Independents

Servicing a highly regarded independent watch is always a topic that interests me. Unlike watches from Lange, Patek, Journes and other big manufacturers......most independent watches are done by a very small team of very talented watchmakers. Classic Watc... 

What will happen in the future when parts may not be available. I can only speak of one maker with any certainty. Mr. Dufour had a Japanese watchmaker in his shop when we visited last summer. He was just finishing his time there where he learned to be the... 

wow. Very interesting. I'm glad the craft has been passed on......... Do you happen to know where this Japanese watchmaker operates? Shellman? *CL

good points..............if your getting cold feet regarding your simplicity just drop me a line - I will help you.......LOL, no problem ;-) true what Al says, though that there is a japanese watch maker (quite a young man as I remember) so you should be ... 

Something could always go wrong with it. You'd love to have the original artist repair it (and most artists go out of their way to make sure this is available and as easy as possible) but if that's not possible, there will always be someone else who can d... 

" And after verifying with friends, it's true that auction house does have their watch expert opening up masterpieces to 'service' i t." Great scott!!! I agree with you CL. I would be terrified if and when they do this. I guess you are right, in some case... 

maintanance and for the Simplicity, but what of Kari's watches, which are vintage and observatory calibers?

though I would imagine though that Kari's work with these vintage movements would be relatively easily solved/replicated by his fellow Aeon Time group which was formed to support each other technically? At least that was to my understanding from reading t... 

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if I get a positive answer, my confidence will shoot thru the roof and will cause more damage to my wallet AHCI pieces are really tempting. Lovesss*CL

...inherent in the re-generation of the profession itself? When we look back on the careers of many of today's great watchmakers we find often that they served their 'apprenticeship', as it were, repairing and restoring valuable and complicated pieces of ... 

First of all, thank to all of you for these posts. Such a discussion is always meaningful for both the watch collectors and the watchmakers ;-) The question of transmission over the generations of the timepieces that we are passionated in is very importan...