Horological Meandering

www.atelierdechronometrie.com Is taking Omega calibre 266 movements, modifying or replacing 21-26 of the parts, refinishing the movements and then re-casing and re-dialling them, with their own signature and with 'Barcelona' at the usual place of ... 

Many watch manufactures use other brand movements and modify or decorate them to suit their own needs. Best, Martin

But some of those Daytona skeletons are not that attractive to me.

The quality of their work appears to be very high.

using old calibers. If I am not mistaken, Kari Voutilainen based his Observertoire watch on old Pesaux movements and did a great job finishing them to his standard. Omega made some great calibers in the 40s and 50s and kudos to Atelier de Chronometre for ... 

Although I agree with all that's been said so far, there remain strange inconsistencies in Atelier de Chronometrie (AdC), some small, some larger. So, for example, in no particular order: In their own publicity, AdC say their watches are "made by hand" an... 

Your list and comments seem to ask a question or rather question AdC’s business model. Which on the face of it is fine, however, when you add at the end that their price, you are suggesting to readers that you are making more of a statement. I may be inco... 

DeF's business model is classic: first, 'low investment, high publicity'. So, together with a watchmaker, DeF assemble sample watches with Longines movements from a well-known parts distributor, dials from a Swiss factory and cases made by CAD-CAM locally... 

I don’t know who you are referring to by DeF. Maybe a PM from you would open my eyes to whom you are referring. From your description of DeF, it sounds different is several aspects and therefore to put AdC in a similar basket so to speak, I believe is inc... 

Hope I did not buy one.

- no watch is 100% hand made, in whatever definition you would like it to mean. I guess collectors and makers alike apply it subjectively. Best to see the pictures and in person if the watch is "hand made" enough to you. - You mean they don't put serial n... 

I’m okay with that Cazalea

but why does any watch company as this one which apparently makes a lot of the parts from scratch and re-does everything, just not build the whole movement from the ground up. Why even bother with the basic ebauche from another company? How hard can it be...