Uhrwerke – Eine Leidenschaft
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Mehr als ein Federhaus im Uhrwerk, braucht man das? Und wozu genau soll das gut sein? Ich versuche im Folgenden, euch einen kleinen Überblick über die Grundlagen und den Sinn dahinter zu geben.
You always wanted to assemble your own watch? Here you have the opportunity to do this with a pilot watch. The kit is suitable for absolute beginners, as all parts are sufficiently large and perfectly matched. A detailed tutorial explains step by step what to do. Besides that you will learn useful technical terms of watchmaking.
In addition to the parts of the watch, the kit contains high quality watchmakers tools, most of them from the renowned Swiss manufacturer Bergeon. You’ll see that assembling watches and working with movements is really fun. With these tools you are well equipped for further activities in this area. These tools last a lifetime and do not fall apart already in the second use, as cheap tools often do.
The watch strap has a white stitch and is made of soft leather. It is made in Germany and wears great.
All components of this kit are tested, selected and compiled by myself. I will personally equip each box by hand. The watch movement will be checked on the timegrapher and the movement will be regulated if necessary.
A nice box made of aluminum with a display window (Made by SAFE Germany) and a high quality foam insert complete the picture and make this watch kit an ideal gift. For yourself and for others!
Contents of the box:
(*) Bergeon – Swiss manufacturer of very high quality watchmaker’s tools
After successful assembly, your watch looks like this:
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HORAGE is still a relatively unknown Swiss watch manufacturer which within a few years has managed to develop its own mechanical movement, the K1. Maybe some of you have heard about the successful completion of HORAGE’s second Kickstarter promoted campaign. I’m a huge fan of individual watches so I was so intrigued to find out more. Whilst visiting the company in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, I talked to the founders Tzu-Yu Huang and Andreas Felsl, as well as with Jonas Nydegger and Florian Serex.
Continue reading “The K1: From HORAGE to Cendres+Métaux – Manufacture 4.0”
One of the most intersting watch movements I have ever seen: the BY 21Dez12ME from watchmaker Mik Eleta:
Continue reading “Miki Eleta BY 21Dez12ME – A flying saucer as watch movement”
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Die ETA/Unitas 6497- bzw. 6498-Klone der chinesischen Firma Seagull sind recht bekannt und weit verbreitet. Und dies mit gutem Grund, stehen sie doch dem Original in der Qualität nicht nach. Es gibt aber weitere Hersteller dieser Klone, namentlich die 1972 gegründete Hangzhou Watch Company.
Continue reading “Seagull and Hangzhou: Two Unitas clone movements compared”
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Seitdem die Swatch-Group die Lieferung von Werken ihres Herstellers ETA an Fremdhersteller immer weiter eingeschränkt hat, mussten sich viele Uhrenhersteller nach alternativen Quellen für Uhrwerke umsehen.
Für Uhrenhersteller, die im sensiblen Preissegment bis ca. 1.000 Euro agieren, ist die Eigenentwicklung eines günstigen Werkes kaum möglich. Die japanische Firma Miyota hat seit 2009 eine echte Alternative zum Schweizer ETA 2824-2 im Angebot, das Miyota 9015.