Thanks Don, I have heard say that his movements are too sophisticated for commercially viable production - but personally, I don't know what that really means, given the complexity of many commercially produced watches.. [nt]

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dropped off the face of the earth

 
 By: chosenhandle : May 27th, 2018-04:56
It is a shame because the watch is beautiful but there is nothing about them online other than a few reviews from 2012. Wonder what happened to the company. BTW, very interesting movement.

Too bad...

 
 By: DonCorson : May 27th, 2018-07:01
These were very nice watches with movements by Karsten Frässdorf. The last I heard they where ramping up production... and then there was nothing more. I have no idea what happened. Don

Same fate as soo many projects...

 
 By: Ornatus-Mundi : May 27th, 2018-08:24
where Karsten Frässdorf was involved, sadly. Kind regards, Magnus

I take it he has great ideas but...

 
 By: chosenhandle : May 27th, 2018-10:32
All fields suffer from designers and engineers who are unable to see a project through to the finish line. Sometimes its personality, sometimes they tweak and never finish and sometimes their ideas can't be reasonably rolled out. Too bad, a watch that I w... 

So true! [nt]

 
 By: Ornatus-Mundi : May 27th, 2018-11:42

An Interesting article on the latest venture by Karsten Fräßdorf

 
 By: templetowers : May 28th, 2018-00:00
See this linked article: monochrome-watches.com

The owners of HWM did not want to start production, until...

 
 By: monochrome : February 25th, 2019-01:17
they sold an x number of watches that would justify the costs of starting the production. Unfortunately they never got enough sales (no surprise for a new brand with zero track record) and the entire project died.