Aventi watches were introduced several years ago and they’ve always strived to release eye-catching designs and tourbillons at a more attainable price point. Aventi follows an interesting business model with no offices, boutiques, or distributors. Every watch is sold by allocation only and directly by them. Always in the forefront of innovation and horological advancements, Aventi is presenting the new Aventi Wraith A15-01 Saphite Paraiba. Aventi is determined in its vision, which is about opening new horizons and proves it in deeds in this very innovative and distinctive timepiece, which is not afraid to dare and to dare a lot.
Aventi has been working on the concept of sapphire crystal for a long time, intending to succeed in improving it. And that is how it created an innovative material named Saphite. It is a crystalline structure embedded within a glassy matrix, which allows its qualities and characteristics to be improved. Not only Saphite is more resistant to daily use than traditional sapphire crystal and less subject to scratches and it has a refractive index of 1.65 as opposed to 1.76, which makes it more transparent and less prone to optical deformation.
In addition, Saphite, as opposed to traditional sapphire crystal, can be colored in an infinite number of different hues, and the proof comes from this delicate blue color, which in nature is found only in tourmalines mined in Brazil’s Paraiba region —where the name for the Aventi Wraith A15-01 Saphite Paraiba. And the case, like a huge tourmaline, looks like a real jewel composed of 92 faces and 124 vertices —the case measures 49 mm x 44 mm.
It has been 220 years since the tourbillon was invented. Yet, this rare and precious complication continues to enchant watch lovers with its hypnotic movement. Aventi, in its manufacture caliber GT-01S, has retraced Breguet’s footsteps and reinvented the tourbillon, optimizing it to just 18 elements, as opposed to about 40 in traditional models.
Powering the Aventi Wraith A15-01 Saphite Paraiba is the GT-01S skeletonized movement made entirely of black titanium, with plates and bridges completely finished with fine perlage and an anglage with mirror polishing of all oblique surfaces. A unique carbon coating protects every element of the caliber. Once assembled, each movement is calibrated by Aventi’s Master Watchmaker, Olivier Mory, to ensure superior chronometric performance. The movement features a tourbillon cage with only 18 components and once fully wound, the movement delivers an impressive power reserve of 105 hours with one single mainspring barrel. Additionally, the movement can withstand the force of 5000Gs as well as magnetic resistance over 2000 Gauss.
As far as the dial goes, each dial is made in-house, for a result of utter finesse. The brass is machined with a guil- loche hobnail pattern, with an accuracy of up to 0.01 mm, and the outer reliefs are polished and coated with SuperLuminova BGW9. The Aventi Wraith A15-01 Saphite Paraiba has hands made entirely of sapphire crystal. Thousands of hours of research were required to achieve such a result, with the creation of transparent, thin hands finished with a rim coated with SuperLuminova BGW9. A unique feature that makes this watch even more precious and unique.
The sapphire crystal that protects the dial and hands has a unique look. It is there, but it does not appear to be there. This is the result of a special anti-reflective coating used by Aventi. As many as seven layers of anti-reflection have been applied to the inner and seven to the outer surfaces of the Aventi Wraith A15-01 Saphite Paraiba to get rid of any trace of reflection, as it might affect a crystal clear view of the time and movement.
When it comes to the strap, this is produced in-house and it also has characteristics of absolute excellence. It is made of FKM rubber, a special high-density compound —1,800 kg/m3— with an optimized design to promote breathability of the skin, and lines the wrist with a velvety, comfortable feel. In addition, the strap has a steel and titanium butterfly clasp buckle also made in-house, which makes it even easier to put on and remove the watch.
Many companies say they are different, but Aventi can really prove so. Aventi does everything to be something new in the global watchmaking scene, as it is different by structure. It is an agile company without factories or showrooms that selects the best worldwide and offers it to its customers, in the purest tradition of the quality invented in Switzerland. Because of this, Aventi carefully selects who can buy their timepieces. The Aventi Wraith A15-01 Saphite Paraiba will be offered in the $25K USD price range; however, the official price has not been confirmed yet.
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