2010 Watchmaking initiation workshop
Change places with a watchmaker… Forthcoming workshops in Geneva
Van Cleef & Arpels
The Pont des Amoureux: moving to a retrograde movement, each character advances towards the other until midnight...
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Vacheron Constantin
Discover the 2010 collections of platinum, lacquer and ultra-thin models from the prestigious Genevan watchmaker.
TAG Heuer
2010: launch of the calibre 1887 with the oscillating pinion and reedition of the Silverstone
History
1747
History of Watchmaking
Birth of the Swiss watchmaker Abraham Louis Breguet in Neuchâtel (died in Paris in 1823). His inventions included the tourbillon, the pare-chute shock-absorber, the lever escapement with divided impulse faces, the flat balance-spring with one or two terminal coils, known as the Breguet overcoil, and a compensation device for watches.
Magazine
Focus n°35
Lacquer shines on exceptional timepieces
Fine Watchmaking’s preservation of the applied arts now extends to Japanese lacquer techniques, as V…
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