Behind the scenes
Perlage’s details
Each Leone Menichini timepiece is meticulously hand-crafted with such obvious craftsmanship in every detail.
In every model, these words also take shape in the almost artful process of "Floretting", or Perlage, which is a special application to protect some stainless steel parts on multimillion dollar Super Yachts. From their decades of perfecting this application to steel for yachts, Leone Menichini is applying Perlage to each individual timepiece to provide protection to the steel even on the internal components that would not be visible until the watch is opened. Perlage, in Haute Horlogerie manufacturing, is typically utilized as a finishing technique.
Why apply Perlage even on “invisible” internal components? Because we imagine our timepieces as a complex set of beauty with each of its components a source of pride for us. Every single piece of the wristwatch is the protagonist of the scene.
Every detail is essential in the creation of a Leone Menichini timepiece. It is the care and time taken to perfect all of the details that makes the difference.
"Many brands can claim that their watch is handmade. We can truly say that each Leone Menichini timepiece is not only handmade but it is also aesthetically handcrafted." Leone Menichini 2022
Stainless steel: unchanging shine day after day
When AISI 316 L stainless steel is worked to give it the wristwatch shape, it can suffer a loss of some of the properties that make it stainless.
In our laboratory, this steel is immersed in an environmentally safe chemical solution which brings the steel back to its origins and making it immutable over time. This "passivation" process is applied to every single timepiece which is ultimately hand-assembled by our Tuscan artisans to become a luxurious stainless-steel wristwatch.
Technical Specifications
Reference
LMV2.46.E
Material
Aisi 316L stainless steel, mirror polished finish, satin and micro-sandblasted contrast.
Dial
Black, mega pyramidal tapisserie machined from solid with soleil finish under the numbers. The Breguet numbers mirror polish are machined from solid too.
Movement
Swiss automatic chronograph developed in-house
- 26 jewel
- Frequency: 28.000 alternations per hour (4 Hz)
- Charge Reserve: 41 hours
- Complications: patented mandolin crown on the left at 8 o’clock, hours, minutes, seconds, day-date.
- Water Resistance: 10 Atmospheres / 100 meters
Features
Crown and patented charging system. The crown is shaped like an Italian mandolin and the movement is recharged by releasing the latter and turning it clockwise.
Limited series of 250 pieces worldwide.
Strap
In Tuscan leather, hand-stitched tone on tone. This particular strap is colored twice, first in black and then in red. This allows, by rubbing it manually, to give the two-tone effect. Due to the manual process, each of them is different from the other. The buckle is a pin buckle.
