Independents

A chance encounter yesterday gave me a chance to get to know a new independent brand: A. Favre et Fils The Favre family from La Locle has a long tradition of watchmaking. The first mention of watchmaking in the family being the apprenticeship papers of Ab...  

Thanks for the report Don. That's a remarkable looking movement. Separately, do you happen to know if the movement firm Marc Favre & Co, which was acquired by Omega in 1955, was related to the Favre family you describe here? Tom

but would claim that the chances are good. Maybe Laurent can give us some info. Don

you always open my eyes on attractive independents work , it is interesting to know that the brand is back within the family , an interesting dial , and even a more interesting movement, which tells me to stay tuned for what's next , honestly, the movemen... 

Hi there, we are not related to the firm that you mentioned. I am the descendant of the family that founded Favre-Leuba. Regarding your question about the double-click on the barrels, it allows to wind the barrels to their maximum, better than with a sing... 

Dear M. Favre, Many thanks for taking the time to provide some insight. Your movement design and finishing is inspiring. Tom

Thanks for the great report, I was unaware of their existence. Amazing watches!

What is the diameter? It looks to be perhaps 42mm, but it's sometimes hard to tell. I wonder if the movement is fabricated by R&P? It doesn't look like the work of BNB or Claret or FMN.... any

Hello, the diameter of the case is 41mm. The movement is an in-house development. The design is my own and I collaborate with an independent CAD designer.

Always good to hear from the boss himself! One other question, in the other watches I've seen with a similar double-barrel movement, the barrels drove different features, and were wound in opposite directions. Since these 2 drive the same train, do they a... 

My pleasure. In this case, the barrels are parallel and turn in the same direction. Best, LF

Looks like an interesting timepiece, but that dial, hmm mm, not for me. Beautiful movement, love those plates. Best wishes fot them. Thanks for sharing. Vte

i like the Movement very much but not so crazy about the Dial. after all? " to each his own " thanks for showing these nice Photos. Tony

Don, I like it!

Don, Looking at the movement again, each barrel's ratchet wheel seems to carry a unique-looking, symmetrical double click, each with a single beak and a long curved click spring that looks to hearken to German traditional designs. If this is what it is, d... 

i think the movement looks absolutely superb whilst i find the dial clean and simple. the date mechanism is an interesting complication and the case is a looker which tops it all off nicely. i can see that Big Daddy may have another independent on his lis... 

Looks like there's a neat little power reserve indicator on the movement side near the crown - this will be useful too. I very much like the watches design and the movement and finishing but am less convinced by the date mechanism. I do really wish them e... 

and something I'd like to see in the metal. - SJX