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Bell & Ross replica watches have plumbed the depths of the ocean, and conquered the skies, marking significant and demanding moments of human acheivement. It is perhaps no surprise then, that the Swiss watch brand has chosen to equip intrepid French parachutist Michel Fournier in his upcoming stratospheric skydive, which if successful, will smash all existing high altitude sky dives including the pressurized 31,300meter jump of American Joseph Kittinger, and the 24,483meter free parachute dive of Russian Evgeny Andreyev. Both of these records have stood since 1960. In late May 2008, over Saskatchewan, Canada, Michel Fournier will ascend within a pressurized capsule attached to a balloon, to an nearspace altitude of 40,000 meters, or nearly 25 miles! Upon completion of his monumental leap, Fournier will be able to claim several world records at once; these include experiencing the longest freefall, which will have a duration of 6 minutes and 25 seconds, and being the first skydiver to surpass the speed of sound. Not just a colossal milestone for the human spirit, "The Big Jump" promises to be a treasure trove for science and medicine, as it will provide invaluable insight into how the body performs and reacts under exceptional and unusual stresses. The Bell & Ross BR 02 Instrument watch will accompany Fournier during the course of the historic "Big Jump". Just as intensive conditioning of mind and body are crucial to the success and survival of Michel Fournier himself, no ordinary timepiece can be expected to endure the drastic pressure variations, excruciatingly low temperatures, Gforces, and cosmic radiation that this event will subject it to. In every aspect, both inside and out, this Bell & Ross timepiece has been uncompromisingly designed to handle such stresses and provide absolute reliability. More information on "The Big Jump" can be obtained at: Frederic Piguet, a distinguished company of highgrade mechanical actions as well as a corporation with the Swatch Team, has released its possess Frenchlanguage internet site. Additionally the requisite get in touch with facts, the website allows website visitors to acquaint on their own together with the loaded historical past of Frederic Piguet, each of the way from its founding in 1858 by Louis Elisee Piguet to your existing day, and grow to be accustomed using the quite a few style and design and manufacturing techniques from the generation of Frederic Piguet actions. The newest Frederic Piguet site shows a palette in the firm's existing creations, amongst them this kind of wellknown calibers since the Cal. 1150, a selfwinding movements with twin mainspring barrels and a hundred hrs of electricity reserve, plus the Cal. 1185, a slender chronograph movements with automated winding, column wheel, and vertical clutch coupling. The manufacture's hybrid mechanicalquartz chronograph caliber is additionally revealed, in addition to the Frederic Piguet 69, a fresh grande date mechanism. Frederic Piguet is probably very best renowned to connoisseurs for its affiliation with Blancpain, for whom it delivers many exceptional executions. Nevertheless, other Swatch Team businesses also make the most of FP calibers, between them Breguet and Jaquet Droz. Moreover, a few elite watchmaking makes outside the house in the Swatch Team make full use of Frederic Piguet actions, or have prior to now.