Greubel Forsey & Philippe Dufour behind the "Naissance d'Une Montre" project
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- Manufacturing a watch from scratch is certainly like climbing the Everest. But when you have to additionally learn all the techniques and little tricks that go along with it, it becomes one of the most serious challenge ever attempted, even for a professional watchmakers. The project “Naissance d’une Montre” (“Birth of a watch”), which was initiated about four years ago by Greubel Forsey and respected master watchmaker Philippe Dufour, sees them guiding horological instructor Michel Boulanger in his long road to conceiving and creating a tourbillon watch from scratch by himself. The result thus far was presented at the 2015 SIHH with a ticking prototype that now needs to be slightly improved and, most importantly, decorated. This project was initiated by Stephen Forsey, Robert Greubel, and Philippe Dufour to transmit genuine watchmaking knowledge. This means, in particular, that Boulanger had to learn the theory and all the techniques needed to manufacture a watch from scratch. Indeed, new technologies, new production tools, and insufficient expectations from the public in terms of finishing have made traditional techniques and knowledge a thing of the past. With this cultural project, Greubel Forsey makes a statement and participates in maintaining a rare and precious technical art. In the end, 11 timepieces will be available for sale. In fact they will be much more than watches: they will embody the intangible gift of knowledge from one older generation of watchmakers to the next, younger one.
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True craftsmanship and art at its pinnacle!
Simply wonderful.
David Boyle Yes and we love the idea of the "open source" dimension of this project.
Big respect and such a great opportunity...if I was younger and had no obligations, I would drop everything for such a chance!
Thoughts, Ideas, and what? We understand!!!!!
Good that the channel also share event like this about the watch industry, other than just watch releases. My favourite watch channel now. Good work!
ahtai90 Thank you very much! We love to share this kind of stories too and are very happy you like them. Recently, we published a lot about products reviews because of the two main watch fairs.
L'horlogerie Par Excellence ✔️
Chapeau 🙏👏👆✔️
bravo à toute l'équipe .
Superb!
Its back view looks like those couple-dollars-worth watch, cuz they usually make all gold color.
As they say mastery requires 10,000 hours of practice. I hope this apprentice is up to it.
Masters pass they knowledge!
yiannis merianos And we love the idea!!!
Is this the secret new project Mr. Dufour was talking about back in 2012 or are there new watch models yet to be announced made by him? As Mr. Dufour has finished the Simplicity line, there should be a new design coming, or am I wrong?
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How to do a hairspring? Is that even possible with your hands? (I am obviously just joking, but really, a hairspring is just too much for human hands)