THE HISTORY OF BLANCPAIN
THE HISTORY OF BLANCPAIN THE HISTORY OF BLANCPAIN
Tous nos droits sur ce document sont réservés. Ce dernier est destiné au seul destinataire autorisée. Sans notre autorisation écrite préalable, il ne peut être ni copié, ni reproduit, ni communiqué à des tiers. IN TIME MEETING THE IRRESISTIBLE FORCE BY JEFFREY S. KINGSTON PHOTOGRAPHS BY THIERRY PAREL Cotes en mm Tolérances en μ Tol. générales: ±20 Angles non tol.: ±5° For more than a century physicists have struggled to define the fundamental forces of nature. At first they grappled with the effects of the gravitational force, magnetic force and electrical force. No less than Einstein tried to meld them all together into a unified field theory. Sadly he failed at that endeavour. More modern physicists divide the universe’s forces into two camps: the weak forces (gravitational, magnetic and electrical) and strong forces (those that hold atoms together). Of course we bon vivants know that these studies of fundamental forces of the universe have for decades omitted at least two of the most important, primal and, indeed, irresistibly powerful forces which intrude upon and influence our lives. The first is the renowned “Hermes ties-gravy force”. This force inextricably bound up into the silk fabric of these expensive ties, is able to draw to it any staining meat sauce during the first few days that the tie is worn. Nothing can stop it. SAVING YOUR WATCH FROM THOSE ANNOYING BEZEL SCRATCHES AND DENTS; HOW BLANCPAIN PIONEERED THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAPPHIRE BEZELS.
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