Independents

Any news....??

the Fabrication de montres normandes went into liquidation last year. Rumour has it that Karsten Frasdorf is back in Switzerland with new plans. But I have heard nothing more than that. Don

That the Chronoswiss jumping second piece is dead? A

And I heard the same rumors... around Neuchatel? Fr.Xavier

The design and architecture of their movements - most especially the prototype tourbillon - was very interesting. That purposeful, almost industrial, design, coupled with the use of wonderfully large balance wheels, appealed immensely. Hopefully the aesth... 

Sad ... :-( Fabrication De Montres Normandes Basel 2009 Concours de Chronometrie constant force escapement with 2 escape wheels and 3 anchors...  

The RG Force Constant... The RG Tourbillon The WG Tourbillon OH well, at least I got to see these beauties first hand in Basel in 2009. Sorry for the rather poor picture quality, shooting under tough low light conditions! Cheers, Tim...  

We hardly knew ye A...