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A visit to the Christophe Claret Manufacture d’Horlogerie Part 1, 20th Anniversary Limited Edition The manufacture Christophe Claret is one of those organisations which for the last 20 years has been an undisputed force in high end watchmaking, but always...  

We recognize Christohpe Claret's style with the pics of the watch. Fr.Xavier

A visit to the Christophe Claret Manufacture d’Horlogerie Part 2, Making the Parts As one of the major forces in the design and production of complicated movements, in particular tourbillons and minute repeaters, it is clear that Chistophe Claret has a si...  

A visit to the Christophe Claret Manufacture d’Horlogerie Part 3, The Watchmakers Shops All the parts for Claret movements, whether made in-house, which the large and ever increasing majority are, or procured out of house, first go through this quality in...  

A visit to the Christophe Claret Manufacture d’Horlogerie Part 4, More Watches The list of Christophe Claret’s customers is long. Here are just some as represented by the watches seen in final inspection today. Note that many of these watches are covered ...  

hard to go back to reality after this trip in one of the heaven of watchmaking. the sapphire that can be cut ahd shaped for brodges and cases opens the door to incredible watches.

When I see the name of Christophe Claret, I think about the Opera 3 from GP. Fr.Xavier

I don't like most of Claret's work but I have to admit it's impressive. - SJX

SJX, Do you not like the engineering that Claret is responsible for OR the designs that the brands commissioned Claret to manufacture? Or is it the two Claret branded watches for the 10th and 20th Anniversary that you don't like? i.e. designs by other bra... 

I enjoyed your four-part photo tour of the Claret manufacture immensely. There is some amazing tech and design at work there! You know I love these peeks behind the watchmaker's curtain! The work of Claret's team is exciting, but why do so many of the tim... 

daos, Lets dissect the issue. As Claret makes components or whole watches for other designers or brands, why are you "left cold"? There should be many disparate designs and not just one theme. On the other hand, maybe clients approach Claret as their 'go-... 

...to the various timepieces pictured in the post. Before we start, I must acknowledge that I find Claret's work structurally intriguing, innovative, and praiseworthy for its visual audacity. Of all the watches we saw in the four segments of Don's origina... 

and many more "brands" complicated watches are wholly or partly made by C.Claret. That is the crucial revelation for collectors. If you like the design, does it matter who makes the engine? Regards, MTF

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Do you mean C.Claret make movement, parts for current Debethune model or old models ? Thank you .

Apologies, folks. Let's state that I made an error and no parts are made for Debethune by C. Claret. Regards, MTF

Claret is one of the great masters of our time, and any time. Craig

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As for the watches, I handled a few of them at Baselworld (including the self-named 20th anniversary watch) and they are all very impressive. Regarding design, I agree that some of Claret's stuff is a bit intimidating. When I see the Hysek, I feel like in... 

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Those little ticking mechanical gizmos are just wonderful to look at. The engineering behind them is mind boggling too. Thanks for the amazing report!

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How interesting to see "under the hood" Many thanks for another delightful post, xx DD

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Thanks, Don. Douglas

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Fantastic workmanship & beautifully put together.

and what an awesome report it is!! I thoroughly enjoyed your report, and if you ever do go and revisit Claret, please do get an audio clip of the gong on the Dual Tow. I'd love to hear how the gong sounds when you activate the chrono. Thanks! Cheers, Anth... 

of one of the masters of horology. i can see Daos's point of view regarding the quick reading of time, but i love these unusual timepieces. i love the different methods used to show the time, i love the different materials especially sapphire so we can se... 

I'm not coming often in AHCI forum, but this time, wouaououu, what a visit ! Fantastic pieces, great report. Thank you for all this work. Pictures are very impressive, very detailled, as if being there ! Great job. Thank's ! Deniz.