SJX
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Franck Muller is alive and well (and the Aeternitas Mega)
In fact I saw him at the WPHH (World Presentation of Haute Horlogerie,
Franck Muller Watchland group exhibition) dinner in Geneva, where the
company presented its novelties for 2007. I will be posting more on the event as
well as the new products for 2007 soon, but in the meantime here's one of the
watches...
It's the Aeternitas Mega, a supercomplication and one of the largest watches I have ever seen. It contains a grande et petit sonnerie with Westminster chime, rattrapante chronograph, 1000-year perpetual calendar with retrograde indicators and equation of time, and of course a tourbillon. Franck Muller has had Pierre-Michel Golay, the talented watchmaker formerly of Gerald Genta and creator of the Genta automatic Westminster chime grande sonnerie, onboard for some time. One can expect many more supercomplications from the Watchland group in time to come.
- SJX
It's the Aeternitas Mega, a supercomplication and one of the largest watches I have ever seen. It contains a grande et petit sonnerie with Westminster chime, rattrapante chronograph, 1000-year perpetual calendar with retrograde indicators and equation of time, and of course a tourbillon. Franck Muller has had Pierre-Michel Golay, the talented watchmaker formerly of Gerald Genta and creator of the Genta automatic Westminster chime grande sonnerie, onboard for some time. One can expect many more supercomplications from the Watchland group in time to come.
- SJX
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the story onFranck Müller?
Hi in the recent issue of Revolution, there is quite an interesting interview with Franck Müller. I dont know much about this brand. As I understand he was one of the first to go independant and a higly esteemed watch maker. how come we rarely see much ab...
Franck Muller is alive and well (and the Aeternitas Mega)
In fact I saw him at the WPHH (World Presentation of Haute Horlogerie, Franck Muller Watchland group exhibition) dinner in Geneva, where the company presented its novelties for 2007. I will be posting more on the event as well as the new products for 2007...
That's quite stupendous....
...and it continues the recent trend of watch companies with deep pockets one-upping each other with huge, unwieldy tera-complication wristwatches destined in all cases, one imagines, for the safety deposit boxes of the world's great financial hubs. The V...
Franck Muller has a good track record
His World Premiere watches throughout the nineties were once supercomplication after another, also remember the significant work he did on the "world's most complicated wristwatch" in the Guiness Book of World Records. Furthermore, with Pierre-Michel Gola...
Hi SJX
you write: "Franck Muller deserves more respect than it gets..." that was the feeling I got from reading the article mentioned in my previous post. I have only followed horology for 3 years, but would I be right to say that tihs brand is not getting very ...
Several reasons... Firstly is the...
Several reasons... Firstly is the prominence of his jewelled and colourful watches, which are not a favourite of Purists; those tend to overshadow the serious technical achievements. The other reason is the turmoil that engulfed the company 1-2 years back...
thank you SJX ...
....interesting info. I have had a chance to study the brand a bit more, it is certainly a brand I will follow more in the future. kind regards christian
