The Weap-One is a unique piece inspired by race car suspension. It features a never-before-seen tourbillon movement with a non-stationary horizontal axis and is housed in a detachable, sapphire glass tube. In contrast, the Twenty-One is a classic-car inspired piece which features a Rebellion’s first in-house GMT movement, a two-spoke steering-wheel design and a price tag set to target a new customer segment.

WEAP-ONE

The new Weap-One (pronounced similar to weapon) features a never-before-seen, asymmetrical, 60-second flying tourbillon movement. Suspended between the hour and minute rollers, the tourbillon is attached to two plates. Each plate rotates at a different speed, resulting in a non-stationary horizontal axis – the first of its kind. Designed by Fabrice Gonet and made in collaboration with Concepto, the movement is housed in a detachable sapphire crystal tube which offers maximum viewing and countless mounting options.

Integrated into the Weap-One are several pieces of racing technology. Like the wheels of a race car, the rollers and tourbillon-mounted plates rotate at varying speeds. To compensate for this difference in speeds, the movement was developed with two differentials modeled after those found in race car suspensions. Ten ball bearings have replaced jewels in this piece for additional reduction in rotational friction as well as radial and axil loads.

Two rollers read the time- hours on the left and minutes on the right. The numbers and indexes are treated with Super-LumiNova® to ensure ease of readability day or night. Finishing the piece is a dual crown system - mounted on either side of the movement and fashioned after wheel nuts – the left sets the time while the right winds the 60-hour power reserve.

TWENTY-ONE

Also launched during Baselworld’s press day was the Twenty-One, a timepiece inspired by the steering-wheels of classic cars like the Packard One-Twenty. Rebellion’s first automatic, in-house GMT movement comes in a classic cushion case and features a two-spoke steering-wheel design with Rebellion-logoed horn shroud. Equipped with a GMT indicator, balance wheel, hour disc, minute hand and seconds subdial, the Twenty-One’s complex construction remains in constant motion.

Like the dashboard of a classic car, the Twenty-One’s dial peeks out from behind its steering-wheel design and stays in constant motion. From the balance wheel at 12 o’clock to the seconds subdial with propeller hand at 4 o’clock. The hour and GMT hands are static, leaving all the work to their rotating discs which move the correct time smoothly into place. The minutes are indicated by a traditional, rotating hand. The bracelet is fastened by a clasp featuring millimetric adjustment. It has a power reserve of 42 hours and is priced to catch a new set of customers.

Rebellion Timepieces will be showing these timepieces along with their newly released Predator 2.0 series 23-30 March in Hall 1.2, Stand L60 at Baselworld.