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Ronald Held
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Here is a transcription of the press release. Any errors are due to my typing:

Hoptroff's first Atomic wristwatch will be launched to the press and public at The Salon QP watch show, at London's Saatchi gallery from November 6th.

The Hoptroff NO.16 is a progression from the Hoptroff No. 10, the first atomic timepiece ever

built. designed by Richard Hoptroff, the "infinity" double dial design reduces the width and

thickness enough that this remarkable timepiece can be comfortably worn on the wrist.

The Art Nouveau dial is aimed at collectors of classic watches and incorporates eight

complications combined only in the rarest of timepieces. the right dial design echoes

the iconic Space Traveller by George Daniels, displaying equation of time and sidereal time in

addition to normal time. the left dial additional displays perpetual date, perpetual moon

phase, sunrise,sunset, and power reserve. Two face figures bridge the dials, each with two

blue sapphire eyes that glow once each minute.

It is the most accurate wristwatch in the world. In full atomic mode, it keeps time to 1 1/2

seconds oer thousand years. In low power mode, it is still accurate to one second per hundred

years.

The No. 16 is available in a limited addition of 100 pieces in 950 platinum, 18ct Gold and tarnish-

free Britannia Silver. prices for this extraordinary timepiece start at 9,870 Euros+VAT and orders

are now being taken with an expected lead time if just three months

Hoptroff Ltd. design and make watches in London and, very rarely for a watchmaker, this

includes the movements that drive them. Their creations fuse vibrant imagination, classic

design mechanical dial -plates and advanced electronics to make timepieces beyond the reach

of other watchmakers. each answers only to one owner, too, with and individual online logbook

that details everything about the watch from the temperature compensation curves and loss

prevention procedures to service.

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