The first part of this article about the Pforzheim-based company Kasper & Co. was about its history: Kasper: Watches and Movements – Part 1
In this second part, we take a look at the company’s watch movements.
Kasper: Watches and Movements – Part 2
Category: Interesting Movements
Kasper: Watches and Movements – Part 1
As with a number of manufacturers in the watch and jewelry town of Pforzheim, the history of Kasper & Co., founded in 1911 by Karl and Christine Kasper, did not begin with watches, but with elastic straps for watches. This first of two articles about Kasper & Co. outlines the history of the company, while the second part deals with its watch movements.
3D printed escapement models
I like models that illustrate the functioning of certain components of a watch movement in enlarged form. These movement models originated in watchmaking schools, where particularly high-quality examples were produced as study objects and showpieces.
Today I’m showing you something much simpler, namely models of a Swiss lever escapement and of a tourbillon, both from the 3D printer.
The new Uhrforum watch movement identifier
More than ten years ago, the German watch forum Uhrforum.de began collecting movements that were not listed in other online movement identifiers. From the individual contributions, I have compiled all movements sorted by size on a website and as a PDF document at longer intervals.
System Glashütte – New insights
Some time ago, in the article System Glashütte – What’s that?, I explained where the term System Glashütte comes from and why it has more to do with Switzerland than with Glashütte. Naturally, the Swiss manufacturers of movements that were supposed to suggest that they were from Glashütte usually had no interest in leaving their company name on these movements. Accordingly, in some cases it is difficult to find the manufacturer or an exact caliber designation.
Gallery of Unknown Watch Movements
This time I don’t have any interesting technical information about movements to offer, but ask my readers for help in identifying watch movements.
