Badollet is one of the re-invented brands of the current century. In 2006 the name of a venerable watchmaking family was bought to brand a new company. At the moment they have a small line-up of watches, all tourbillons of one sort or another. The Crystallball Bamboo White Diamond (yes, that's the real name) is their first foray into ladies watches.
It is a rather massive piece, but has carefully skeletonized movement plates to look like "traditional Chinese bamboo scaffolding". I have to say the use of patterned skeletonizing makes the movement, which is based on what appears to be a standard BNB Tourbillon base, more interesting than the rest of the watch. To make it more feminine, or possibly because nobody would pay the asking price without them, the bezel is set with nearly 7ct of diamonds.
First a view of the front of the watch
The face-side of the movement, uncased. I think it looks much better this way. One interesting note, the tourbillon carriage and the canon-pinion (where the hands are mounted) are not centered on the movement, but the way the movement is mounted in the case aligns them with the center of the case.
The back of the movement showing the bamboo motif in the top bridgework. Those shiny bridges are done in a aluminum-lithium alloy, the mainplate I believe to be more mundane metals.
Technical Specifications for the Crystalball Bamboo White Diamond
Movement:
Mechanical hand-wound Calibre BAD5600,
flying tourbillon, 21,600 v/h,
19 jewels,
120-hour power reserve,
bridges in aluminium and lithium
Functions: Hours and minutes
Case:
18K white gold, 40 x 43 mm
18K white gold crown and middle
Bezel set with 52 baguette-cut diamonds (6.7 cts)
Crystal: Sapphire crystal and caseback with anti-glare
Water-resistance: 30 metres
Dial: Openworked 18K white gold with inlaid mother-of-pearl
Strap: Matte or glossy white hand-sewn, saddle stitched alligator leather with 18K white gold folding clasp
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It is a rather massive piece, but has carefully skeletonized movement plates to look like "traditional Chinese bamboo scaffolding". I have to say the use of patterned skeletonizing makes the movement, which is based on what appears to be a standard BNB Tourbillon base, more interesting than the rest of the watch. To make it more feminine, or possibly because nobody would pay the asking price without them, the bezel is set with nearly 7ct of diamonds.
First a view of the front of the watch
The face-side of the movement, uncased. I think it looks much better this way. One interesting note, the tourbillon carriage and the canon-pinion (where the hands are mounted) are not centered on the movement, but the way the movement is mounted in the case aligns them with the center of the case.
The back of the movement showing the bamboo motif in the top bridgework. Those shiny bridges are done in a aluminum-lithium alloy, the mainplate I believe to be more mundane metals.
Technical Specifications for the Crystalball Bamboo White Diamond
Movement:
Mechanical hand-wound Calibre BAD5600,
flying tourbillon, 21,600 v/h,
19 jewels,
120-hour power reserve,
bridges in aluminium and lithium
Functions: Hours and minutes
Case:
18K white gold, 40 x 43 mm
18K white gold crown and middle
Bezel set with 52 baguette-cut diamonds (6.7 cts)
Crystal: Sapphire crystal and caseback with anti-glare
Water-resistance: 30 metres
Dial: Openworked 18K white gold with inlaid mother-of-pearl
Strap: Matte or glossy white hand-sewn, saddle stitched alligator leather with 18K white gold folding clasp
Pictures from TimeZone
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