Crafted with an extra care and attention for each every its details in the house of Maurice Lacroix in Switzerland, the gent’s wrist flattery watch features a sturdy round case with transparent exhibition caseback and fixed bezel that measures 43.5 mm in diameter and around 13.5 mm thick. It is large, but slim enough to fits with any kinds of shirt cuffs, and the style itself is versatile enough to be paired with a broad range of attires.
The case, bezel, and its Onion-shaped fluted crown are made of 18k White Gold that ooze a sweet scents of elegance, and paired with an exotic Black alligator leather bracelet that conveniently fasten with an 18k White Gold made tang buckle clasp to let it remains soundly on the owner wrist, comfortably. The case back, as well as the watch’s attractive Silver Guilloche dial are shielded with a scratch resistant sapphire crystal that is enhanced with anti reflective coating to ensure its both durability and clarity. And for practical sake, this mechanical timepiece boasts 30 m water resistant.
Being made by the watchmaker that is renown as one of the best independent Swiss watch manufactures, of course, you can expect that one that is fitted inside this manual wound timepiece is a highly reliable caliber that is built with both longevity and accuracy in mind. This men’s Maurice Lacroix MP7038-WG101-120 18K White gold watch is beating at the frequency of 2.5 Hz (18,000 alterations per hour), delivered by the in-house caliber ML36 that is built based on the renown Vénus 175 chronograph movement. This precise Swiss made manual mechanical hand wound movement features 23 jewels bearings, with functionality offerings of center display of hours and minutes, small seconds at nine, and chronograph with an accuracy of 1/5 of a second and 30-minute counter at three. Under full wind, this hand decorated caliber provides around 40 hours of power reserve.
The Guilloché dial that is made of Solid silver 925 is fashioned in an elegant classic style with a twist of modern influence. Neat, and highly readable. It features semi-skeleton blue hands for the hour, minute, and central seconds, black printed Arabic numeral hour markers, printed markers around the outer rim for easy reference, and small yet noticeable blue hands on the subdials.Maurice Lacroix MP7038-WG101-120 is a part of 100 pieces only limited edition. Since true excellence must be rare, the collection itself, Masterpiece Vénus, is only consists of 250 pieces in total, in which, the other 150 pieces are offered in rose gold. Anyway, this 18K white gold version timepiece’s suggested retail price is $32,000.00, however, it is quite possible to get it for less than its original price as the watch has been quite a while in the market since it was first released in 2004.
Watch Specification
| Brand: | Maurice Lacroix |
| Collection: | Masterpiece |
| Series: | Vénus Chronographe |
| Model number: | MP7038-WG101-120 also referred as MP7038WG101120, MP7038WG101.120 |
| Watch style: | Gent, Dress, Elegant |
| Display type: | Analog |
| Movement: | Swiss manual wound Maurice Lacroix ML-36 calibre. In house, built based on Venus 175. Swiss made, manual wound mechanical movement. |
| Functions: | Hour, Minute, Small seconds, Chronograph |
| Dial: | Silver Guilloche decorated solid Silver 925 dial. Semi skeleton blue hands. Black printed Arabic numeral hour markers. printed markers around the outer rim. small seconds at 9. 30 minute counter at 3. |
| Window: | Sapphire Crystal scratch resistant, anti-reflective coated on inside. domed. |
| Case: | 18K White gold Round, Ø 43.5 mm, ± 13.5 mm thick. brushed and polished. |
| Bezel: | 18K White gold stationary bezel. guilloche decorated. |
| Caseback: | See-through screwed 18K White gold with sapphire crystal display. engraved. |
| Crown: | Screw down crown 18K White gold. fluted, onion shaped. with two pushers. |
| Bracelet: | Alligator / Crocodile leather Black, with tonal stitching. ± 18 mm wide. men’s standard. 7 holes. P/N 550-000080. |
| Clasp: | Tang buckle clasp |
| Notable Features: | Chronograph Transparent exhibition caseback |
| Water resistant: | 30 m (3 ATM / 99 feet) daily wear, not suitable for prolonged contact with water. |
| Additional info: | Limited edition of 100 pieces only |
The Maurice Lacroix
43.5mm Masterpiece Vénus Chronographe Manual Wound review in this page is written by Rief at Monday, March 11, 2013. The post is tagged as $25000 up to $50000, 30m, 44mm, analog, chronograph, gold, hi end, manual, maurice lacroix, men, on leather, round, small second, swiss manual, watch, white gold.
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