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At first Papi naturally gravitated to titanium, but he wasn't satisfied. He explains: "We asked a metallurgical laboratory for the lightest and most resistant materials in the world and they sent us a list. We were surprised that this list consisted exclusively of different kinds of aluminum. At first we were delighted." However, there was one problem. Papi explains that as it ages, aluminum becomes less resistant because its mass slowly turns into gas. Fortunately, Papi came across a compound called aluminum-lithium that loses very little gas, which translates into an indefinite fatigue life with excellent stability, and it could be worked into a baseplate (unlike ALUSIC).

Aluminum lithium became the material of choice for the movement's plate. Papi also used a type of proprietary aluminum fabricated by a brand called Anti-Corodal for the wheels of the movement.Richard Mille Replica Watches "This material is also light, resistant and has the added advantage of creating very little friction," he points out. Each of these special aluminum wheels must be electro eroded rather than profile-turned.

Aluminum-Lithium

Like ALUSIC, aluminum-lithium had never been used for any watch component before because of the enormous cost involved in creating it. Giulio Papi tells us why: "At a certain temperature, both aluminum and lithium change from liquid to solid, but these temperatures are vastly different.Rolex Yacht-Master Replica If you try to melt the two materials together at normal temperatures, the aluminum will become solid while the lithium will remain liquid and this doesn't work at all."

He adds: "The system for creating a solid from aluminum and lithium involves putting them in a centrifuge so that the materials merge at a molecular level." The compression also creates a material that is extremely hard and difficult to machine. Giulio Papi likens the hardness of aluminum-lithium to "folded stainless steel". As such, the skeletonized plate has to be created using CNC machining and not electro-erosion.

Visible through a sapphire-crystal caseback, the caliber Breitling Avenger Replica boasts an aluminium-lithium movement baseplate, a first in watchmaking history

Optimizing Stiffness Through Plate Design

In crafting most skeletonized movements, the focus is on creating visual flourish, to open the movement to the eye of the owner, but in the movement of the Breitling Avenger Replica, the objective was a great deal more functional. Giulio Papi's goal was to remove as much material as possible to optimize the lightness of the movement while still retaining a high level of strength and shock-resistance. This could only be achieved by rethinking the skeleton process. Rather than simply remove material, Papi created individual bridges for the skeletal architecture, each of which incorporated an architectural strengthening technique of using boxed sections. To strengthen the plate against flexing on the horizontal plane, Papi added additional "ribs" to buttress its ethereal framework against shocks.