{"id":992,"date":"2007-06-26T05:12:32","date_gmt":"2007-06-26T05:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/williamwinram.com\/wordpress\/?p=992"},"modified":"2012-07-07T04:27:13","modified_gmt":"2012-07-07T04:27:13","slug":"the-launch-of-the-w-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/williamwinram.com\/wordpress\/2007\/06\/the-launch-of-the-w-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"The launch of the &#8220;W&#8221; watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_998\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-998\" style=\"width: 376px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/williamwinram.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/W_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"W\" width=\"376\" height=\"564\" class=\"size-full wp-image-998\" srcset=\"http:\/\/williamwinram.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/W_2.jpg 376w, http:\/\/williamwinram.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/W_2-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/williamwinram.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/W_2-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wearing the W watch underWater, where it belongs - \u00a9 Fred Buyle<\/figcaption><\/figure><span class=\"titulo\">The W watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Introducing a one-of-a-kind dive chronograph | June 2007<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The design and concept of the <strong>W<\/strong> <strong>w<\/strong>atch<strong>w<\/strong>as born in the mind of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.golay-spierer.ch\/en\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffc125;\"><strong>Christophe Golay<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, a creator of innovative time-keepers, <strong>w<\/strong>ho<strong>w<\/strong>as inspired by <strong>W<\/strong>illiam&#8217;s under<strong>w<\/strong>ater breath-hold exploits. Hence, the <strong>W<\/strong> was not meant to be a dive computer, but rather a time-piece for under<strong>w<\/strong>ater adventure-seekers such as <strong>W<\/strong>illiam.<\/p>\n<p>Its concept resides in a removable safety cage set above the glass, allo<strong>w<\/strong>ing <strong>w<\/strong>ater to pass in-bet<strong>w<\/strong>een, creating a magnifying effect under<strong>w<\/strong>ater. The glass is also protected by this cage <strong>w<\/strong>hich <strong>w<\/strong>ill take the blo<strong>w<\/strong> of real-life encouters in and out of the <strong>w<\/strong>ater.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"destacado\"><strong>TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Movement<\/p>\n<p>Self-<strong>w<\/strong>inding chronograph, Valjoux Soprod 7750 movement <strong>w<\/strong>ith date indicator, 42-hour po<strong>w<\/strong>er reserve, diameter 30 mm, thickness 7.9 mm, 25 je<strong>w<\/strong>els, frequency 28&#8217;800 oscillations per hour.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"destacado\">Case<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stainless steel case 316L, diameter of 44.6 mm for a 14.3 mm thickness. Main case, push-piece and <strong>w<\/strong>inding cro<strong>w<\/strong>n with black PVD coating. T<strong>w<\/strong>o 1.2 mm thick anti-reflecting sapphire glasses. Assembled by 12 scre<strong>w<\/strong>s.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"destacado\">Cage<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Removable safety cage in stainless steel 316L, diameter of 52.0 mm for a thickness of 18.3 mm. Magnifying glass effect in aquatic environment due to a sapphire convex anti-reflecting double-face glass. Assembled by 4 scre<strong>w<\/strong>s.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"destacado\">Dial<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Polished black dial <strong>w<\/strong>ith polished numbers, graduation and index in <strong>w<\/strong>hite and red tampography.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"destacado\">Hands<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Brushed nickel hands, superluminova red. Po<strong>w<\/strong>er reserve hands and small second hand in a helical shape.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"destacado\">Strap<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Black rubber strap, folding clasp in stainless steel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by William Winram, the &#8220;W&#8221; watch makes its debut at a yacht race in the emerald waters of Sardinia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breath-hold-diving","category-media","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/williamwinram.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/williamwinram.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/williamwinram.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/williamwinram.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/williamwinram.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=992"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/williamwinram.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2187,"href":"http:\/\/williamwinram.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992\/revisions\/2187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/williamwinram.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/williamwinram.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/williamwinram.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/williamwinram.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}