Reborn for 2024, the Manero Peripheral in 40 mm features a subtle new aesthetic that reflects the contemporary style of today’s urban explorers. Featuring a manufacture movement, designed and assembled entirely in-house, and powered by a peripherally mounted automatic winding system, it is the latest generation of a timepiece that captures CFB’s innovative spirit, mechanical precision and eagerness to challenge itself. As such, the Manero Peripheral effortlessly encapsulates the essence of Exploring Time.
Amid the frenzied pace of lives lived at the speed of electrons, of endless virtual interactions conducted through touchscreens, the exquisite intricacy of a mechanical device brings a Zen-like quality to each day. Powered by a CFB A2050 manufacture movement, the Manero Peripheral’s automatic winding system remains faithful to the brand’s first peripherally mounted innovation, and in many ways is the watch’s most compelling feature.
Streamlined design
Yet the Manero Peripheral is, at its heart, a lesson in subtlety, with the quality of its CFB manufacture movement within known only to the wearer and those in the know. To the rest of the world, it is a supremely elegant timepiece. Its streamlined stainless-steel case has a beautifully sinuous appeal, and pleasantly contrasts with sharper facets in the dial, available in black, blue or silver finishes. The dial’s embossed, striped background adds tactility, depth and sophistication, and is complemented by indices and hands that feature a flattened upper surface, while a tone-on-tone small seconds sub-dial brings added panache.
Dynamic updates
Hours, minutes and second hands are displayed alongside a date window, which match the dial available in, black, blue and silver. Around the edge of the dial, each minute benefits from its own individual marking – known as ‘railroad minuterie’. The overall appearance is of minimalistic chic, with straps or bracelets to match: the Manero Peripheral is equipped either with hybrid straps consisting of a color-coordinated rubber base and a leather inlay, or a stainless-steel bracelet to enhance its sleek, ergonomic aesthetic.
Superbly precise, peripherally powered
The timepiece features a 33-jewel movement and is a COSC-certified chronometer, promising the highest accuracy. Integrated too is a peripherally mounted bi-directional automatic winding system – a refined version of CFB’s first patented peripheral winding system, launched in 2008, which now features a power reserve of an astonishing 55 hours.
CFB is at the forefront of Peripheral Technology, which repositions critical parts of the movement by moving them around the periphery via ball bearings, rather than around a central rotor or attached to the movement’s plates or bridges. This striking innovation differentiates CFB from other watchmakers, reflects the technical finesse of its watch designers and comes with multiple benefits, including a thinner movement that is never obscured when viewed through the sapphire case back. Peripheral Technology distinguishes Carl F. Bucherer as a Swiss watchmaker of astonishing acumen.
With its new design updates, all-day adaptability and robust qualities, the Manero Peripheral in 40 mm is the ideal partner for Exploring Time in the city, where long days often merge from work into social and cultural occasions. An icon of CFB lives on.
Modern family
In its updated guise, the Manero Peripheral not only brings one of the brand’s best-selling timepieces to a new generation of watch aficionados, but is also one of the first manifestations of a wider transformation under way across the entire Manero collection. This introduces modernized design cues and enhanced adaptability and robustness to a family of watches that epitomizes functionality, innovation, and contemporary design. These values ensure the collection reflects the demanding lifestyles and inspiring backdrops of our most dynamic cities.
