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Day 1 (Afternoon Part 1 of 3) to Fondation Qualité Fleurier (FQF)

After the Chopard Manufacture visit, we proceed to lunch ....




The restaurant building seemed to have some historical significance ....


Various Coat of Arms ....


The pic and blueprint of the building ...



Catching up ...


Our lunches ...






Our giant coach for less than a dozen of us
Next to the Fondation Qualité Fleurier (FQF) .

Previously covered at :
chopard.watchprosite.com


A pic of the building before boarding the coach...exactly the same as the blueprint.


Before crossing over to FQF,  we stopped by at a beautiful house with a huge garden.

Mr Patrick Wehrli informed us that this house belongs to Chopard and was used as a hosting ground for the 10th anniversary
of L.U.C , and could be potentially be used as a R&D facility too.








A sculpture by the renowned Belgian artist, Jean-Michel Folon (1934-2005) ...



We left for Fondation Qualité Fleurier (FQF) ....



The building in which Fondation Qualité Fleurier (FQF) is ...

Notice the house beside ....


It was the house of Mr.Charles-Edouard Guillaume. 

One of the very important people in the horological world, a physicist and a Nobel Prize winner in 1920.  He discovered the nickel-steel alloys, invar and elinvar which has low thermal expansion properties (used for making of spirals/hairsprings) that enable the making of more accurate and stable mechanical timepieces.





Entering into the FQF Lab ...




Person-in-charge is Mr Oliver Wieers (in white overall).
Mr Patrick Wehrli briefly explaining the process of FQF and showing a FQF certificate.


A short note about Fleurier Quality Foundation (FQF) Haute Horlogerie Quality Ceritification.

To be able to attain the FQF certification,

   1. The movement must be COSC-certified
   2. The movement must have passed the CHRONOFIABLE test
   3. The movement must attain an exclusive aesthetic quality of finish
   4. The running of the finished watch must pass the FLEURITEST machine in its final form (movement encased) and after the 24-hour operational test on the Fleuritest machine, the precision of the watch must fall within the range of 0 to +5 seconds per day.

This certification is not location-centric per the Geneva Seal.  The certification is open to any Swiss or European brands.  To summarize, it is a certification which not only certifies the aesthetic quality but also the logical functional of a high horology time-piece as worn on the wrist.

For more information about FQF, please visit (www.fleurier-quality.com)

Testing data of all watches passed ...



Snapping and viewing the Fleuritest machine....

The Fleuritest machine simulates the movement of a human being for 24 hours.  It is scientifically known as the nycthemeral cycle, alternating between active, extremely active and calmer phases. The movement that the machine is simulating, is shown on the left windows of the monitor. 





**  For more details of the testing processes and a strip down look of the fixture holding the watches under tests, please click here. 




The above short 7 minute video will introduce FQF, interesting filmlets of COSC, Impact test, Fleuritest and etc.




A filmlet of the Fleuritest Machine.





Asking the two PuristS wearing the L.U.C QF ...


A picture of the two QFs with Mr Oliver Wieers.


After visiting FQF, we dashed back to Chopard Manufacture to visit the L.U.CEUM ....

On the way up to L.U.CEUM, looking through one of the windows, Mr.Patrick Wehrli asked me to check out a grey building
about 150metres away which is under-construction.

It is a just acquired building for the new Fleurier Ebauche factory.



On the way to L.U.CEUM ......




This message has been edited by Kong on 2009-11-24 08:12:37

Repair video link. This message has been edited by Kong on 2010-05-07 04:22:50

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