Tuscar - The New McGonigle Timepiece

With the "Tuscar" featuring their new time-only in-house calibre movement, the McGonigle brothers, John and Stephen, have retained the qualities that were so successful in their tourbillon, including its distinctive design elements and transcendental levels of fine finishing, and distilled them to their pure essence.

The Tuscar is now available in a red gold case in a limited edition of 20 pieces. This follows the success of the quickly sold-out "One in Ten" launch series. The new Tuscar features a rich red gold case with a transparent sapphire dial revealing all of the subtleties of the stunningly finished movement beneath.

Tuscar Red Gold - Technical Specifications

A limited edition of 20 pieces

Calibre: McG01 manual-wind mechanical movement

Double mainspring barrels connected in parallel
Power reserve: 90 hours

Balance: free sprung balance spring with Breguet overcoil

Balance frequency: 18,000 bph/2.5hz.

Balance diameter 12.8mm (large diameter for timekeeping stability)

Gold escape wheel (to function without oil)

Number of jewels: 31

Case

18k 5N red gold case and crown
Case diameter: 42.5mm
Crystals: Anti-reflective treatment on both top crystal and display back
Water resistance: 30 metres/ 3ATM

Dial & Hands
Clear sapphire dial
Hand-polished steel hands with bevelled and grained rose gold arrowheads

Strap & Buckle

Hand engraved 18k red gold folding buckle.
Black hand-stitched alligator

Origin of the name "Tuscar"

"Tuscar" is the name of a group of rocks with a lighthouse that is often the first part of Ireland seen by those approaching by sea from the east. The solidity the name evokes is a powerful analogy for the McGonigles' new model

"To ensure the success of our new calibre, we teamed up with the legendary Alberto Papi, one of Switzerland’s finest designer constructors, to help refine our movement design and specifications." explains Stephen McGonigle

"We wanted a time-only watch with a high focus on excellent timekeeping; a substantial power reserve; solid reliability; and with superb finishing and decoration." explains John McGonigle.  "The design had to have a clean coherent style and we wanted the principle mechanical elements visible on the dial side. To achieve all of that we had to develop our own movement from the ground up."