It beats at a cadence of 18,000 vibrations per hour and is endowed with a 42-hour power reserve. Like its predecessor, the self-winding Cricket Calibre V-21 is a 12-lignes (12’’’) movement equipped with twin barrels: one to deliver the energy required for the hour, minute and seconds functions and the other to control the alarm function and its 15 to 20-second ring.
Developed on the basis of an even more accurate and reliable version of the legendary Cricket Calibre V-10, and thus representing the sum of more than 60 years of evolution and improvements, the new alarm movement shares a definite family likeness with its forebear. Conceived, developed and fine-tuned by Vulcain’s movement design engineers in cooperation with external developers and master-watchmakers, the self-winding Cricket Calibre V-21 is a worthy new addition to a noble line of proprietary movements. The event will be a milestone in Vulcain’s history: the Cricket Calibre V-21, the brand’s first self-winding alarm movement, will be beating at the heart of two new Vulucain models as of spring 2009.
Over 60 years after the legendary hand-wound Cricket calibre, Vulcain is taking a huge new step that is extremely promising in the wake of the brand’s 150th anniversary year. V U L C A I N C A L I B R E C R I C K E T V - 2 1 V U L C A I N S O U N D S I T S F I R S T E V E R A U T O M A T I C A L A R M A new era is dawning for Vulcain: with the launch of the Calibre V-21, the Manufacture in Le Locle proudly presents its first self-winding alarm movement.