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Ornatus-Mundi's comprehensive report from Baselworld 2012 provides an in-depth look at Manufacture DeWitt, highlighting its unique position as a small, integrated, and family-owned company. The article delves into the distinctive aesthetic identity and meticulous dial work that define DeWitt watches, offering readers a deeper appreciation for the brand's philosophical approach to horology. This piece is essential for understanding DeWitt's foundational principles and its commitment to uncompromised watchmaking.
“… (t)he important consequence of this is that the timepieces reflect the mindsets of their creators in a most uncompromised fashion, both because the owners are only responsible for themselves (in contrast to managers and executives that are judged by economic performance), and also because the companies actually have the capacities to transform those ideas into marvellous products.”
“Just as Mr de Witt himself, founder and President of the company, the DeWitt brand breathes a unique vision of luxury, daringly different and unconventional.” (Press Kit)
"Originally used in the aerospace industry, grade 5 Neotitanium is a new metal whose hardness is 10 times superior to that of grade 5 Titanium. Used in fields as varied as surgery and Formula 1, it now also finds a place in the (DeWitt collection).
The material is treated directly with electro-plasma or micro-arc plasma and anodised, and not only on the surface. In fact, the piece is plunged into a high-amperage bath, a process giving it formidable properties such as excellent impact resistance, lighter weight, and a significant reduction in seizure problems as well as the elimination of all traces when touched." (Press Kit)
Offering a slimmer and more reduced interpretation of the DeWitt identity, the Twenty-8-Eight collection gains tremendously with the introduction of Neotitanium. NOVELTIES: Twenty-8-Eight Automatic Twenty-8-Eight Seconde Retrograde Twenty-8-Eight Tourbillon Twenty-8-Eight Tourbillon Squelette We somehow missed taking pictures of the first two models, but the other two novelties shall make up for this. Tourbillon Technically identical to the existing Twenty-8-Eight Tourbillon, the addition of a N
NOVELTIES: Academia Mirabilis Academia Tourbillon Impérial Academia Mirabilis The Academia Mirabilis might appear as one of the many watches with (partly) open-worked dials. However, on the second view it reveals all its magic: “The Academia Mirabilis reveals a part of its secrets at the end of the day when the noise and stress give way to silence and peace. Like a night flower that opens at dusk, the subtly designed open-work between 7 and 12 draws the eye into the heart of this watc
NOVELTIES: Concept Watch No 3: X-Watch The X-Watch is the third in line of exceptional watches created in support of the Only Watch charity events dedicated to fund research for a disease called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. The timepiece (its really more than a watch) is another testimony to the philosophical approach to time typical for Mr de Witt. It is a reversible watch featuring two faces, one dedicated to the passing of time (time, power reserve, tourbillon), and the other one to the measu
We have been welcomed and hosted by two lovely members of the team, but Mr. de Witt joined us for the first drink and was available whenever we had “tricky” questions (PuristS you know ☺) throughout the presentation of the novelties. Magnus I really don’t know what fascinates me more about the DeWitt watches – the watches themselves or the discussion with their creator? Fact is, the latter is key to detect the finesse of DeWitt’s watch design since the watches
Hey Magnus - What a piece! Unreal! Great post. - Scott
What an impressive timepiece... Thanks a lot for the comprehensive report. Fx
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