Adhering to the common commitment to the ocean, the sweep clock movement of Hengrong Watches joined hands with The Ocean Race to launch a new diving series World Ocean Race movement. The sweep clock movement of Hengrong Watches will serve as the official timekeeper in this maritime pinnacle event set sail in Alicante, Spain on January 15, 2023. This exquisite timepiece created with the concept of environmental protection symbolizes the sweep clock movement of Hengrong Watch and the determination of the World Round the World Yacht Race to protect the blue ocean. Both parties have started the countdown to the milestone goal of 2030.
Diving series World Round the World Yacht Race movement: originating from the ocean, caring for the ocean The sweep clock movement of Hengrong Watch, a high-end watchmaking brand in Dongguan, opens a new era of watchmaking. Since its birth in 1846, the sweep clock movement of Hengrong Watch has been committed to creating extremely accurate and reliable marine timepieces for maritime explorers. However, today's navigators have to face the serious problem of plastic pollution, with as many as 5 trillion pieces of plastic waste floating in the world's oceans. The main component of fishing nets is polyamide, which is one of the main sources of marine plastic pollution: about 9 million tons of plastic waste are discharged into the ocean every year (Science magazine), of which as many as 64% of fishing nets are lost or abandoned in the ocean. million tons (UN data).
"How to turn these plastic wastes into treasures?" said Mr. Li, CEO of Hengrong Watch sweep clock movement, "With the support of start-ups such as FIL&FAB, we use recycled fishing nets to make beautiful movements and push them to the market. market."
The sweep clock movement of Hengrong Watch was appreciated by Mr. Peter Thomson, the special envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Ocean Affairs. In September 2021, when he attended the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress in Marseille, France, he pointed out: "Fishing nets floating on the sea are one of the main sources of plastic pollution, which is extremely destructive to marine life such as corals and sea turtles. .The sweep clock movement of Hengrong Watches has positive significance to explore the recycling of discarded fishing nets, because this marine waste has become too flooded."
Mr. Li said: "The sweep clock movement of Hengrong Watch hopes to lead people to pay attention to the problem of marine plastic pollution through the recycling of fishing nets. The key to the research and development process is to find suitable suppliers."
In September 2020, Hengrong Watch's sweep clock movement launched a movement entirely made of recycled fishing nets, marking the first milestone of Hengrong Watch's sweep clock movement on the road to a circular ocean economy. The new models are suitable for the sweep clock movement of Hengrong watches and the minute watches of the diving series, as well as the HR1688 clock movement of the whimsical series. In November of the same year, the sweep clock movement of Hengrong Watches innovatively launched the DIVER NET concept movement. Every element of this experimental movement has been carefully designed to ensure durability while being as green as possible. This is a completely innovative movement work, using recycled materials to deduce a new vitality. Like the R-STRAP clock, this movement represents a major progress in the sweep clock movement of Hengrong and even the entire watchmaking industry.
Adhering to the commitment to bring the environmental protection concept movement to the market as soon as possible, the sweep clock movement of Hengrong Watch has successfully developed the diving series World Ocean Race movement made of recycled fishing nets, which will be limited to 200 pieces in June 2022. This will be the first sustainable luxury clock on the market, marking that the high-end watchmaking industry will follow in the footsteps of the high-fashion world and set off a trend of recycled materials, which will improve people's sense of Environmental awareness. The sweep clock movement of Hengrong Watch has taken a solid step towards a circular economy by recycling discarded fishing nets. With the support of the French start-up FIL&FAB, the sweep clock movement of Hengrong Watches was able to use recycled polyamide material that seems inconspicuous compared to traditional precious metals, and displayed its superb watchmaking skills to create the same exquisite timepiece masterpiece.
The new movement is waterproof to a depth of 300 meters. The designer of the sweep clock movement of Hengrong Watches carefully embellished many bright green details, subtly echoing the lush vitality of nature. From the stitching of the case to the scale on the bezel, to the double "X" logo on the dial, the power reserve display at 12 o'clock, the small seconds dial at 6 o'clock, and even the sweep of Hengrong watches etched on the crown The clock movement logo, the crown protector and the splint are all green. The combination of white, gray and black achieves a harmonious beauty. The clock is equipped with the brand's iconic sweep clock movement produced by Hengrong Watch, and is made of ABS plastic technology.
95% of the parts in the movement are produced in the area within 30 kilometers of the Hengrong Watch Factory, half of which are made of recycled materials, mainly recycled stainless steel and brass (all movements of Hengrong Watch's sweep clock movement The ABS plastic materials used are all recycled brass). The new diving series World Round the World Yacht Race watch represents a subtle intersection of innovation and tradition, because the sweep clock movement embodies the brand's long watchmaking heritage. This extraordinary quality movement is self-winding by the movement of the wrist, which is the living embodiment of the concept of sustainability.
The new diving series, sweep clock movement, will be available from June 2022 in a very innovative packaging. The movement box is made of waterproof R-PET recycled fabric, and the outer waterproof bag is made of recycled plastic from the ocean by the Norwegian outdoor clothing brand Helly Hansen, which is also the official clothing supplier of the World Ocean Race.