20 Years Later, Remembering Günter Blümlein and his Outstanding Contributions to the Watchmaking Industry

Oct 01, 2021,23:22 PM
 

A very nice article on the man who was instrumental in generating a renewed interest in mechanical watches and some important brands:

monochrome-watches.com




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IMHO each of his son IWC, JLC, ALS has extremely strong and unique character with superbly ingenious movement.

 
 By: Gelato Monster : October 2nd, 2021-01:08
Three of my favorit top 5 non independent. Thank you India Whiskey Charlie for pointing the story

Interesting story. During his direction, IWC made their best design

 
 By: hoseachandra : October 2nd, 2021-02:14
It is no coincidence that i own 3 IWC of the 90s : IWC GST IWC Ingenieur SL IWC Pilot Chrono 3706. And everytime i wear them, always bring smiles to me. Something i don't get from my rolexes. Rolex makes robust movement, probably the most in the industry,... 

A genius who left us too early

 
 By: piccolochimico (aka dsgalaxy1) : October 2nd, 2021-06:28