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Category Archives: assembler

introducing Genesis, a successful endeavour in watchmaking

Posted on June 18th, 2012

A couple of years ago, watchmaker Christine Genesis launched her own watch brand. Trained in the German metalsmithing city of Pforzheim, Genesis spent three years working on watch repair before moving to an important after-sales workshop, where she got to play with all kinds of high-end mechanical watches for seven further years. During their training, […]

Posted in arty, assembler, brand of origin, ETA 28XX, Limited edition, novelty, original designs, Pforzheim, Germany, vintage movements | 3 Comments

introducing: RundenMeister, timers for the wrist and the dash

Posted on June 18th, 2012

The trade mark RundenMeister was successfully registered in Summer 2008. I don’t know if the brand ever existed before, but the current owner Herr Thilo Figaj cleverly decided to specialize it in motorsport timers. Perhaps the most representative product from RundenMeister is their Sequence Timer, which allows drivers to simultaneously operate up to 3 pocket stopwatches. […]

Posted in assembler, historic designs, legacy, original designs, racing, Unitas 649X | 1 Comment

introducing MB-watches, French Timepieces with a Swiss Heart

Posted on June 8th, 2012

Located in Morteau, in the French part of the Watchmaking Valley, Designer and watchmaker Mikaël Bourgeois established his business in June 2008 with the mission of manufacturing bespoke watches for discerning customers. To embark in such an endeavour in late 2008 was very courageous: the finantial world had started collapsing, and consumers were then thinking […]

Posted in arty, assembler, brand of origin, France, Limited edition, Morteau, novelty, original designs, Valjoux 775X | Leave a comment

introducing: OFFSHORE Professional Classic Chronographs

Posted on May 15th, 2012

Question: How many engineers does it take to design a watch? Answer: One Working above some of the deepest oil fields across the world , Lorne Gifford often finds himself in extremely hostile climates and environments. Having wreked several watches himself, the professional subsea engineer decided to create OFFSHORE Professional Classic Chronographs Ltd. to design timepieces that could withstand his extreme lifestyle. The result is […]

Posted in antimagnetic, arty, assembler, brand of origin, original designs, Valjoux 7750 | 4 Comments

New Prometheus Collections

Posted on April 24th, 2012

Amongst micro-brands, Prometheus (www.prometheuswatch.com) is very prolific. After the Ocean Diver, Recon 5 and Manta Ray, this microbrew brand has been expanding their collection range with new additions: Baiji Featuring tritium vials, this nautical watch uses an ST2130 movement made by Tianjin Seagull. Tritium vials use the radioactive decay of tritium to keep the compound shining. The […]

Posted in assembler, ETA 2824-2, ETA 2836, Seagull ST21XX | 1 Comment