With its new model CENTRAL SECOND, Moritz Grossmann pays tribute to the social and technological significance of this unit of time. While conventionally the small second hand is placed in the six o’clock position in the bottom third of the dial on Grossmann watches, here a large-scale second hand is positioned in the centre of the highly refined dial.
CENTRAL SECOND combines a case made from polished steel with a charmingly elegant feel and superb functionality. Schönstes deutsches Handwerk made in Germany that unites the highest degree of craftsmanship with a mechanism that simply functions perfectly.
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CENTRAL SECOND
While conventionally the small second hand is placed in the six o’clock position in the bottom third of the dial on Grossmann watches, here a large-scale second hand is positioned in the centre of the highly refined dial.
CENTRAL SECOND combines a case made from polished steel with a charmingly elegant feel and superb functionality.
HyCeram Luminex luminescent hands that make it easy to tell the time in the dark
A striking contrast to this is provided by the numerals in a rich white and the polished steel hands in white. Filled with HyCeram Luminex, they also make it easy for the wearer to read the time, even in the dark. This hybrid ceramic comprises powerful luminescent pigments that glow in the dark intensively, are long-lasting and produce a beautifully bright green colour.
Dial in salmon
The second version of CENTRAL SECOND comprises a salmon-coloured dial and is limited to 25 watches worldwide.
The manually crafted hands made from steel blued over an open flame form a wonderfully sophisticated contrast to the dial in a salmon hue. With the Moritz Grossmann logo and Made in Germany inscription in black letters, the blue hands and numerals form a harmonious ensemble. All of these elements combined underline the watch’s air of classic understatement.
The Grossmann manual winder with pusher
The in-house developed manual winding mechanism with pusher contains a perfected hand setting mechanism, which eliminates two potential problem areas: avoiding the ingress of foreign particles during the adjustment process and altering the hands unintentionally when pushing the crown back into place.
After a short pull on the winding crown, the mechanism switches to hand setting and simultaneously stops the movement. The crown immediately returns to its original position, allowing the hands to be adjusted precisely. The movement is then restarted using the pusher below the winding crown without having to move the crown again. At the same time, the mechanism is reset to winding mode.
Tech Specs
Movement
Manufactory calibre 100.11, manual winding, regulated in five positions
Special features
Grossmann balance; hand setting override and start of movement with lateral pusher; space-saving modified Glashütte stopwork with backlash; adjustment with Grossmann micrometer screw on cantilevered balance cock; pillar movement with 2/3 plate and pillars made of untreated German silver; balance cock and escape-wheel cock hand-engraved; broad horizontal Glashütte ribbing; snailing on the ratchet wheel; separately removable clutch winder; stop seconds for hand setting; central second wheel
Functions
Hours, minutes and seconds, central seconds with stop second, Grossmann manual winder with pusher
No. of parts
198
Jewels
22 jewels, of which one in a pressed gold chaton
Escapement
Lever escapement
Oscillator
Shock-absorbed Grossmann balance with 4 inertia screws and 2 poising screws, Nivarox 1 balance spring with No. 80 Breguet terminal curve, Gustav Gerstenberger geometry
Balance
Diameter: 14.2 mm, frequency: 18,000 semi-oscillations/hour
Power reserve
42 hours when fully wound
Operating elements
Crowns in stainless steel to wind the watch and set the time, pusher in stainless steel to start the movement
Case dimensions
Diameter: 41.0 mm, height: 12.00 mm
Movement dimensions
Diameter: 36.4 mm, height: 5.30 mm
Case
Three-part, stainless steel
Dial
Solid silver, blue/ purple with sunray finish /salmon-coloured
Hands
Manually crafted, blued steel/polished steel with filling of HyCeram Luminex (hour and minute hand)
Crystal/display back
Sapphire crystal, antireflective coating on one side
Strap
Hand-stitched Kudu leather with prong buckle in stainless steel