Time in that million million European network watch the journey of exploration

Starting from the pursuit of the Kuafu, people endless competition for the passage of time in an attempt to chase the sun to keep up with the pace of time. Later, people began to study how to measure time and learn time can not chase, but to cherish the truth. On Earth, there is a place where these people tirelessly adjust every part of the watch for hundreds of years and treat the watch with the slightest difference and absurdity. Yes, you are right, this place is located in the north of the Mediterranean, the Atlantic coast, especially in central and southern Europe as the center of France, Switzerland, Germany, as a global radiation.

French border town Charquemont Heberlin watch birthplace
Before starting, I was thinking about how to make the journey of this meaningful journey of watch discovery. In addition to feel the deep watch culture in Europe, to better experience the local cultural characteristics. Just as red wine has become popular in China, people began to look forward to its birthplace to find out exactly how the red aroma flowing so created behind it contains what wonderful stories and origins. To this end, decided to France and Switzerland bordering the town of Charquemont as the starting point, then all the way north, to Hannover, Germany, was removed after the German watch production base Glashütte Glashütte, Frisbee Station is the global watch center - -Switzerland.

Charquemont Schalkemont, in the eastern part of France, bordering Switzerland, is a country town known worldwide for its exquisite watchmaking techniques. Michel Herbelin Hebring from Charquemont on the farewell heritage inherits the fine quality of the Swiss watch movement, combines French elegance style and superb tabulation technology to show people the art of life. Arriving at Charquemont is already late afternoon and the climate here is much cooler than the hot summer months in the country, with faint valleys, rolling clouds and waves, all of which contrast with those CBDs that meet international standards Far away. Perhaps in such a quiet and comfortable climate, people are able to complete each and every detail of the watch. Herbelin Herberlin CEO Pierre-Michel Herbelin warmly welcome our visit, since the beginning of this year, Herbelin Heberlin successfully stationed in the watch network (Wbiao.cn), gradually became familiar to Chinese consumers, with its Zhuo Extraordinary craftsmanship, and bones of the classic French romantic touching. When you are in Herbelin Hepburn production center, you will suddenly realized, if not, if the non-soul to be quiet, if not to be impatient thoughts, why can make watches into works of art?
Every craftsman in front of the workbench is a skilled and motivated person whose main job is to complete each Herbelin Hepburn process. Bridging of screws takes many hours and requires multiple checks and adjustments, for example, to complete a tiny bridge takes up to 2 hours of work time. If all the parts are ready, the entire tabulation process can take 5 to 6 weeks of working time. Their motto is that crocodile leather straps, or as small as a sporting screw, do not leave the shop or workbench if they are not finished to a high standard.

Another important step in Charquemont is the Musée International de l'Horlogerie at the International Museum of Clocks in LaChaux-de-Fonds. Leave Herbelin Hepburn Production Center and drive south for about half an hour. LaChaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Located in the northwestern part of Switzerland, near the French border at the foot of the Jura, the entire city layout is the same as a board, neat and orderly. It is a transportation hub linking Neuchâtel, Biel and Jura and a Swiss watch and clock development center. This gentle slopes linked to the Jura region, with too many sources of watches, it is regarded as the cradle of the world watch industry, the largest watch museum, but also the "father of automatic puppet", the world Home of one of the oldest watch brands such as Jaquet Droz and Jack Deur. Pierre Jaquet-Droz, an affluent manor of LaChaux-de-Fonds in the eighteenth century CE, started his own mathematical and mechanical genius with the completion of his theological studies at the University, where Neuchatel Gradually emerge. In 1738 he opened his first watchmaking shop in LaChaux-de-Fonds. At that time, Jaquet Droz was deeply loved by the Chinese royal family, including Emperor Qianlong's love of his works. Until today, the clock of the year Jaquet-Droz was still in the Forbidden City in Beijing. The International Museum of Clocks in LaChaux-de-Fonds houses a collection of ancient sundial clocks and state-of-the-art precision watches, displaying most of the outstanding works from sundials to new watches, as well as historical material on clock development.

Town Glashütte Glashütte German watch production base

Leave LaChaux-de-Fonds, all the way north, and finally to Hannover, Germany. Hannover as Germany's first stop, there is an important reason is to first visit and Wan watch network (wbiao.cn) signed a long-term exclusive consignment contract, from the Swiss high-end watch brand DAVOSA Devos.

DAVOSA Devos originated in the Mountainous Jura. More than 200 years ago, watchmaking technology was found in the Mountainous Jura between Geneva and Basel in Switzerland. At that time, the winter was very cold and long. Farmers' incomes were very meager and learning of watchmaking skills was needed to fill the meager income of the long winters. Some of them have a great deal of interest and enthusiasm for this challenging and complicated watchmaking process. For them, this has rather provoked a challenging and complex watchmaking artistry. From the beginning of the 20th century, Hasselblad, the founding family of Davos Davos brand, has produced the largest handcrafted silver case pocket watch since the early 20th century. Until 1993 the creation of mechanical watch brand Davos Davis. Mechanical watch in Germany has experienced a revival wave, so DAVOSA Divot brand launched a collection of high-quality, collection limited edition mechanical watch was a great success, so superb technology and high-precision machinery and fashion design combination of style let everyone put it down . This is why the classic brand enduring.

Tilting south, the next stop we will be known as the birthplace of the German watch Glashutte town, along the beautiful scenery and excitement let us forget the fatigue of the journey. It is worth mentioning that, with Glashütte half an hour's drive from Dresden, that was named "Florence of Germany," the reputation of the Baroque city on the banks of the River Elbe, and Glashütte origin. As early as the early nineteenth century, Dresden's emerging arts and sciences thrived, clocks were crafted, and pocket watch technology was advancing by leaps and bounds. Thoughtful and thought-provoking thinkers and entrepreneurs across Europe moved in and a group of entrepreneurs and inventors moved from the capital of Saxony to the town of Glashütte and started watchmaking there. The 4,700-strong town looks placid but has six watch brands, including Lange and Glashütte, a German high-end mechanical watch brand with 165 years of watchmaking history and a peak in watchmaking Nineteenth century, not only gathered countless second-rate watchmakers and their watchmaking factory, but also brought together a large number of watch cases, hands and other clocks and clocks, watch accessories manufacturers, production of precision timekeeping tools, clocks, astronomical clocks, sailing clocks and other renowned Global, marketing around the world. In addition, in response to the worldwide demand for German-made watches, and from the thirst for watchmaking talent in the town's watch-making companies and production shops, such a huge market needs and nurtures more professionals, In 1878, the town of Glashütte was founded as a "German watchmaking school," which brought together a group of professional watch technicians for the town of Glashütte and even for the entire European watchmaking industry to carry forward German watchmaking know-how.

Vallée de Joux, the ruler of the Swiss valley, blesses the temple's sacred place


If Germany has Glashütte, then Switzerland has Vallée de Joux. If you read the above carefully, you should know about the Swiss mountain Jura, Vallée de Joux belongs to this area, the slender valley extends to France. The reason why we call it the birthplace of Swiss watches, because here we can find the watch-class in the watch industry thunderous watch brands, such as: Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Jaeger-LeCoultre ... Vallée de Joux's innate Poor geographical environment does not seem to have the conditions to become a holy clock and watch. Stands at an altitude of one thousand meters, not only far from the main thoroughfare, but also because the mountain pass is often isolated from the outside because of the long winter season. It is also the area with the worst weather conditions in the Jura Mountains. However, such a negative climate, but let the place has unexpected good fortune. Residing in this area of ​​residents in a difficult environment, refining the innovative and flexible mind, know how to learn skills, choosing good stubborn, and it is such an extraordinary patience and a positive work attitude is the prerequisite for the list to flourish.
The origins of Jaeger-LeCoultre and Vallée de Joux originated in the seventeenth century, the founding family of the Jaeger-LeCoultre - the Lecter family, Switzerland's first generation of migrants, moving from Paris to the village of Le Sentier in Vallée de Joux since 1833 Jaeger-LeCoultre plot family roots here. Elie LeCoultre (1842-1917) is a watchmaker and inventor who inherits his father's profession. He is not only the inventor of industrial pioneers and numerous complicated movement functions, but also the advocate of new watchmaking techniques Who, it was him, turned the little family workshop into the first watchmaking factory in the Valle de Joux. Nowadays, the Jaeger-LeCoultre factory hidden in the Le Sentier valley under the camera has been revitalized with centuries of renewal. The only thing that does not change is that after a century of persistent pursuit of detail and precipitation, it has earned the world's sincere respect. Into the Jaeger-LeCoultre workshop, is incredibly quiet, so you feel this is not a production workshop, but a high-precision experimental studio. Then you will find that most of the employees working on the stage wear earplugs in order to remove the noise from the outside world and concentrate on protecting them from the outside world. Out of the window, an open field of vision, gazing over the green, just like everyone said with a smile, it is like working in postcards. As they embark on the baptism of nature, they work hard on the workbench and are always arrogant, persevering and calm, so that the world can feel the delicacy and sophistication originating in Switzerland.