Tag: EAL
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The «Gemba Walk»: a manufacture visit to the watchmaking factory of Formex (and Dexel)
Wikipedia: In business, «Gemba» refers to the place where value is created Here: A visit to a «real» watch factory {reading time: approx. 5 minutes – plus 35 pictures; alternatively (only in German, though) you can watch the YouTube video here (the Formex part starting at 00:57:30): Fifth Wrist Ohne Hemmung } In April this year,…
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The «Gemba Walk»: a visit to La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle
Wikipedia: In business, «Gemba» refers to the place where value is created Here: A Photo Love Story about «l’homme et le temps» – man and time {reading time: approx. 10 minutes – and some 80 pictures} Join me on the journey to the centre of watchmaking: La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle. You may see and read…
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Editorial: Swiss Made – Deception and Death of Swiss Watchmaking
For decades, the Swiss Made label has been a mark of quality and precision in the watch industry. However, the constant bending of Swiss regulations have created a disturbing trend among some Swiss brands that threaten the authenticity and integrity of the Swiss Made label. Since the 1970s, many Swiss watch brands have been utilizing…
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Editorial: Lundis Bleus – where watchmaking is extremely cool and hot at the same time
At the end of last year I travelled again to my favourite (my wife strongly disagrees, so I am there rather rarely- and alone) holiday destination: La Chaux-de-Fonds and the surrounding «watch towns». One of the reasons for this visit was a stopover at Lundis Bleus, an independent watchmaking brand, specialising in enamel (and stone)…
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Editorial – Kieser Design – how a watch is actually made
Kieser Design is a relatively new brand from Frankfurt, Germany, producing watches, which don’t look like your average timepiece. To make the best use of this article, have a look at https://en.kieserdesign.de first, to get an impression of the kind of watch we are talking about. The basic idea of Matthias Kieser designing this watch…
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Editorial: Kieser Design – how a watch is actually made
Kieser Design is a relatively new brand from Frankfurt, Germany, producing watches, which don’t look like your average timepiece. To make the best use of this article, have a look a https://en.kieserdesign.de first, to get an impression of the kind of watch we are talking about. The basic idea of Matthias Kieser designing this watch…
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Editorial: A visit to Hentschel Hamburg
HOROLOGY IN HAMBURG A marine chronometer is very different from a chronograph. Some watch collectors do genuinely get mixed up and don’t realise that a chronometer is a precision timepiece that is carried on a ship to help determine the ship’s position by celestial navigation. The chronometer is used to determine longitude by comparing Greenwich…
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Editorial: A Visit to ochs und junior in La Chaux-de-Fonds
In the run-up to the first European GTG of Fifth Wristers in La Chaux-de-Fonds back in September 2021, I had the opportunity to meet the team of ochs und junior at their premises. Kornelia, the head and owner of ochs und junior, together with Ludwig Oeschlin, gave me an insight into their recent history, the…
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Editorial: A Detailed Overview of ochs und junior
Last year was a difficult year for most of us. The Coronavirus pandemic has brought many restrictions and suffering to the world. And as everyone knows most watch brands were hit hard by the virus, too: employees had to stay at home, suppliers could not deliver, customers stopped buying. From the large amount of difficulties within and outside…
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Editorial: First Impressions of the Tudor Black Bay P01
The Tudor Black Bay P01, a watch nobody asked for but everyone got at Baselworld 2019. What we are looking at here is an impressively faithful modern reproduction of a watch that was once proposed to the US Navy. Tudor is pushing the boundaries and releasing something that is unlike any other watch on the…
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That dial is just fntastic.
Very cool watch. I have always wondered about the bronze models. Is the caseback bronze as well? If so do…