AndrewD
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A visit to the Fleurier Ebauches Workshops
Fleurier Ebauches provides further evidence that Chopard intends to be a powerhouse in Swiss watchmaking. Not content with just producing hand-made exotica in the L.U.Chopard range, Chopard established Fleurier Ebauches in 2008 to produce a greater number of in-house movements and guarantee their independence and vertical integration.
There was still some construction going on around the manufacture when I visited in October last year, but inside is a hive of activity ...
I was fortunate enough to get a glimpse inside Fleurier Ebauches. The building itself is state of the art with environmental engineering to maintain optimum light and temperature conditions for the workers inside, regardless of outside conditions.
Materials are lapped to provide perfect thickness for further milling ...
Automated CNC machines produce components which are further cleaned and finished.
A range of components are produced ...
While more of the basic milling is done on CNC machines, there is still plenty of hands-on finishing, including the application of perlage.
Annual production in 2012 was around 5000 movements and Chopard plan to increase this over the next 3 years to reach approximately 15,000 movements in 2015.
Plenty of opportunity for expansion ...
In the future we can expect even higher quality movements in the entry level Chopard range which is very exciting.
The view of Fleurier Ebauches from the LUC Manufacture in Fleurier ...
Andrew
A visit to the Fleurier Ebauches Workshops
Thanks for the visit, Andrew. Which raises a question and a hope;
Your hope will be realised ...
Nice to see them growing the line
That's definitely the strategy here
Well....
SFWIBW = She for whom I buy watches?
If they can do it....
An update, favourable to ... :-)
