1941 Remontoire | Voutilainen Dial | White Gold

1941 Remontoire | Voutilainen Dial | White Gold

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The Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire, in many ways, is the embodiment of artisanal, independent watchmaking. Designed by the brothers in the Netherlands, they took inspiration from a remontoire clock their grandfather (and father), used to maintain. The result is esoteric, uncompromising in quality and steeped in romanticism.

The Grönefeld brothers’ upbringing in a small town in the Eastern part of the Netherlands was permeated in horology. In the evenings and on the weekends, as children, they used to play in their grandfather Johan's workshop, surrounded by instruments and by the sound of their ceaseless ticking. As a gifted watchmaker, Johan also looked after the clock of the nearby church, dating back to 1240. On his death, this custodianship was passed onto his son, the Grönefeld brothers’ father. The latter's year of birth was commemorated in the reference of the '1941 Remontoire'.

Watchmaking having made a strong imprint on them in their respective youths, Bart and Tim Grönefeld both trained in horology, cutting their teeth at famed complications specialist Renaud et Papi, alongside notable contemporaries such as and . Producing no more than 70 watches a year, the Grönefeld brothers create extremely high-quality pieces, having commanded the admiration and respect of none other than , amongst others.

The inspiration for the 1941 Remontoire harkens back to the brothers’ childhood, and the memories of the clock their grandfather and father used to maintain, which featured a seldom-seen, and highly technical form of power distribution: a remontoire. Providing a more constant delivery of energy to the escapement, a remontoire in theory offers greater precision. Celebrated watchmaker , describes the complication thusly,

 

"The use of the remontoire is by far the best method of smoothing the power supply, but it is complex and costly to make. For this reason watches with remontoires are very rare, and this, combined with their attractive action, gives them a special place in the affections of the connoisseur of mechanics. The fact that the mechanism is quite unnecessary merely adds to its charm."

The core of the 1941 Remontoire is the movement. From a technical perspective, it features an eight second remontoire, which serves to deliver a constant amount of power to the escapement using a secondary wheel, visible through the dial at 9 o’clock. Consisting of 258 individual components, the caliber features over a dozen different finishing techniques, from snailing to frosting. The bridges, shaped like the bell gable roofs of Dutch houses, are fashioned out of steel, which is much more difficult and costly to work with, than brass or silver.

Each individual bridge requires dozens of steps and up to ten hours of work, including mirror polishing of the screws, and chamfering rims and slots, demonstrating the brothers’ fascination with depth and light. The level of painstaking craftsmanship of the Remontoire movements is striking, and the movement is limited to only 188 pieces in total.

The case, measuring 39.5mm across and just 10.5mm thick, is made out of a special white gold and palladium alloy. Its sculpted profile is executed with a specially shaped cutter, to create its characteristic hollowed, concave recesses and convex surfaces.

The bespoke, dark grey guilloché and blue enamel dial was made by none other than , famed for his intricate and expertly finished dials. Different styles of finishing are featured throughout the dial, which has the remontoire exposed at 9 o’clock. Every 8 seconds, the remontoire quickly spins and stops, delivering energy to the escapement.

This Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire is accompanied by its original box and paperwork. It comes on our dark grey nubuck strap, and is accompanied by its original grey alligator strap and Grönefeld white gold buckle.

Viewings can be arranged in Central London by appointment.
Closer look
Brand: Grönefeld
Model: 1941 Remontoire
Movement: manual-winding in-house Caliber G-05
Functions: time-only: hours, minutes, sub-seconds
Features: custom Voutilainen-made dark grey guilloché and blue dial, eight seconds remontoire
Case: 39.5 mm white gold
Crystal: sapphire front and back
Strap: smoked-grey,  nubuck strap; Grönefeld grey alligator strap and stainless steel tang buckle
Lug/buckle width:
Year: 2018
Box & papers: full set - box, papers & guarantee card
This Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire watch comes as a full set, with its original box and papers. The watch is in mint condition and has perfect mechanical functionality. It's guaranteed for authenticity, and comes with a two-year warranty from A Collected Man.

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