FP 1241

	Brand:	Blancpain, Frédéric Piguet
	Family:	Unknown
	Height:	6.20 mm
	Jewels:	38
	Reserve:	45 hours
	Frequency:
	Winding:	Automatic, Central Rotor Automatic Winding, Clockwise Automatic Winding, Uni-Directional Automatic Winding
	Diameter:	31.70 mm (12 ligne)
© F. Piguet	Complications:	24 Hour Hand, Alarm, Date, GMT Hand, Independently-Adjustable 24 Hour Hand, Power Reserve Indicator
	Hands:	Central 24 Hour Hand, Central Hour Hand, Central Minute Hand, Date Window at 4:30, Hour Hand at 3:00, Minute Hand at 3:00, Power Reserve Pointer at 12:00, Power Reserve Pointer at 9:30, Small Seconds Hand at 6:00

Distinguishing Technical Characteristics
Central-Rotor Automatic Counter-Clockwise Balance Cock
Production:  –
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Cal. FP 1241 (also known as Cal. FP 12.41) is an automatic alarm movement with date and timezone from Frédéric Piguet. Consisting of 407 components, this complex movement includes an alarm which can be adjusted to the minute which is powered by the automatic winding system. It also includes a second timezone display. It was the smallest such movement on the market when introduced.

The dial is extremely crowded, with a central 24 hour hand, small seconds, power reserve indicator for the main barrel, alarm on/off indicator, and alarm setting subdial with hour and minute hands.

The alarm is set using the hour and minute subdial at 3:00, down to minute accuracy within 12 hours. A pusher at 8:00 activates the alarm, as indicated using a hand between 12:00 and 1:00. The alarm uses a second barrel which is also wound using the main rotor.

The second timezone is indicated using the independent central 12-hour hand. The “home” timezone uses the long central 24 hour hand.

The uni-directional automatic winding runs clockwise.