Richemont owns brands such as watchmakers IWC, Vacheron Constantin SA, Piaget and Montblanc.
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And the GREATEST WATCHMAKERS working today have all served their time on the workbenches of experts.
So perhaps watchmakers need to find new features that play to the strengths of watches.
More than 3, 500 watchmakers list their services on Alibaba, a sourcing website, as do 8, 000 razor-makers.
All 31 members, including Daniels, an honorary member, were asked to list watchmakers they admired.
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"Watchmakers spend a lot of time on all fours, " says Journe, who doesn't seem to mind.
Its renowned watchmakers increased the value of their exports by over 20% in the year to July.
If you really want to see the elite watchmakers here, visit the likes of De Bethune, F.
Even Rolex, the undisputed champion of Swiss watchmakers, eventually relented and started adding electronics to its timepieces.
Since the first timepieces were developed, watchmakers have been pushing at technological limits to produce more accurate devices.
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Considered one of the greatest living watchmakers, he's famous for creating unique complicated pieces with peerless, painstaking hand-finishes.
Watchmakers dream of creating an iconic, breakthrough device that opens up an entirely new category, just as the iPod did.
Becoming independent watchmakers gave us the possibility to express ourselves and make the type of watches we wanted to make.
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He bought back the original headquarters, hired a core group of experienced watchmakers and in 1994 unveiled his first watches.
Swiss watchmakers' sales could be boosted by a free-trade agreement being completed between Switzerland and China amid expectations China will lower tariffs.
Below, a roundup of some of BaselWorld's most buzzed-about watches and watchmakers, from new indie designers to innovations at horology's bleeding edge.
In fact, the industry is plagued with an acute shortage of watchmakers.
Most of these watchmakers produce only a few hundred pieces a year.
Four watchmakers backed the initiative: Suunto of Finland, Fossil of Texas, and Tissot and Swatch, both members of the Swatch Group of Switzerland.
While the prize was ultimately awarded to one man, the inventor John Harrison, his innovations were refinements of--and refined by--most of London's top watchmakers.
Watchmakers present and demonstrating their crafts include Sebastien Buliard with Zenith and Dominique Loiseau with Girard-Perregaux, who presents a fascinating concept on time and wristwatches.
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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.
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.
Our designers, our craftsmen, our watchmakers work in this spirit.
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For those looking to understand this small but wildly influential group of independent watchmakers, this book will provide that window and, above all else, celebrate their ingenuity and passion.
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 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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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).
George showed young watchmakers that there is another way.
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