Wednesday, 16 October 2024

Watchmaker

A watchmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs watches. Since a majority of watches are now factory made, most modern watchmakers only repair watches. However, originally they were master craftsmen who built watches, including all their parts, by hand. Modern watchmakers, when required to repair older watches, for which replacement parts may not be available, must have fabrication skills, and can typically manufacture replacements for many of the parts found in a watch. The term clockmaker refers to an equivalent occupation specializing in clocks.

Most practising professional watchmakers service current or recent production watches. They seldom fabricate replacement parts. Instead they obtain and fit factory spare parts applicable to the watch brand being serviced. The majority of modern watchmakers, particularly in Switzerland and Europe, work directly for the Watchmaking Industry, and may have completed a formal watchmaking degree at a technical school. They also receive in-house 'brand' training at the factory or service center where they are employed. However, some factory service centers have an approach that allows them to use 'non-watchmakers' (called "opérateurs") who perform only one aspect of the repair process. These highly skilled workers do not have a watchmaking degree or certificate, but are specifically trained 'in-house' as technicians to service a small number of components of the watch in a true 'assembly-line' fashion, (e.g., one type of worker will dismantle the watch movement from the case, another will polish the case and bracelet, another will install the dial and hands, etc.). If genuine watchmakers are employed in such environments, they are usually employed to service the watch movement.

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Greenwich Avenue gets new showroom: high-end watchmaker Patek Philippe

Greenwich Time 14 Oct 2024

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Hindustan Times 14 Oct 2024

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The Times/The Sunday Times 12 Oct 2024

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Bathroom break at work? Swiss court upholds watchmaker's rule to do it on your own time

La Porte County Herald-Dispatch 10 Oct 2024

A court in Switzerland has ruled that a dial manufacturer was justified in telling workers. If you need a bathroom break, clock out and take it on your own time. An investigative report by public broadcaster RTS over the weekend ... .

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Bathroom break at work? Swiss court upholds watchmaker’s rule to do it on your own time

Journal Tribune 09 Oct 2024

A court in Switzerland has ruled that a manufacturer was justified in telling workers. If you need a bathroom break, clock out and take it on your own time ....

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Swiss court sides with watchmaker’s rule forcing employees to take bathroom breaks on their own time

Fast Company 09 Oct 2024

A court in Switzerland — where time is money for its famed watchmaking industry — has ruled that a dial manufacturer was justified in telling workers. If you need a bathroom break, clock out and take it on your own time.

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Swiss court upholds watchmaker’s rule to go to bathroom on your own time

Toronto Sun 09 Oct 2024

GENEVA — A court in Switzerland — where time is money for its famed watchmaking industry — has ruled that a dial manufacturer was justified in telling workers. If you need a bathroom break, clock out and take it on your own time.Advertisement 2 ... .

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India needs realty projects catering to luxury retail, says watchmaker Panerai's CEO

The Times of India 08 Oct 2024

Panerai's online business is expanding, particularly in the US ... .

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Swiss watchmaking sector faces rise in unemployment

Swissinfo 04 Oct 2024

The unemployment rate in the Swiss watchmaking touched 5.5% in September, up from 3% the year earlier ... This was particularly visible in the watchmaking sector, which presented an unemployment rate of ...

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Luxury Swiss Watchmaker Launches Second Residential Tower In Dubai

MENA FN 02 Oct 2024

(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) After the success and sell-out of the Franck Muller Aeternitas Tower, London Gate, a real estate developer in Dubai and Franck Muller, the leading Swiss luxury watch ... .

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Small Independent Watchmakers Draw Big Brand Interest

New York Times 30 Sep 2024

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Why luxury watchmaker Franck Muller wants to expand in India

Live Mint 28 Sep 2024

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HMT Revival: Lessons from other state-owned watchmakers

Hindustan Times 26 Sep 2024

Unlike the USSR, East Germany, its puppet state, had an impressive watchmaking heritage, with watchmakers such as Ferdinand Adolf Lange, and Robert Muhle, brands such as Laco and Stowa, and thriving ...