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» Giacomo Agostini visits JEANRICHARD's Manufacture
Motorcycle legend and JEANRICHARD Ambassador, Giacomo Agostini, was in La Chaux-de-Fonds on November 25 to meet with the Teams and to discover the watch brand’s workshops[…]
» History
Sonne/Mond Der Mensch versucht durch Beobachtung der Himmelsgestirne, Sonne und Mond die Jahreszeiten und damit den Wetterverlauf besser einzuschätzen[…] … Grundlage für die Erfassung der Zeit war die Astronomie oder Himmelskunde[…] … Mit Hilfe von Observatorien berechneten Priester den Umlauf der Gestirne, um den günstigsten Zeitpunkt für die Aussaat zu finden[…] … Die Himmelsscheibe von Nebra Die Himmelsscheibe von Nebra ist eine Metallplatte aus der Bronzezeit mit Goldapplikationen, die offenbar astronomische Phänomene und Symbole religiöser Themenkreise darstellt[…] … Die Redewendung "Die Zeit ist abgelaufen" lässt sich auf diese Form der Zeitbegrenzung zurückführen[…] … Thales von Milet 585 kann angeblich als erster Mensch eine Sonnenfinsternis im Abendland vorhersagen[…] … Die vermutlich älteste römische Sonnenuhr vor dem Tempel des Quirinus, war laut Überlieferungen ein Beutestück aus dem 1[…] … Er baute eine Wasseruhr mit Zifferblatt und Zeiger und verbesserte darüber hinaus die Genauigkeit wesentlich[…] … Hipparchos stellt in Griechenland die ungleiche Länge der Sonnentage von Mittag zu Mittag fest[…] … Auf dem Marktplatz von Gaza wird die Herkulesuhr, eine monumentale Wasseruhr mit Stundenschlag, aufgestellt[…] … Beim Abbrennen der Kerze lösten sich die Kugeln und fielen nach Ablauf einer definierten Zeiteinheit in einen Behälter aus Metall[…] … Neben den Kerzen wurden aber auch Öllampen, langsam abbrennende Zündschnüre oder - zumindest in China - auch Räucherstäbchen verwendet[…] … Gerbert aus Aurillac ca[…] … 950-1003 Der Mönch Gerbert aus Aurillac aus Frankreich - der spätere Papst Silvester II - soll auf den Gedanken gekommen sein, eine Räderuhr zu bauen oder bauen zu lassen[…] … Modell der Wasseruhr von Su Sung Su Sung, ein chinesischer Gelehrter und Mönch, beschrieb einen "neuen Entwurf für eine mechanische Armillarsphäre und einen Himmelsglobus“[…] … Dahinter verbarg sich eine monumentale astronomische Wasseruhr, die "Himmlische Waage", welche neben ihrer Größe und Kunstfertigkeit vor allem durch ein herausragendes Merkmal bestach: sie besaß am Antriebsrad eine Hemmung und diese sollte im Abendland erst 200 Jahre später bekannt werden[…] … Villard de Honnecourt um 1230 Villard de Honnecourt beschreibt ein Objekt, das später als die Hemmung einer mechanischen Vorrichtung gedeutet wird[…] … lässt von seinen Wissenschaftlern Planetentafeln anfertigen (Alfonsinische Planetentafeln)[…] … Die erste mechanische Turmuhr wird an der Kathedrale von Exeter (England) in Betrieb genommen 1292 n[…] … In Milano wird eine öffentliche Uhr, möglicherweise eine Turmuhr, mit Schlagwerk aufgestellt[…] … In Florenz wird eine Turmuhr mit Schlagwerk bekannt[…] … Für den Stadtherrenpalast in Padua wird eine Uhr mit 24-Stunden-Schlagwerk gebaut[…] … London erhält seine erste öffentliche Schlagwerkuhr, Big Tom genannt[…] … In Breslau wird eine Turmuhr mit 12-Stunden-Schlagwerk aufgestellt[…] … In der Kathedrale von Salisburg (England) wird eine Schlagwerkuhr ohne Zifferblatt eingebaut, die heute noch funktioniert[…] … Der Mönch Lasar Serbin leitet den Bau der ersten Turmuhr auf dem Kathedralenplatz im Moskauer Kreml[…] … In Montpellier wird der Turmwächter wegen wiederholter Trunkenheit seines Amtes enthoben und durch eine Uhr mit Schlagwerk ersetzt[…] … Diese Erfindung wurde lange Zeit Jakob Zech aus Prag (1525) zugeschrieben[…] … Henleins Erfolg lag in der Verkleinerung der Zugfeder, durch eine Federbremse erzielte er eine gleichmäßige, verlangsamte Abgabe der Antriebskraft[…] … Möglicherweise besaßen seine Uhren Dosen- und Trommelform und waren mit Stundenschlag ausgestattet[…] … Der Gregorianische Kalender auf der Grundlage der Alfonsinischen Planetentafeln wird durch eine päpstliche Bulle verbindlich eingeführt[…] … Allerdings dient zunächst der lange Zeiger zur Anzeige der Stunden, die Minuten werden durch den kurzen Zeiger angezeigt[…] … An Christoph Margraf wird ein Patent für eine Kugellaufuhr erteilt[…] … Die Sternwarte in Greenwich (England) wird gegründet[…] … Außerdem ersetzt er die bis dahin gebräuchliche Pendelaufhängung an einem Faden durch eine dünne Stahlfeder, den Vorläufer der heutigen Pendelfeder[…] … Dabei wird die Zeit durch ein rotierendes, an die Wand projiziertes Zifferblatt angezeigt, ein dort hängendes Schwert dient als Zeiger (beschrieben im Optischen Lehrbuch von Johann Zahn, 1685)[…] … Falcio schlägt durchbohrte Rubine als Lager vor, welche auch bald von englischen Uhrmachern angewandt werden[…] … Nicolas Fatio De Duiller und Pierre de Baufre (London) erhalten gemeinsam das englische Patent zur alleinigen Anfertigung von Lagern für Uhren aus Edelstein[…] … Jahrhundert von Galileo Galilei erfunden worden, wurde bei der Turmuhr des Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze angewandt und war nur in Vergessenheit geraten[…] … Der Franzose Le Plat baut in Paris eine Uhr, die durch Luftdruckänderungen aufgezogen wird[…] … John Arnold fertigt die erste Uhr mit einem in Rubin ausgeführten Zylinder, eine in einen Ring eingebaute Repetitionsuhr für den König von England[…] … Diese komplizierte Vorrichtung, die Lagedifferenzen einer tragbaren Uhr automatisch ausgleicht, gilt seitdem als eine der schwierigsten Komplikationen, die nur in besonders wertvollen Uhren Anwendung findet[…] … dem Mechaniker Karl Heinrich Klingert aus Breslau gelingt es die erste elektrische Uhr zu bauen[…] … Die Uhr mit dem Namen "Marie Antoinette" vereint in sich folgende Komplikationen: Minutenrepetitions-Schlagwerk Ewiger Kalender Unabhängig anhaltbare Zentralsekunde Äquationsanzeige Automatischer Aufzug Gangreserveanzeige Thermometer Die Uhr befindet sich heute im Mayer-Museum in Jerusalem[…] … Die Spindelhemmung mit kurzem Vorderpendel wird durch die Ankerhemmung mit langem Pendel ersetzt[…] … In der Schweiz wird die Verwendung von Lochsteinen eingeführt, um die Lagerreibung zu verringern und dem Verschleiß vorzubeugen[…] … Ferdinand Adolph Lange 1815-1875 Ferdinand Adolph Lange beginnt in Glashütte / Sachsen mit der Produktion der später berühmt gewordenen Glashütter Taschenuhren[…] … in Schwenningen, Glashütte, Karlstein, Biel, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Genf,Le Locle, Neuchätel[…] … Der Franzose Phillips löst das Problem der Erzielung des Isochronismus auf wissenschaftlicher Grundlage[…] … Georges Frédéric Roskopf eröffnet in La Chaux de Fonds eine Uhrenfabrik, in der besonders preiswerte Taschenuhren hergestellt werden[…] … Teile der Roskopf-Konstruktionsmerkmale werden sich noch lange in einfachen Uhren wiederfinden[…] … In England wird die Stoppuhr ohne laufende Zeitanzeige erfunden[…] … In Ruhla (Thüringen) werden erstmalig einfache Gebrauchstaschenuhren hergestellt[…] … In Deutschland wird durch Gesetz die Mitteleuropäische Zonenzeit eingeführt[…] … die ersten One Dollar Watches hergestellt, von denen bald jährlich 1 Mio[…] … Sie enthält alle Elemente, die erst etwa 30 Jahre später zur Anwendung gelangen: Permanentmagnete, Spulen, Kontakte und Batterien[…] … (In der modernen Uhrentechnik wird er unter anderem als preiswerter Lagerstein verwendet[…] … In Deutschland wird die Sommerzeit eingeführt[…] … Quarzkristalle werden zur Frequenzstabilisierung von Röhrenoszillatoren verwendet[…] … Damit ist die Grundlage zur Herstellung von Quarzuhren geschaffen[…] … Fachzeitschriften berichten von einer in England entwickelten Armbanduhr mit automatischem Aufzug[…] … Ab diesem Jahr wird der Kunststoff PMMA (Acryl), bekannt unter dem Handelsnamen PLEXIGLAS, kommerziell hergestellt[…] … Die automatisch sprechende Telefonzeitansage wird in Deutschland eingeführt[…] … Als Oszilator wurde erst ein flächiger Quarz, später ein stimmgabelförmiger Quarz benutzt[…] … , die der PTB Braunschweig untersteht, mit dem Zeitzeichensender DCF77 auf Langwelle (77 kHz) mit einer ungefähren Reichweite von 2000 km als Zeitnormal wird in Betrieb genommen[…] … Eine Sekunde ist seit der Definition von 1967 - 9192631770 Schwingungen des Cäsiums-Atoms lang[…] … ETA bringt das flachste industriell hergestellte Automatikwerk mit Zentralsekunde, Datumanzeige und Schnellkorrektur auf den Markt (Kaliber 2892)[…] … Dieses Patent wird bis zu seinem Ablauf nicht genutzt[…] … Die flachste Quarzuhr der Welt, die Delirium IV mit einer Höhe von 0,98 mm wird in der Schweiz vorgestellt[…] … In der Schweiz wird die Produktion von einfachsten, nicht reparierbaren Plastik-Modeuhren (SWATCH) aufgenommen[…] … ETA bringt ein neues, superflaches Automatikwerk (Kaliber 2000, Höhe 3,6 mm) auf den Markt[…]
» BASELWORLD 2012: The TAG Heuer MIKROGIRDER
Simpler, faster and more efficient than science dreamed possible, impervious to gravity and dramatically reducing isochronous error, potentially easier to manufacture and able to precisely measure time to a phenomenal 5/10,000th of a second today, and probably even more precisely tomorrow… TAG Heuer challenges three centuries of hairspring/balance wheel mechanical regulation conventions to create a totally new mechanical regulator[…] … In 2010, TAG Heuer presented the Grand Carrera Pendulum Concept, the world’s first-ever mechanical regulator to replace a conventional hairspring with magnets[…] … Following TAG Heuer’s Calibre 360 Chronograph (2005), which beats at 50Hz and measures and displays to the 1/100th of a second, the 6Hz Pendulum Concept, which is still under development, confirmed TAG Heuer’s position as the unrivalled pioneer of high frequencies[…] … In 2011, TAG Heuer launched the MIKROTIMER FLYING 1000, the world’s first 500hz mechanical chronograph[…] … A revolutionary mechanical chronograph regulator without any balance wheel system and equipped with two escapements, the Mikrotimer’s beats 3[…] … Now comes the pioneering MIKROGIRDER, the Swiss legend’s greatest achievement in watchmaking engineering to date, a game-changing technology which promises to completely revolutionize the very heart of the watch — the regulator[…] … TAG Heuer: A tradition of challenging conventions The regulation of a conventional mechanical watch is performed by a balance wheel and a spiral-shaped torsion hairspring, a system invented by Christiaan Huygens in 1675[…] … Over the centuries, every aspect of this regulating system has been modified, improved, optimized and enhanced, yet as each new improvement remains based on Huygens’ original concept, it remains a compromise, never an ideal[…] … To solve these ‘limits’ and take Swiss watchmaking to a new unsurpassed level of excellence, TAG Heuer’s award-winning team of engineers and watch masters made a radical decision: to forget the hairspring and the balance wheel and, starting from a blank page using mechanistic theory, entirely reinvent mechanical watch regulation — just as Christian Huygens did so successfully more than 3 centuries before[…] … The TAG Heuer MIKROGIRDER: The first step to ultimate accuracy Conceived, developed and manufactured in-house in the company’s R&D lab in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, the MIKROGIRDER is the fastest mechanical regulator ever crafted and tested[…] … Overturning three centuries of watchmaking convention in the way mechanical energy is generated, stored and regulated, the MIKROGIRDER opens a promising new era in watchmaking, with potentially powerful and energy-sparing new movements precise to ever-smaller fractions of time[…] … Accurate to an unprecedented 5/10,000 or 1/2,000th of a second, the MIKROGIRDER is a completely new regulator system — a coupling blade/girder and excitatory blade/girder system working with a linear oscillator (versus a spiral shape in a classical hairspring) that vibrates isochronously at a very small angle, as opposed to a traditional watch, which vibrates at an angle of up to 320 degrees[…] … In a classic spiral hairspring system, the effect of gravity due to mass is a dominant issue[…] … There is no loss of amplitude and the movement’s frequency can be modulated on a very large spectrum of frequency without overburdening the power supply[…] … In comparison, a regular watch functions at 4hz, or only 28,800 beats per hour[…] … The smallest fraction of time — 1/100th, 1/1,000th and ½,000th (5/10,000) of a second — is displayed on a central hand that does a complete revolution around the dial a mind-boggling 20 times per second[…] … Furthermore, and like the Mikrotimer Flying 1000, the dial display allows a quick and easy reading of the incredible measurement thanks to 3 scales, 2 external and one at 6 o’clock allowing to read 5/10,000 or 1/2,000ths of a second[…] … Though the placement of the crown at 12 o’clock is inspired by the 1/100th of a second Heuer stopwatches of the 1920s, the overall design is decisively avant-garde[…] … The unconventional shape and wide opening makes for easier reading, while the dial design allows one to see the blade/girder regulator system “at work”[…] … A new Concept masterpiece from TAG Heuer, it could very well become a commercial piece like most of its Concept predecessors of the last 10 years, including the Monaco V4, the Calibre 360, the Monaco 24, the Mikrograph 100, and, since the end of 2011, the Mikrotimer Flying 1000[…]
» TAG Heuer increases its mechanical movement manufacturing capacity
The site will produce the in-house Calibre 1887 mechanical chronograph that was launched two years ago, plus a brand new calibre which is being developed internally in order to complete the range of TAG Heuer high-end/high-performances chronographs[…] … Four months after the acquisition of Artecad, a major Swiss dial manufacturer based in Tramelan (Canton of Bern), TAG Heuer has announced further significant capital investment, this time in mechanical chronograph movements[…] … They are all manufactured in-house by the company at Cornol and La Chaux-de-Fonds and are used to power iconic TAG Heuer chronographs such as the renowned Carrera Calibre 1887, winner of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève in 2010 when it was awarded the “Petite Aiguille” prize[…] … Given the reduction in supply announced by ETA - supported by COMCO through its provisional measures - and the additional volumes needed to meet its growth targets, TAG Heuer must manufacture more and more mechanical movements in-house as well as intensify its cooperation with other traditional and independent partners in Switzerland and abroad[…] … In a few weeks’ time, the construction of a 2,400 square meters facility will start at the Chevenez site (Canton of Jura) where the key components of the TAG Heuer mechanical chronographs will be produced and finished, as well as assembled, in addition to the existing capacity at La Chaux–de-Fonds[…] … So with Cortech manufacturing high-end cases, Artecad manufacturing dials, Chevenez and La Chaux-De-Fonds concentrating on watch movements and assembly, TAG Heuer is becoming one of the most highly integrated Swiss watch manufactures in terms of key high-end watchmaking expertise and components[…] … In parallel TAG Heuer is continuing to study both traditional and potentially revolutionary regulation systems such as the Pendulum presented in 2010 (magnetic field substituting the hairspring) or the Mikrogirder 10[…] … 000 shown in 2012 in Geneva and Basel (mikro-blades substituting the hairspring and balance wheel), in order to assess the possibilities of producing in the future assortments in-house in Switzerland[…]
» Jaquet Droz Supports The Only Watch 2011 Charity Auction
For the Only Watch 2011 charity auction, Jaquet Droz will be unveiling a unique Petite Heure Minute model while lending its support to research on Duchenne muscular dystrophy, led by the Monegasque Association against Myopathies[…] … This year, the Manufacture from La Chaux-de-Fonds will be supporting Only Watch by donating a one-of-a-kind Petite Heure Minute model created especially for the occasion[…] … This exclusive piece proudly boasts an ivory Grand Feu enameled dial adorned with details from one of the principality’s most renowned landscapes, a marvelous specimen of the art of miniature painting on enamel[…] … In addition, this Petite Heure Minute features a self-winding mechanical movement, a double barrel, a 68-hour power reserve with a 22-carat white gold oscillating weight bearing a sunray motif executed by the skilled hand of a master engraver, and a Jaquet Droz’ secret signature[…] … Water-resistant to 3 bar (30 meters), this superlative model comes in a 43 mm watchcase of 18-carat red gold[…]
» Watchmakers to appeal against the Competition Commission
His outrage was shared by Alain Spinedi, CEO of Louis Erard[…] … A date that is much too early for other market players who manufacture movements[…] … The main player, Sellita in La Chaux-de-Fonds, still partially depends on parts supplied by Nivarox, another Swatch Group entity, as well as on finished movements purchased from ETA[…] … If we do not manage this, we will consider taking further provisional measures,"explained its president Vincent Martenet[…] … "Given the strong franc, we are already having enough problems with our exports," points out Alain Spinedi[…]
» The JEANRICHARD museum of watchmaking machines and tools
Built in 1908 by local architect Léon Boillod (from La Chaux-de-Fonds), it is an imposing structure with multiple sloping roofs and an array of decoration sculpted on the façade[…] … The original layout of the villa included a "piano nobile" on the ground floor, the principal floor where the owners would receive their guests in the library, the concert room or even the dining room[…] … In the mid 20th century, the layout was changed: each floor was converted into an apartment, with a beautiful swimming pool created in the basement[…] … Remarkable details: the sculptures on the façades, the mosaic adorning the floor of the library and the ceiling mouldings are the work of final year students from the "Arts et Métiers" art school in La Chaux-de-Fonds, whose alumni include, amongst others, a certain Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier[…] … The teacher who supervised their work, André Evard, was a very important figure in the Art Nouveau movement which was dominant in La Chaux-de-Fonds at the start of the 20th century[…]
» Universo acquires the Energizer site in La Chaux-de-Fonds
, both in La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland) signed a contract on August 10, 2011, for the acquisition of buildings and land on rue Louis-Joseph Chevrolet 43 in La Chaux-de-Fonds[…] … The handover will take place on November 1, 2011[…] … Despite the extremely difficult situation with respect to the strong Swiss Franc, the Swatch Group continues its efforts to further strengthen the workplace Switzerland or, as in the present case, the Canton Neuchâtel, with its investments[…] … Thanks to its close partnership with its customers, Universo successfully develops and launches innovative solutions aimed at both the design and the technical complexity of its products[…] … Moreover, adapting production capacities to growing volume demand is not merely a matter of the means of production, which is why Universo placed specific emphasis and investment on qualitative human resources and on training[…]
» 47 mm steel case: The GRAHAM MANSORY Chronofighter Oversize
The black rubber strap is “Clous de Paris” decorated and adorned with the GRAHAM and MANSORY logos[…] … Limited to 50 watches, the self-winding automatic chronograph developed by GRAHAM, is exclusively available from MANSORY or one of its world-wide sales partners[…] … GRAHAM-LONDON was resurrected in 1995 and is today a privately owned Anglo-Swiss watch company which designs and builds its own watches in its La Chaux-de-Fonds production facilities in Switzerland[…] … This enthusiasm made him spend many years in England and personally commit himself to automobile values such as tradition, craftsmanship and well-engineered technology[…] … The newly established company MANSORY (Switzerland) AG will operate from Zumikon at the Lake Zurich[…] … In Germany, Switzerland and via selected sales partners all over the world[…]
» Journée Internationale du Marketing Horloger unrolls the red carpet for the Ambassadors
“The Watchmaking industry and its Ambassadors” is the topic of this 14th edition, which will take place in Neuchâtel and La Chaux-de-Fonds[…] … An event organized in two sections, the first day reserved for academic research – 5th Day of research in watchmaking marketing – will take place on December 1st in the premises of the ARC school of management in Neuchâtel[…] … It will be followed by the Journée Internationale du Marketing Horloger (JIMH) International Day of Watchmaking Marketing, an exchange platform intended for watchmaking industry professionals, which will proceed on December 2nd from 9:00 a[…] … at the Théâtre L’heure bleue in la Chaux-de-Fonds[…] … Animated by the duet of uncommon artists Plonk and Replonk, this second day will include among the watchmaking ambassadors: Sebastien Loeb, sevenfold world champion of car rally and ambassador of Marvin; Guillaume Nery, recordman of the world of diving in apnea and ambassador of Ball Watch; or Nicolas Bideau, head of the film section of the Federal Office of the Culture and future director of Swiss Presence[…] … As for the brand representatives, Antonio Calce (Corum), Richard Mille (Richard Mille), Jean-Marc Jacot (Parmigiani), Guillaume Tetu (Hautlence), Cecile Maye (Marvin) and Daniel Alioth (Watch Ball) will participate[…]
» Manufacture Rodolphe Cattin: He is back!
Rodolphe Cattin announced his return to the watch scene with the official launching of the Manufacture Rodolphe Cattin (MRC)[…] … To mark the occasion, he presented some original collections of both ladies’ and men’s models guaranteed to live up to consumers’ expectations[…] … The primary goal for this accomplished artist, who defines himself as a designer, is to establish a synergy between the various contemporary watchmaking players who encouraged him to take up this new challenge with Thomas Meyer[…] … The development of his timepieces will also be influenced by his return to the cities of Neuchâtel and La Chaux-de-Fonds, whose watchmaking tradition he carries within him like a tribute to the region’s centuries-old know-how[…] … While the manufacture is firmly rooted in the Jura, its founder draws his inspiration from the best of contemporary design in places like Paris, New York, Milan and Barcelona[…] … A brand for men and women Featuring pink gold finishings combined with alligator, satin and rubies, the Rodolphe Cattin Manufacture range is available in two versions: exclusively feminine and infinitely masculine[…] … For the ladies, the Utopia and Adore collections are refined but restrained combinations of glamour, mother-of-pearl and diamonds[…] … The small diamond-studded balls replacing the traditional horns add a sublimely feminine touch[…] … What makes this twofold approach so unusual is that it attaches more importance to the ladies’ than to the men’s collections (60/40)[…]
» CORUM Golden Bridge Automatic
This impressive baguette movement, built in a straight line and calling for exceptional watchmaking expertise, has adorned some of the most fabulous timepieces by the brand from La Chaux-de-Fonds[…] … In 2011, this amazing lineage is definitely entering a new era with the arrival of the self-winding Golden Bridge movement equipped with a linear oscillating weight[…] … The new Corum Caliber C0313 The exclusive new Corum Caliber C0313, an automatic linear-winding baguette movement, called for over four years of development and laboratory testing to verify the materials, the frictional forces and the physics of the winding mechanism[…] … Equipped with a linear oscillating weight made in platinum and visible from both sides of the case, along with a slipping spring mechanism, this Golden Bridge movement beats at a frequency of 4 Hz (28,800 vibrations per hour) and is endowed with a 40-hour power reserve[…] … This 194-part caliber is also fitted with a variable-inertia balance – guaranteeing long-term precision – as well as a barrel that is miniaturized so as not to break the smooth vertical lines of the mechanism[…] … The mainplate and bridges are made from 18kt gold (matching the gold of each of the cases) and adorned with a new vertical guilloché motif matching the linear design of the oscillating weight and accentuating the powerful character of this in-line movement[…] … The complexity of such a movement – Caliber CO313 is one of the rare movements with linear oscillating weight on the market – lies first and foremost in resolving the inertia issues inherent to any movement of this type[…] … Hence the use of a precious and dense metal, in this instance platinum, for this linear oscillating weight weighing 4 grams and which swings 1 cm, before its motion is slowed down or “damped” by a system of gaskets that send it swinging back in the other direction, thereby supplying the movement with all the energy it needs to continue moving[…] … The principle governing the development of CORUM Caliber CO313 was to offer a floating, linear oscillating weight floating on rails[…] … The latter are made in steel with a PTFE Teflon coating, while the contact zones between the chariot and the rails are made from beryllium copper[…] … The energy derived from the winding is transmitted via a rack fixed to the oscillating weight and constantly engaged with a reverser system – ensuring unidirectional winding – equipped with ceramic ball bearings and requiring no lubrication[…] … 8 mm, is larger than its predecessors and slightly curved to ensure optimal comfort on the wrist[…] … No less than four antiglare sapphire crystals are thus required to make a case that looks very much like a showcase housing a precious object[…] … The two-part dial in black or white, depending on the version, conceals nothing of the fabulous mechanism and enables observers to admire the linear oscillating weight in motion[…]
» World First: TAG Heuer CARRERA MIKROGRAPH 1/100th Second Chronograph
TAG Heuer introduces the first ever column wheel integrated mechanical chronograph displaying the 1/100th of a second with a striking central hand allowing an easy reading: the HEUER CARRERA MIKROGRAPH 1/100th Second Chronograph[…] … Entirely designed, patented, developed and manufactured in La Chaux-De-Fonds, "TAG Heuer Haute Horlogerie" workshop also crafting the Monaco V4, this new major innovation from TAG Heuer confirms the company 150 years leadership in mastering ultimate accuracy, speed and high complexity mechanical movements[…] … Like the Calibre 360, the HEUER CARRERA MIKROGRAPH 1/100th Second Chronograph features two different balance wheels, with separate escapements and transmission systems that allow to engage the stopwatch performance without interference to the watch movement[…] … However, unlike the Calibre 360 which was modular, the new Mikrograph 1/100th is a fully integrated COSC certified chronograph with a column wheel system[…] … It comprises a balance wheel for the watch moving at 4 hertz, 28’800 vibrations per hour, with a 42-hour power reserve; for the stopwatch, the high frequency Swiss balance wheel oscillates at 50 hertz, 360’000 vibrations per hour, with a 90-minute power reserve, displaying this 1/100th of a second with the central chronograph hand[…] … Available in a rose gold limited edition of 150 timepieces only, the new HEUER CARRERA MIKROGRAPH 1/100th Second Chronograph brings this original stopwatch innovation to the wrists of modern motor-racing enthusiasts who seek ultimate precision[…]
» Mr. Jean-Claude Biver, a Gaia Award 2010 Prizewinner
On Thursday 16 September 2010, in the La Chaux-de-Fonds International Watchmaking Museum, before an audience of nearly 300 people, including a number of personalities from the Swiss watchmaking industry, Mr[…] … Jean-Claude Biver - CEO of Hublot - had the privilege of receiving the "2010 Entrepreneurship" Gaia Award, presented by Mr[…] … Marc Pfister, Director of the La Chaux-de-Fonds School of Applied Arts, and Mr[…] … Didier Berberat, Member of the Council of States, Mrs Francine John Calame and Mrs Sylvie Perrinjaquet, National Councillors[…]
» New chapter: Breitling Montbrillant 01 LIMITED
Breitling is writing a new chapter in the history of the Montbrillant chronograph by equipping it for the first time with Caliber 01, a high-performance movement entirely developed and produced in the company workshops[…] … Endowed with a look inspired by the 1940s and 50s and featuring a circular slide rule for pilots, the Montbrillant chronograph was named after the building on Montbrillant Street, in the heights of La Chaux-de-Fonds, which housed the Breitling workshops from 1892 to 1979[…] … Today, the Montbrillant is associating its name with another milestone in the history of the brand with the winged B by hosting Breitling’s Caliber 01, the most reliable and efficient of all selfwinding chronograph movements, produced using a revolutionary assembly process[…] … The Montbrillant 01 Limited is issued in twin editions of 2,000 in steel and 200 in red gold, with the individual number engraved at 9 o’clock on the case middle[…]
» Launch in the fourth quarter of 2010: Porsche Design Heritage P’6530
The re-issue of this classic is at the same time the first watch in the exclusive new Heritage collection, which will be completed with various models over the years to come[…] … Thirty years after the premiere of the legendary timepiece, Porsche Design is evoking the classic with this faithful re-issue[…] … The Heritage P’6530 is endowed with the same successful attributes as its forebear: clarity and purity of form, with push-pieces integrated within the lines of the shot-blasted titanium case, and a slender bracelet also in titanium[…] … The watch sits perfectly on the wrist thanks to titanium’s many benefits: not only is the material light in weight, but it is particularly skin compatible and resistant to corrosion[…] … The chronograph comes with a certificate of precision issued by the Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (COSC) in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland[…] … Classic form The design idiom of the Titanium Chronograph expresses purity of form, functionality and timelessness[…] … Today, the studio ranks among Europe’s most renowned design establishments, continuing to imbue its creations with the clarity, timelessness and distinctiveness so characteristic of all Porsche Design products[…] … The Studio’s credo means that its wristwatches can only be circular: it is the shape that describes the movement of the hands[…] … The dial was also the subject of coherent thinking: it calls to mind the reflection-free instrumentation of sports cars, with its black background, white marking and use of white luminous material on the hands and bar indices[…] … Setting a solitary colour accent is the large, red seconds stop hand[…] … Material power Accompanying the clarity and purity of design espoused by Porsche Design is its commitment to innovative materials[…] … The brand led the market in 1972 by launching the world’s first-ever pitch-black watch[…] … Revolutionary at the time, the resilient, all-black appearance was the outcome of a coating process known as Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD)[…] … Porsche Design once again revolutionised the watchmaking world, this time in 1980, by launching the world’s first titanium watch – now the subject of this re-issue[…] … Twenty years later came the world’s first watch featuring an aluminium case[…] … The Heritage P’6530 is due for launch in the fourth quarter of 2010[…]
» Swiss Prize for up-and-coming watchmakers from A. Lange & Söhne
On 29 May in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the “striking mechanism” for a pocket watch by Janina Thiele was awarded the first prize of the Swiss watchmaking competition, “Concours Institut Horlogerie Cartier 2010” (IHC)[…] … Patrick Ritschel and Eric Geissler, two further apprentices from Lange, came fifth and sixth[…] … The IHC competition is held annually in Switzerland for budding watchmakers[…] … And the Lange watchmaker school is the sole German training school permitted to compete against the Swiss[…] … The theme of this year’s competition was the fabrication of an acoustic display system capable of displaying the change of the hour on a pocket watch[…]
» A history of IWC's Diving Watches
Because of its popularity, the diving watch has achieved cult status[…] … To solve that problem, in 1925 two Swiss watchmakers in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Perregaux and Peret, applied for a Swiss patent in for a screwed stem system[…] … Some store window displays even depicted a wristwatch keeping time submerged in a tank of water[…] … Popular Culture and the 1950s It was in the post-World War II years that the diving wristwatch became a popular success[…] … For many, disposable income and time for recreation became available for the first time[…] … Scuba diving was developed and rocketed in popularity in the 1950s[…] … The influence of Jacques Cousteau on the popular culture cannot be overstated[…] … For eight years beginning in 1968, he produced the popular television series The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau[…] … This increase in public consciousness about diving was accompanied by the popularity of the diving wristwatch in the 1950s[…] … However, the model had a very conservative design – which today is considered “classic” - and consequently may not have sold well[…] … Even its dial variations were relatively staid combinations of black, silver or white[…] … Reference 816AD/1816 had colorful dials: red shadow or blue shadow, as well as a traditional black one[…] … Reference 1816 continued for 10 years, including through the quartz onslaught of the mid-1970s that almost vanquished the Swiss mechanical watchmaking industry[…] … Visually looking like its predecessor, the primary differences were engineering ones relating to case design[…] … The 1980’s: Porsche Design The late 1970s were grave times for the Swiss watch industry[…] … Various new strategies were developed, including collaborating with Porsche Design to develop sportier new watches and to target them at a younger market[…] … In 1980, the late Günter Blümlein became CEO of IWC and expanded the company’s involvement with Porsche Design[…] … Among the significant results from this collaboration was a diving watch, the Ocean 2000[…] … However, the first Ocean 2000 probably was made somewhat earlier, since the first ones were labeled "Porsche Design" and delivered directly to Porsche Design in Salzburg for sale using their own distribution network[…] … Modern, classic and clean in design, it was water resistant to a phenomenal 200 atmospheres or 2,000 meters[…] … An unusually large watch for its era at 42[…] … In the late 1970s, F[…] … The metal was contemporary, light, corrosion-proof, hypo-allergenic, relatively non-conductive, and antimagnetic[…] … Precise speeds and cooling liquids were required during milling, lathing and drilling[…] … This required not only special case design and manufacturing techniques, but also a special crystal and glue to hold it in place[…] … This huge margin of safety might be desirable, but it also created a perceived value that translated into marketing appeal[…] … These later models, Reference 3503 and 3523, were “only” water resistant to 500 meters, and had a case diameter of 34 mm[…] … The Ocean 500 was frequently marketed, at least in IWC-Porsche Design catalogs, as a ladies’ sports watch[…] … These included a quartz version using IWC Calibre 2250 (References 3314 and 3315), a “standard” military version using ETA-2892 based IWC Calibres 375 and later 37521 (References 3509 and 3529) and a special amagnetic mine-sweeper variation which used a special movement with a beryllium balance (Reference 3519)[…] … The 1990s: Rebirth of the Aquatimer IWC’s collaboration with Porsche Design lasted twenty years and ended in the late 1990s[…] … The GST Aquatimer, Reference 3536, was a classic diving watch[…] … Again large at 42 mm in diameter, it was available in steel or titanium, with either a bracelet or a Velcro strap[…] … Nearly all critical components long the path form the escapement to the mainspring are removed from the movement and replaced with corresponding components from IWC’s own manufacture[…] … ” In 2003, the GST Aquatimer’s movement was redesignated as IWC calibre 30110, due to significant changes in finishing, including changing from gold plating to nickel plating as traditionally used in many of IWC’s classic movements[…] … That essentially allows elapsed time to be told by way of the internal bezel, by way of the chronograph or via the minute fly-back hand[…]
» The new Porsche Design P’6530 Titanium Chronograph
The re-issue of this classic is at the same time the first watch in the exclusive new Heritage collection, which will be completed with various models over the years to come[…] … Thirty years after the premiere of the legendary timepiece, Porsche Design is evoking the classic with this faithful re-issue[…] … The Heritage P’6530 is endowed with the same successful attributes as its forebear: clarity and purity of form, with push-pieces integrated within the lines of the shot-blasted titanium case, and a slender bracelet also in titanium[…] … The watch sits perfectly on the wrist thanks to titanium’s many benefits: not only is the material light in weight, but it is particularly skin compatible and resistant to corrosion[…] … The chronograph comes with a certificate of precision issued by the Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (COSC) in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland[…] … Classic form The design idiom of the Titanium Chronograph expresses purity of form, functionality and timelessness[…] … Today, the studio ranks among Europe’s most renowned design establishments, continuing to imbue its creations with the clarity, timelessness and distinctiveness so characteristic of all Porsche Design products[…] … The Studio’s credo means that its wristwatches can only be circular: it is the shape that describes the movement of the hands[…] … The dial was also the subject of coherent thinking: it calls to mind the reflection-free instrumentation of sports cars, with its black background, white marking and use of white luminous material on the hands and bar indices[…] … Setting a solitary colour accent is the large, red seconds stop hand[…] … Material power Accompanying the clarity and purity of design espoused by Porsche Design is its commitment to innovative materials[…] … The brand led the market in 1972 by launching the world’s first-ever pitch-black watch[…] … Revolutionary at the time, the resilient, all-black appearance was the outcome of a coating process known as Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD)[…] … Porsche Design once again revolutionised the watchmaking world, this time in 1980, by launching the world’s first titanium watch – now the subject of this re-issue[…] … Twenty years later came the world’s first watch featuring an aluminium case[…] … The Heritage P’6530 is due for launch in the fourth quarter of 2010[…]
» Breitling MONTBRILLANT EDITION
For BREITLING, the name Montbrillant naturally conjures up pictures of the time and place of its first great chronograph factory, perched on a sunny hillside overlooking the Swiss watchmaking city of La Chaux-de-Fonds[…] … It is there that the ingenious inventions of the Breitling family were born, including the most important, the second return-to zero pushbutton, and the most famous, the circular slide-rule created in 1942[…] … Today, the Montbrillant spirit shines as brightly as ever with the launch of the MONTBRILLANT EDITION special series[…] … In harmony with the same approach, the medallion motif on the back of the watch is a reproduction of the Montbrillant factory built by Léon Breitling in 1892[…] … Like all BREITLING "wrist instruments", the MONTBRILLANT EDITION chronograph is officially certified by the Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC)[…] … Whether in steel or in a limited series of 250 in rose gold, it is fitted exclusively with a black dial[…]
» Swatch Group: Acquisition of Montres Jaquet-Droz
The Swatch Group Ltd acquired the shares of Montres Jaquet-Droz SA, La Conversion VD (Switzerland), so far owned by Cupola Venture Partners 1 Ltd[…] … , Cayman Islands, and private Swiss minority shareholders[…] … Pierre Jaquet-Droz, the illustrious pioneer in horological art born in 1721 in La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland) is at the origin of the prestigious brand[…] … The working places will be maintained[…]
» Swatch Group acquires dial producer Rubattel & Weyermann
acquired today 100% of the shares of the watch dial manufacturer Rubattel & Weyermann in La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland) from the owner, Mr[…] … Michel Theurillat[…] … Theurillat will remain head of the profitable company which employs some 80 persons, thus ensuring the supply to all their present clients of the upper price segment within and outside the Swatch Group[…]
» BREITLING MONTBRILLANT OLYMPUS - A rendezvous with tradition
For Breitling, the name Montbrillant refers to chronographs endowed with a wealth of tradition and exclusive features[…] … One such model is the Montbrillant Olympus, a chronograph inspired by the finest products made by the brand in the course of its history[…] … On the back of the watch is a medallion depicting the factory built by Léon Breitling in 1892 on Montbrillant Street, in the watchmaking town of La Chaux-de- Fonds[…] … Yet it is the mechanism of the Montbrillant Olympus that best reflects Breitling's strong attachment to tradition[…]
» Breitling at Baselworld 2006 - A new booth, a new presence
The star of the show is a gigantic aquarium featuring 600 silvery sea bass that appear to be swimming in mid-air in the large central hall[…] … Astonishing people while remaining true to itself: such is Breitling's ambition for each new watch launch[…] … This effort has clearly paid off: with its resolutely contemporary aesthetics and genuinely spectacular appearance, the Breitling area is asserting itself as one of the stellar booths in the prestigious hall 1[…] … Functional aesthetics Although located in the same place as before, the new Breitling booth occupies this area in an entirely different way[…] … ), the new Breitling booth is entirely in line with the architecture of the brand's other key premises, such as the headquarters in Grenchen and the Breitling Chronométrie building in La Chaux-de-Fonds[…] … The outer walls are highlighted at eye level by a "band" of small windows recalling the brand's historical milestones since 1884, and visitors are also able to view the year's most striking new launches[…] … The grand "live" show However, the most surprising and most daring aspect is undoubtedly the huge aquarium overlooking the central hall, much like a giant screen or a gigantic lamp[…] … The seawater is prepared, treated and stored in a large reservoir on the basement level[…]
» Mechanical movement of the third millennium: The TAG Heuer MONACO V4
This belt-driven wonderment, first unveiled as a Concept Watch at BaselWorld in 2004, is now industrialized and entirely hand manufactured in TAG Heuer La Chaux-de-Fonds workshop in an exclusive luxury edition of only 150 pieces in platinum[…] … Once again, with this boldest creation yet, TAG Heuer stakes claim to the leading edge of design innovation and honors its world-famous motto: “Swiss Avant-Garde since 1860[…] … ” TAG Heuer and the MONACO V4: Revolutionizing the fundamental principles of mechanical watchmaking Transmission Until the V4, all modern mechanical movements, regardless of their complications, were generally based on “classic” watchmaking components, most of which date back to the 18th and 19th century[…] … The principal components of this traditional system are: an energy reserve, by means one or several springs; a transmission, using gears; and a regulatory function, usually organized around a recoil escapement[…] … In a world first, TAG Heuer award-winning team of watch masters and engineers replaced the pinions and wheels of the traditional mechanical movement with a belt-driven transmission: a high-yield relay of 5 notched micro drive-belts whose tension is controlled by 2 turnbuckles[…] … Unlike a traditional calibre, this modular synchronous drive belt system requires no extra gears to send motion from one point to another[…] … Energy The TAG Heuer team then garnered a second worldwide patent by revolutionizing the oscillating mass, which traditionally is superimposed on the movement and moves in a rotational manner[…] … The MONACO V4: An avant-garde design for an avant-garde movement Winner in its concept stage of many design prizes and awards, the Monaco V4 is the revolutionary new incarnation of the iconic Monaco — the audacious, square-faced watch first seen on Steve McQueen’s wrist in the 1970 race classic film Le Mans[…] … Like the original Monaco, the world's first automatic chronograph with a micro-rotor (launched in 1969 by Jack Heuer, today TAG Heuer’s Honorary Chairman), the powerful new movement housed in the Monaco V4 is a tribute to the high-tech, high-performance world of motor racing[…] … The name derives from the V-shaped platinum main plate on which the movement's four spring barrels are mounted[…] … The case is in platinum 950, as is the caseback, which is trisected with 3 glass apertures[…] … The stylish strap is in large-scale alligator, hand-stitched with a titanium insert[…] … The overall design is breathtakingly new, unlike anything ever seen, yet the influence of Steve McQueen’s square-faced Monaco is apparent at a glance, as is the spirit and DNA[…] … Then the Monaco V4 story became a real human saga involving an extraordinary team of dedicated thinkers, watch masters, engineers and craftsmen working in Switzerland but also collaborating with a unique international network drawn from renowned high-tech companies, universities and research institutes[…] … This exclusive luxury edition of only 150 pieces in platinum 950, launched at the occasion of the 150th anniversary, will be sold at 100,000 CHF[…]