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.
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
Ice Blue
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