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Anonimo Watches SA is a watchmaking company. [1] Its watches are manufactured in Florence, Italy, with Swiss movements provided by ETA SA or Sellita. [2]The company was founded in 1997 in Florence, Italy, by Federico Massacesi and makes only mechanical watches with prices ranging from $2,500 to over $10,000.
Anonimo: 1997 Federico Massacesi Florence, Italy Private: Aquastar: 1962 Frédéric Robert Geneva: Jeanrichard S.A. Arcadia Watches: 1858 Fleurier Claude Sanz Geneva Private: Richard Baldwin (CEO) Armand Nicolet: 1875 Armand Nicolet Tramelan: 20 Privately held company: Ateliers deMonaco: 2008 Geneva Watch Manufacturer Members of the Citizen Group
A modern watchmaker at his workstation; he wears a magnifying loupe to more easily see the small parts of a watch A watchmaker's lathe in use to prepare a decorative watch component cut from copper. A watchmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs watches. Since a majority of watches are now factory-made, most modern watchmakers only repair ...
Pallet fork with jewel pallets (pink) The pallet fork is above the balance wheel in this watch movement. The pallet fork is a component of the lever escapement of a mechanical watch. [1] The pallet fork and the lever form one component that sits between the escape wheel and the balance wheel. Its purpose is to lock the escape wheel, and release ...
This device was popular among clockmakers to repair the ends of clock hands. Staking tool: An iron vertical plunger was used with an array of stakes for placing rollers and balanced wheels on staffs. Turns: The "turns" was a small bow-operated lathe used for furbishing parts and for working
The American system of watch manufacturing is a set of manufacturing techniques and best-practices to be used in the manufacture of watches and timepieces. It is derived from the American system of manufacturing techniques (also called "armory practices"), a set of general techniques and guidelines for manufacturing that was developed in the 19th century.
Many parts were gradually improved to increase isochronism, and eventually the fusee became unnecessary in most timepieces. The invention of the pendulum and the balance spring in the mid-17th century made clocks and watches much more isochronous, by making the timekeeping element a harmonic oscillator , with a natural "beat" resistant to change.
The Swatch Group is the largest watch company in the world and employs about 31,000 people in 50 countries. [5] The group owns the Swatch product line and other luxury brands, including Blancpain , Breguet , Certina , ETA , Glashütte Original , Hamilton , Harry Winston , Longines , Mido , Omega , Rado , and Tissot .