If you really want to see the elite watchmakers here, visit the likes of De Bethune, F.
And the GREATEST WATCHMAKERS working today have all served their time on the workbenches of experts.
The campaign includes an ongoing world tour where the young watchmakers give one-on-one workshops to watch connoisseurs and guests for insight on watchmaking and how complicated timepieces are built.
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Considered one of the greatest living watchmakers, he's famous for creating unique complicated pieces with peerless, painstaking hand-finishes.
Its renowned watchmakers increased the value of their exports by over 20% in the year to July.
Four watchmakers backed the initiative: Suunto of Finland, Fossil of Texas, and Tissot and Swatch, both members of the Swatch Group of Switzerland.
Even Rolex, the undisputed champion of Swiss watchmakers, eventually relented and started adding electronics to its timepieces.
Becoming independent watchmakers gave us the possibility to express ourselves and make the type of watches we wanted to make.
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Since the first timepieces were developed, watchmakers have been pushing at technological limits to produce more accurate devices.
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Making a tourbillon was not within reach of all watchmakers, and only the finest proved capable of producing one after the 10-year patent had expired.
In fact, the industry is plagued with an acute shortage of watchmakers.
And they have not slashed prices for Hublot's watches, as they have with those of its rivals (watchmakers get only about a third of the final selling price of a watch).
He bought back the original headquarters, hired a core group of experienced watchmakers and in 1994 unveiled his first watches.
So perhaps watchmakers need to find new features that play to the strengths of watches.
Driving down to Le Brassus, a little mountain town near the forest that houses many of Switzerland's most prestigious watchmakers, Jean-Michel Capt points to a mountain shrouded in cloud.
The NAIOSW is part of The Institute of Swiss Watchmaking, founded in 2008 in partnership with Watchmakers of Switzerland Training and Educational Program, an independent institution based in Switzerland.
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The North American Institute of Swiss Watchmaking opened its doors in 2009 with a mission to preserve the art of fine watchmaking and meet an increasing demand for qualified watchmakers and craftspeople.
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The Swatch Group's support for smart watches is significant, since this conglomerate of Swiss watchmakers accounts for some 25% of global watch sales by value.
Watchmakers dream of creating an iconic, breakthrough device that opens up an entirely new category, just as the iPod did.
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