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May 31, 2014

Armin Strom’s Royal Flush

By Chris Boyle

The odds of a Royal Flush in poker are one in 30,839.  For the four lucky customers who buy Armin Strom’s Tourbillon Royal Flush they will each be one of 1.75 billion (The earth’s population is 7 billion).

 

Conceptualized by the card playing watchmakers of the Biel/Bienne manufacture, there is one unique watch for each suit of cards:  spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs.

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Your Royal Flush is engraved on a second plate visible through the case’s open back with one of the card suits.

 

Claude Greisler, Director of Armin Strom notes the tourbillon is considered the highest of watch making complications, so between their card games and making haute timepieces developing the tribute piece seemed in line with the company’s style of unique pieces.

 

Owner Serge Michel notes that as of 2013, all of the house’s 450 watches it produces annually now have in-house movements.  He is anxious to hire more master watchmakers, although he didn’t disclose if poker skill are a requirement.

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Watch Details:

 

Manual-winding, Tourbillon, double going barrel, 10-days power reserve, small seconds and off-centre time indications

 

Frequency: 18,000 A/h

 

Distinctions: hand engraved “Royal Flush” on the reverse side of calibre

 

Jewels: 24

 

Number of components: 184

 

Case 18ct rose gold

 

Sapphire crystal and case back with anti-reflective treatment

 

Diameter: 43.40 mm

 

Height: 13.00 mm

 

Water-resistance: 50 m

 

Dial ring Black with founded appliques

 

Hands Rose gold

 

Straps Delivered with brown alligator horn-back strap and double-fold clasp in 18ct rose gold

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