#watchmaking — Public Fediverse posts
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By 1894, Schorpp had opened his own workshop for metal cutting, serving the booming #watchmaking companies of La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Jämes was an aggressive businessman, opening a business in 1896 with Henri-François Vaucher to source and re-sell high-end #watches on the international market.
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Canada's only watchmaking school still ticking after 80 years
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/canada-s-only-watchmaking-school-9.7254211
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48786789
#HackerNews #Canada #Watchmaking #Education #Craftsmanship #Heritage #80Years
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“ The combined effect of foreign competition and the loss of their protective exchange rate would have decimated the Swiss watch industry even if it hadn't been for quartz movements. But quartz movements were the final blow. ”
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DuBois operated continually under family control for six generations!
When the company celebrated their 100th anniversary in 1885, the newspapers proclaimed that they were already one of the oldest watchmaking companies in Switzerland.
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#Karakurist figured out the mechanism for Light Yagami's watch!!!
Video is in Japanese but has English subs available:
https://youtu.be/fJt4nqPApU4#DeathNote #LightYagami #WatchMaking #3dPrinting #Mechanism #Engineering
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Watchmaking: Making a Tourbillon Cage
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I think a "wowee!" is appropriate here. Fantastic engineering and goed looking as well, though maybe not an every day watch. Of course, the price is even more astronomical than the watch.
The Christiaan Van Der Klaauw Grand Planetarium Eccentric Meteorite
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Still in love with this one. My first big work on a watch. A lot of scars on the dial (some made by myself at the time..), hands in a poor state but still charming !
#montre #montrelip #lip #lipdauphine #watch #watchmaking #france #madeinfrance #horlogerie #horloger #dauphine #apprentice #apprentice #throwback -
Vacheron Constantin Breaks the World Record for Most Complicated Wristwatch
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/introducing-vacheron-constantin-les-cabinotiers-solaria
#HackerNews #VacheronConstantin #MostComplicatedWristwatch #LuxuryWatch #WorldRecord #Horology #Watchmaking
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Sternglas back with another banger #watches #watchmaking
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While we often turn to #Switzerland when it comes to the craft of making #watches. Increasingly some really oustanding (and affordable) ones can be found in : #Germany, #Thailand and #France.
For example, founded in 1925 #Laco makes anything from dress watches to #WW2 flieger and #sports watches.
I will post more on interesting brands in the coming weeks.
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Making a Mechanical Watch From Scratch Is Fine Work https://hackaday.com/2024/12/20/making-a-mechanical-watch-from-scratch-is-fine-work/ #watchmaking #clockhacks #timepiece #timepiece #clock #watch
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Making a Mechanical Watch From Scratch Is Fine Work - There are plenty of hard jobs out there, like founding your country’s nuclear prog... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/20/making-a-mechanical-watch-from-scratch-is-fine-work/ #watchmaking #clockhacks #timepiece #timepiece #clock #watch
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"I posted a very long and detailed article about the early history of the balance spring cartel in Switzerland. I spent 6 months researching this (in old French newspapers, academic papers, and business records!) and thought it was pretty interesting.
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But here it is if you want to read it:
https://grail-watch.com/2023/04/27/the-balance-spring-cartel-crisis/"