Independents

The other day one of my colleagues surprised me during dinner claiming to have met an Austrian watch maker. While I immediately assumed it meant an encounter with the Habrings, this turned out not to have been the case. Instead she was speaking of Montre ...  

Best wishes Alkiro

But not sure if this is close to the final product or just something to show how the movement should operate. As said, curious to find out more

Best wishes Alkiro

I was hoping you'd have more details

Best wishes Alkiro

Agree fully with you on the relative merits of the two.

1st: Have read the operational description... …and arrived at a clear, concise conclusion €““€™€™– it’s the daftest idea I’ve probably ever come across for a mechanical watch! Here’s the deal…the central seconds hand doesn’t move round the dial in the con... 

which is the Austrian area of 'Waldviertel' ('forest quarter'), from which the mental jump (pun intended) to all this quarter stuff is a very small one. Magnus

I will never understand why an Austrian firm would give themselves a French company name and then use watch designation which only work in Austria, not even in the entire German speaking area... Magnus

Will never understand it either...

NB - my post came up scrambled on the site. the correct answer is below.

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I believe you're confusing me with someone who knows their arse from their elbow. Must be some other Phil that you're thinking about... ...  

than a central seconds hand being used as a 90 degree retrograde, and a sub-dial that requires mathematics, all in order to convey what time it is. Isn't that the point of a simple 3-hander? Hours, minutes, seconds“ bang, job done!

Telling time by the second is not a real concern - a quarter minute is adequate And the retrograde seconds hand tells you it\'s running

…an open heart dial to view the balance wheel in motion – if we’re worried about whether the watch is running or not. The fact that the watch runs at a slow 18k vph, with a central seconds hand, means it’ll look as jittery as hell – there’s a reason that ... 

which was in late June 2016 when, according to Montre Exacte, the ' ViertelUhr ' watch was only 2 weeks to presentation ... The 'Vierteluhr' (quarter watch) is meant as a homage to the 4 quarters which constitute the brand's homeland of the Austrian provi...  

I was already happy with your previous comments but this one answers all of the questions - including the history of the founder. Thank you so much for the clarifications!

...sod the watch, tell me more! And don't scrimp on the details. Still think the watch is daft, but maybe if Christian plies me with enough cider, I'll start to come around to his way of thinking. ...  

Even if we return without watches, one does not go hungry or thirsty in that place