2013/07/25

McGONIGLE the TUSCAR BÁNÚ

The New McGonigle Timepiece

With the "Tuscar" featuring their new time-only in-house calibre movement, the McGonigle brothers, John and Stephen, have retained the qualities that were so successful in their tourbillon, including its distinctive design elements and transcendental levels of fine finishing, and distilled them to their pure essence.

Origin of the name "Tuscar"

Bánú meaning dawn in Irish is the perfect name for the new model in rose gold, "Tuscar" is the name of a group of rocks with a lighthouse that is often the first part of Ireland seen by those approaching by sea from the east. The solidity the name evokes is a powerful analogy for the McGonigles' new model

"To ensure the success of our new calibre, we teamed up with the legendary Alberto Papi, one of Switzerland’s finest designer constructors, to help refine our movement design and specifications." explains Stephen McGonigle

"We wanted a time-only watch with a high focus on excellent timekeeping; a substantial power reserve; solid reliability; and with superb finishing and decoration." explains John McGonigle.  "The design had to have a clean coherent style and we wanted the principle mechanical elements visible on the dial side. To achieve all of that we had to develop our own movement from the ground up."

 

 

 

 

 

 

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