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Collector’s View: A Visit to The Patek Philippe Manufacture in Geneva

Swisswatches — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:33:40 +0000

An invitation to the hallowed halls of the Patek Philippe Manufacture is a special honour – a watch collector from our community shares his extraordinary journey. Anticipation is said to be the greatest of all pleasures. In the spirit of…

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A Visit to the Nomos Glashütte Manufacture: Where Tradition and Transformation Tick in Harmony

Philipp Riehr — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:30:00 +0000

Glashütte – the renowned town of German watchmaking – is home to Nomos, an innovator that has gained international acclaim for its minimalist design, aimed at achieving the maximum with minimal resources. During a visit to the manufacture, we had…

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Paying a Visit to Glashütte Original: The Original German Manufacture

Joern Frederic Kengelbach — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 06:30:00 +0000

The German manufacture Glashütte Original has firmly earned its place alongside some of the most reputable of Swiss brands. Glashütte Original combines traditional watchmaking and craftsmanship with the almost implausible ability to adapt to new economic, political and cultural conditions.…

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Jaeger-LeCoultre Manufacture Visit: The Road to Precision

Catherine Bishop — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 08:46:15 +0000

Jaeger-LeCoultre, often dubbed the ‘Watchmaker of Watchmakers’, has a long history of supplying parts to esteemed brands like Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, and Cartier. Today a fully integrated manufacture producing some of the most coveted and complicated luxury watches in…

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Watches Without an Expiration Date – A Visit to The Lang & Heyne Manufacture in Dresden

Nico Bandl — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 18:37:41 +0000

‘Born in Saxony’ – so goes the slogan of Lang & Heyne, a watch manufacture from the small German town of Radeberg near Dresden. It’s a name known only to true connoisseurs and watch aficionados; only around 150 watches are…

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A Visit to the Blancpain Manufacture: Into the Heart of Swiss Watchmaking

Catherine Bishop — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0000

When one thinks of Swiss-made watches, what springs to mind? For some of us, it’s a luxurious boutique in the heart of an affluent metropolis. For others, it’s a fast-paced car rally with watch-branded banners plastered over the track. But…

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A Visit to the Richard Mille Manufacture: Where Innovation Meets Exclusivity

Philipp Riehr — Mon, 27 May 2024 08:00:00 +0000

Richard Mille’s company history is marked by an unprecedented rise. In 2001, the first Richard Mille watch, the RM 001, made an immediate impact with its tourbillon regulator and a six-figure price tag, causing the brand to stand out from…

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Never Stand Still – A Visit to The A. Lange & Söhne Manufacture

Nico Bandl — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000

We are standing in Glashütte in front of a mileage post from 1734 next to the A. Lange & Söhne manufacture, which signals the distances to the surrounding villages and towns. Back then, the post indicates, it took six hours…

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Unlocking the Treasure Trove: Swisswatches Visits Cartier’s Métiers d'Art

Catherine Bishop — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 13:37:21 +0000

A vast structure of concrete and glass forms Cartier’s manufacture in the UNESCO World Heritage Site watchmaking town of La Chaux-le-Fonds. Across the panes of glass, which reveal only the subtlest glimpse into the world of watchmaking on the other side, the unmistakable cursive Cartier logo spreads…

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Swisswatches’ Exclusive First Look Into The New Tudor Manufacture

Catherine Bishop — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000

The first mention of Tudor dates back to the year 1926, when Hans Wilsdorf first had the trademark ‘The Tudor’ registered. Six years later, the name would start to appear on several watches. Then, in 1936, Wilsdorf had the actual…

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Piaget Manufacture Visit – A True Maison

Joern Frederic Kengelbach — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

While it is an extreme privilege to have been inside pretty much every Swiss horology house, at some point, a picture automatically forms in one’s mind as to what to expect when visiting yet another manufacture of mechanical watches. What…

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Atelier For Unique Pieces: Paying A Visit To Vacheron Constantin

Alexander Stilcken — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Being at the top is always nice, of course. But here, with such famous names as Piaget, Rolex, Harry Winston and Patek Philippe as neighbours, it is just as delightful to be at the bottom. Only physically, of course, on…

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A Journey Through The Zenith Manufacture in Le Locle

Nico Bandl — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 11:00:37 +0000

Anyone who leaves school at the age of 9 is either clearly not suited to academia, or has already realised what their calling is. George Favre-Bulle must have been a visionary even as a child, because he had bigger plans…

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Sculptors of Time: Greubel Forsey Atelier

Nico Bandl — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 08:00:41 +0000

Back in 2004, Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey founded the Greubel Forsey watch brand. In 2007, the two watchmakers bought an old 17th-century farmhouse and converted it into an atelier, where they now combine traditional craftsmanship with modern Haute Horlogerie…

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Jaquet Droz Manufacture – Where Birds Never Stop Singing

Nico Bandl — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 08:00:58 +0000

Christian Lattmann already waits in the manufacture’s entrance as we arrive in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The brand’s CEO welcomes us in such a heartfelt way, as if we had been long-time friends of the Maison. It all feels so familiar, not…

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The Complex Case Of CODE 11.59 by Audemars Piguet

Swisswatches — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 19:47:38 +0000

The case of the newest collection CODE 11.59 by Audemars Piguet has a complex architecture which required the use of dedicated tools and sophisticated hand finishing techniques. It has an octagonal middle case with a round extra-thin bezel and stylised arched lugs.…

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Parmigiani Fleurier – From Restoration To Haute Horlogerie Manufacture

Nico Bandl — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 08:00:18 +0000

Once, the small village of Fleurier in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel has been an important place for watch making. But in the 1970s the quartz crisis had a major impact on the watch industry in Fleurier. At that time…

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Breguet Manufacture – About High-Tech Robots And Gentle Hands In The Heart Of Watchmaking

Nico Bandl — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 08:00:06 +0000

Time seems to stand still in ‘Vallée de Joux’, the high Jura valley of Vaud. The idyllic villages around the lake ‘Lac de Joux’ mainly live from dairy and their cheese. And watchmaking. From village to village on the eastside…

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Jaeger-LeCoultre – Atelier Des Métiers Rares

Nico Bandl — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 07:00:16 +0000

Antoine LeCoultre, who later put the foundation stone of the manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre, has already in young years been a restless inventor. His pioneering spirit created – next to numerous other patents – a Millionmeter in 1844 and the first rocking…

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A visit at the Carl F. Bucherer Manufacture

Nico Bandl — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 07:00:53 +0000

The village Lengnau, which is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains in the canton of Bern and its population of just 5’500 is not very spectacular. However it is an important junction for the watch production. Something that…

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The architect of his own fortune – the Armin Strom manufacture

Nico Bandl — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 07:00:29 +0000

The watch brand Armin Strom puts a lot of attention to the visibility of the movement as it is the driving engine and highly complex mechanism that keeps the watch running. Therefore they specialized in skeletonized movement designs to bring…

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The AkriviA Atelier

Nico Bandl — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 07:00:31 +0000

Maybe the founder of the AkriviA can be called the ‘enfant terrible’ of the watch industry, but in a positive, eccentric way. We have already introduced the brand and master watchmaker Rexhep Rexhepi. He created an atelier that not too many people know…

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Always on Time with OMEGA’s Master Chronometer

Nico Bandl — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 08:00:33 +0000

The masterminds behind OMEGA strive to be ahead everyone else. A milestone and watch for which the brand is probably most remembered by is the OMEGA Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch, which was the first watch they shot to the moon in…

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The Panerai Manufacture Headquarter – A hot spot in the unspoiled landscape

Nico Bandl — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 07:00:56 +0000

A few weeks back we were kindly invited to discover the new Panerai manufacture headquarter which is idyllically located in the mountains just above a lake near Neuchâtel, the heart of the world of fine watchmaking. It’s equipped with incredible…

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