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Thanks, Don ............

 

for taking us along for a free ride on this eye-popping journey. You are becoming a master of trades combining great investigative and journalistic talents which you generously share on this forum.

I'm amazed that small independents find it important, in addition to manufacturing movements, to muster their financial resources and equip their shops with which to produce small series of watch cases.

Best regards,
Jack Freedman

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Casemaking at Thomas Prescher Haute Horlogerie

 
By: DonCorson : July 28th, 2008-08:09
Casemaking at Thomas Prescher Haute Horlogerie Today I will be visiting Thomas Prescher to see their CNC machine making case parts and learn how this is done. After arriving in Twann by train I realise that I could have better taken the boat for a leisure...  

Excellent report!

 
By: Allen : July 28th, 2008-21:14
Thanks for all those juicy details and wonderful pictures. I really enjoyed it.

Thanks for the field report !

 
By: Spurs : July 28th, 2008-22:55
As I have always noticed and maintained about the Europeans..they know how to live ! Summer holidays...its something that only applies to students in S'pore and a long time ago ...to teachers. Just reading the report and viewing the environment outside th... 

Thanks, Don ............

 
By: jfsuperior : July 29th, 2008-07:06
for taking us along for a free ride on this eye-popping journey. You are becoming a master of trades combining great investigative and journalistic talents which you generously share on this forum. I'm amazed that small independents find it important, in ... 

Jack, I know first hand how difficult it is nowadays to find suppliers...

 
By: Ornatus-Mundi : July 29th, 2008-07:12
to produce the usually low numbers of cases required, up to the exacting standards of the discerning independent watchmakers, and if that is not enough, within a reasonable timeframe. Don already alluded to the high costs of changing/modifying the case ma... 

Magnus, thanks for your reply .........

 
By: jfsuperior : July 29th, 2008-07:31
I'm well aware of the problems with outside suppliers but find it interesting that a small independent company can justify the usual high costs associated with obtaining expensive CNC machines etc. A lot of watches must be sold just to pay off that type o...