Manufacture Archives | Swisswatches Magazine https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/category/manufacture/ A horological journey Thu, 01 Jun 2023 21:56:11 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/image-48x48.jpg Manufacture Archives | Swisswatches Magazine https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/category/manufacture/ 32 32 169749213 Swisswatches’ Exclusive First Look Into The New Tudor Manufacture https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/swisswatches-exclusive-first-look-into-the-new-tudor-manufacture/ Sun, 26 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=37637 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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]]> 37637 Piaget Manufacture Visit – A True Maison https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/piaget-manufacture-visit-a-true-maison/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=36580 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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]]> 36580 Atelier For Unique Pieces: Paying A Visit To Vacheron Constantin https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/atelier-for-unique-pieces-paying-a-visit-to-vacheron-constantin/ Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=33702 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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]]> 33702 A Journey Through The Zenith Manufacture in Le Locle https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/the-history-of-the-zenith-manufacture-in-le-locle/ Sun, 12 Dec 2021 11:00:37 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=24709 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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]]> 24709 Sculptors of Time: Greubel Forsey Atelier https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/sculptors-of-time-greubel-forsey-atelier/ Sat, 24 Oct 2020 08:00:41 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=12443 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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]]> 12443 Jaquet Droz Manufacture – Where Birds Never Stop Singing https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/jaquet-droz-manufacture-where-birds-never-stop-singing/ Thu, 05 Mar 2020 08:00:58 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=5674 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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]]> 5674 The Complex Case Of CODE 11.59 by Audemars Piguet https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/the-complex-case-of-code-11-59-by-audemars-piguet/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 19:47:38 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=5248 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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]]> 5248 Parmigiani Fleurier – From Restoration To Haute Horlogerie Manufacture https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/inside-the-manufacture-parmigiani-fleurier/ Sat, 23 Mar 2019 08:00:18 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=2318 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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]]> 2318 Breguet Manufacture – About High-Tech Robots And Gentle Hands In The Heart Of Watchmaking https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/inside-the-manufacture-breguet/ Mon, 07 Jan 2019 08:00:06 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=2208 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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]]> 2208 Jaeger-LeCoultre – Atelier Des Métiers Rares https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/inside-the-manufacture-jaeger-lecoultre/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 07:00:16 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=2450 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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]]> 2450 A visit at the Carl F. Bucherer Manufacture https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/inside-the-manufacture-carl-f-bucherer/ Mon, 20 Aug 2018 07:00:53 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=2494 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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]]> 2494 ​The architect of his own fortune – the Armin Strom manufacture https://swisswatches-magazine.com/blog/inside-the-manufacture-armin-strom/ Mon, 11 Jun 2018 07:00:29 +0000 https://swisswatches-magazine.com/?p=2454 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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