilot fascinated by mechanics, the new head of the group knew how hard it can be to use a classic chronograph in real-life, and how stress, poor light or vibration can make them almost impossible to read.
The next step from there was to envisage the development of a real instrument that could be used as a chronometer at a glance without having to decipher minute auxiliary dials. That's where the INDICATOR came in. At the end of 2000, Porsche Design gave engineers the go-ahead for development, and entrusted a feasibility study of the INDICATOR project to the Master watchmaker Paul Gerber. A year later, a dozen engineers, technicians and watchmakers from Eterna undertook the development of the revolutionary chronograph's first prototypes and limited series production. After three years of relentless effort, the first INDICATOR saw the light of day.
The finely studied detail of the dial and hands on the INDICATOR is designed for perfect legibility whatever the circumstances.
The semi-skeletal hands, coated in SuperLuminova, obscure the main indicators as little as possible to give a precise reading, even in poor viewing conditions. The figures and hours are also coated in SuperLuminova.
The slightly domed 42mm sapphire crystal, in built motion work, clear and simple dial structure, easy-to-handle elongated push buttons with transverse grooves in Porsche drive mechanism, and 9mm screwed down winding crown… all of the elements of the new Porsche design are reminiscent of the Carrera GT. On the back of the case, a sapphire crystal base secured by six magnificent screws lets you admire the winding crown's splendid rotor in the form of a Carrera GT wheel rim. The titanium rotor wheel offers an excellent resistance/volume ratio, and the solid red gold exterior rotor supplies the requisite energy to the INDICATOR'S four spring drums.
The INDICATOR is fitted on a solid black rubber strap that has the Carrera GT's Michelin tyre tread on its inner surface. Grooves on the strap's outer surface help reduce perspiration and improve comfort and ease of wear. The strap is fastened with double tongue buckle, and finished with two elegant titanium loops.
The caliber that drives the INDICATOR was developed from an ETA base. As well as a new main plate and house-manufactured bridges, it incorporates over 400 new components in the cage. A real mechanical masterpiece, it comprises almost 800 pieces in total.
The plate of this impressive movement is 36mm in diameter, which is the right vital dimension for good legibility of the digital display. Four spring drums provide it with energy. The first drives the basic movement. There are three others (whose force is controlled by three centrifugal brakes) for the display mechanisms' chrono-digital functions. The indicator disks are commuted in two tenths of a second and returned to zero by an engine drive. In other words, they are rest to zero the classic way, by a simple action on the lower push button.
The design of the common power reserve display for all functions is protected by a special patent. The INDICATOR'S power reserve shows how much residual power remains in the four spring drums relative to the state of activation of the four winding springs. The color-coded display enables immediate reading of the watch's power reserve.
Porsche Design envisaged an innovative functional control with the basic caliber. The movement function is controlled second by second with a new mechanical flash display. Three dial windows show a disk with red and white segments whose alternating colors indicate the movement is working as it should. With this new style of display, you can see immediately whether the instrument is ready to fulfill all functions.
The INDICATOR comes in three versions, natural grey titanium, titanium with black finish and rose gold. The exterior measurements and complex mechanics of this monster of technology are an impressive: 49 mm diameter, 18mm thick, water resistant to 50 meters. Produced in very limited edition (a total of 50 worldwide) the INDICATOR is already an exceptional piece that only very few enthusiasts will ever have the chance of owning. |
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LIMITED EDITION OF 50 PIECES |
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