Headed by Stephane Ratel the company is the initiator of the European Championship of FIA GT3 circular car races in sportive cars of the Gran Turismo type.

The tournament started on April 17, 2010, in Abu-Dhabi. The cycle of competitions will end on December 5, 2010, in Argentina near the volcanic lake San-Luise. 12 teams will participate in the cycle of races driving popular race cars as Aston Martin, Corvette, Ford, Lamborghini, Maserati and Nissan.

According to CEO Blancpain, Mark Hayek, he is proud of the first in the 275-years history of the brand partnership with the world of car races. To mark the remarkable partnership the brand is going to produce a special limited edition collection of timepieces dedicated to cars and races.

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The new Blancpain Villeret watch boasts a really classical design as well as impressive complications of the Blancpain exclusive in-house movement that features balance frequency of 28,800 bph. The movement also boasts an antimagnetic index assembly and two barrels providing 72 hours of power reserve.

To facilitate setting of the indications, Blancpain has equipped the new Villeret timepiece with its patented under-lug correctors. This not only leaves the sides of the watches with a remarkably pure finish, unmarred by the presence of adjusters, but also means that changes can be accomplished with one’s finger tips instead of requiring a dedicated tool.

The new Villeret watch by Blancpain is housed by a luxurious 40-mm case crafted from red gold. The opaline dial shows appliqué golden Roman numerals, the moon phase indicator at 6 o’clock and day and month indication aperture at 12 0’clock. The date is shown by an original blue curved hand that flies round the dial. The new watch goes together with an elegant brown crocodile leather strap.

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This year Blancpain St. Valentine’s watch is housed by an elegant and luxurious curved case. It is set with 500 sparkling diamonds and exquisite pink sapphires. The mother-of-pearl dial boasts an unusual but very romantic marker of 12 o’clock made of a heart-shaped diamond.

The new Blancpain timepiece is powered by the smallest self-winding movement calibre 615. The new timepiece is produced in a limited edition of 14 copies.

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Blancpain Carrousel Volant Une Minute watch shows at 12 o’clock at the dial a carrousel module which outwardly is very similar to a tourbillon: the same flying carriage makes 1 turn in a minute and features balance frequency of 21,600 bph.

But the craftsmen from Les Brassus call the module a “carrousel” because while a traditional tourbillon actually makes part of a column gear with a certain rotation speed the carrousel crafted by watchmakers from Blancpain is connected with an additional wheel gear which sets its speed of rotation.

The first carrousel was invented by Bane Bonniksen in 1892. His carrousel was rotating at a speed of 1 turn in 27 minutes or 1 turn in 42 minutes.

An additional gear in the newest Calibre 225 which powers the watch acts as a differential as modern craftsmen managed to increase the speed of rotation to 1 turn in one minute. The movement is also equipped with an autowinding module and boasts 100 hours of power reserve and calendar function.

The new Blancpain Carrousel Volant Une Minute is housed by a platinum case measuring 43.5 mm in diameter. The back case is equipped with a see-through sapphire crystal aperture that allows admiring an exquisitely finished movement. The dial of the new Blancpain watch features several layers with a remarkable 3-D effect. Water resistance is 100 meters.

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The racing series was revived with the help of Blancpain as official sponsor and partner. Specially for the competition Lamborghini created 30 Gallardo LP570 PS super-cars with top speed of over 300 km/h. The bolide is created on the basis of a Lambo Gallardo LP 560-4 sports car. Following the example of its partner Blancpain also created a limited edition collection of flyback-chronographs Blancpain Super Trofeo Chronograph to celebrate the revival of the racing event.

The new timepiece housed by a 43.5-mm DLC-coated waterproof steel case was designed by leaders of Blancpain and Lamborghini – Marc Hayek and Stefan Winkelmann. On the whole the design of the watch is very similar to the design of the super-car. The timepiece is powered by an automatic movement Calibre F185 providing 40 hours of power reserve.

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