INSPIRATION
We live in a time when many people travel the world, for business or pleasure. Therefore, the Cyrus Genève collection could not miss a watch capable of providing a dual time zone, easy to adjust and immediately readable. The Klepcys GMT Retrograde was thus born, with its retrograde 24-hour second time-zone hand adjustable via the crown at 3 o'clock. A pressure on the crown at 9 o'clock moves the hand forward by one hour, quickly setting the desired local time.
Jean-François Mojon
Master Watchmaker
About the KLEPCYS GMT RETROGRADE
Intended to be a trusty companion for globetrotters, the Klepcys GMT Retrograde encompasses all the brand’s hallmark features with cutting edge technology and futuristic, unconventional style. Created with user-friendliness in mind, this timepiece makes setting and reading local time and a second time zone easy for its owner.
For crisp legibility, CYRUS opted to set local time as the main time with central hour and minute hand while the retrograde GMT function is indicated by a blue hand on a separate, 24-hour blue lacquered ring. For quick and easy adjustment, the retrograde GMT function has its own crown at 9 o’clock.
The Klepcys GMT Retrograde celebrates the introduction of the newly-designed, in-house manufactured automatic movement, calibre CYR708. Developed by our master watchmaker Jean-François Mojon, this new reliable and robust calibre offers outstanding precision performance and a fine finish to match.
Crafted in three different executions in titanium, its redesigned cushion-shaped case, smaller in diameter and in thickness, is – for the first time – waterproof to 10 ATM.
CASE
Material
Polished grade 5 titanium
Diameter
42 mm (excluding crowns)
Thickness
13.9 mm
Crown at 3 o’clock
In position 1, it winds the movement
In position 2, it adjusts the time (hours and minutes of local time) and time of the city of origin (home time)
Crown at 9 o’clock
Quick local time correction by pressing the push-button
Glass
Anti-reflective sapphire crystal glass on dial and case back
Water-resistance
10 ATM (100 m – 330 ft)
STRAP
Material
Black customized caoutchouc rubber strap
Clasp
Customized folding clasp
DIAL
Hours in Arabic numerals on anti-reflective sapphire crystal ring, white SuperLuminova with blue light emissions
Minute ring with luminescent five minutes indicators, white SuperLuminova with blue light emissions)
Home time ring in blue lacquer, with luminescent Arabic numerals and dots
Small seconds with engraved triangle motif, black PVD finish, 5-second indicators in white
SuperLuminova with blue light emissions
Rhodium-plated, luminescent and open-worked hour-minute hands
Helix-shape small second hand with one luminescent end
Blue retrograde hand for the second time zone (home time) with triangular luminescent tip
FUNCTIONS
Hours, minutes (local time)
Small seconds
Second time zone on 24-hour with retrograde hand (home time)
MOVEMENT
Calibre
In-house manufactured self-winding manufactured movement, calibre CYR708
Number of components
278
Number of jewels
41
Frequency
4 Hz
Vibrations per hour
28,800
Escapement
Swiss lever escapement
Balance Wheel
Annular balance wheel
Winding Barrels
One barrel with ratchet wheel, colimaçonage finish and Cyrus logo
Power reserve
55-hour
Bridges
In anthracite grey NAC, decorated with slightly curved sunray pattern with satin and microbillé finish
Oscillator
Single-block oscillating mass, open-worked with a sunray pattern