Male watches Robot Minor Monaco Black

Robot Minor Monaco Black, in a lightweight and durable titanium case, features an original racing design dominated by a dial with 3462 miniature perforations, through which you can see into the heart of the La Joux-Perret automatic movement. 

The Minor collection pays tribute to the legendary Czech Aero Minor Sport car, winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1949. This legend of Czechoslovak motorsport can still be seen on racing circuits and at classic car shows today.
The dial graphics and shape of the hands recall dashboard instruments, the crown takes the form of gearbox teeth, and the automatic winding rotor references the geometry of a wheel rim. Alongside the dial perforations, notable details include the raised subdials made by electroforming, milled, hand-polished and brushed hands, and an unconventional skeletonised date wheel.

The Robot Minor Monaco Black model has a black perforated dial with a contrasting minute scale around the outer edge and two easy-to-read subdials. Silver and blue elements provide accents. The subdial at 3 o’clock is the 30-minute counter, while the one at 6 o’clock is the 12-hour chronograph counter. The watch’s seconds hand is at 9 o’clock. The date is positioned unconventionally at 11 o’clock and features a skeletonised date wheel. The dial is complemented by hand-finished hands: the hour and minute hands are milled, polished and brushed; the seconds hand is polished.
The dial is protected by a sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating. The crystal offers high scratch resistance and excellent legibility in direct light. Sapphire is also used for the case back, through which the movement, specially decorated for Robot, can be observed.
The watch is powered by a Swiss mechanical movement, the La Joux-Perret L100, with a power reserve of up to 55 hours. The movement operates at 28800 vibrations per hour and offers winding via the crown, a stop-seconds function when setting the time (hacking), a date and a chronograph.
The sandblasted case, made of grade 5 titanium, is complemented by a perforated leather strap that is very comfortable on the wrist and fastens with a pin buckle. 

The model has a water resistance of 100 m, so it can be worn while swimming. Luminescence on the hands, dots on the rotating bezel and hour markers improves legibility in low-light conditions. The case diameter is 44 mm, making the watch a great choice for those with larger wrists, while also fitting most men’s wrists well. 

A leather travel case for the watch is included.

The Aero Minor Sport racing car was built in 1949 on a shortened Aero Minor II chassis. Two prototypes were produced at Letov specifically for the legendary Le Mans race, where both cars performed phenomenally in the class up to 750 cm3.
Drivers Otto Krattner and František Sutnar, who raced with number 58 in the 24-hour race, finished 2nd overall according to the so-called index of performance, behind a twelve-cylinder Ferrari. The 2391 kilometres covered and an average speed of 99,664 km/hour were the absolute best performance in their class.

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