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Masahiro Kikuno (菊野 昌宏, Kikuno Masahiro, born February 8, 1983) is a Japanese watchmaker and youngest member of Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants. [1] As a child, Kikuno had a fascination with mechanical items. He wore out the owners manual of the family car looking through it at age 2.
Roberto Bertotti (born 1967), Italian watchmaker, fixing most of the watches, clocks, chronometers, Pendulum clocks, etc. Workshop in Rovereto, Italy. Masahiro Kikuno (born 1983), , Japanese watchmaker, created the first wristwatch with a Japanese clock complication. Andrzej Trojanowski (born 1979), independent watchmaker based in Warsaw, Poland.
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Quartz movement of the Seiko Astron, 1969. The quartz crisis (Swiss) or quartz revolution (America, Japan and other countries) was the advancement in the watchmaking industry caused by the advent of quartz watches in the 1970s and early 1980s, that largely replaced mechanical watches around the world.
Zanuti was founded in 1887 as a result of 3 major events that took place in Japan during the second half of the 19th century. [4] [5] [6]The first event was the establishment of the Commercial Treaty between Switzerland and Japan during a Swiss diplomatic mission to Asia in 1864, after more than 200 years of Japanese self-imposed isolation from international trade.
This list is a duplicate of Category:Watch brands, which will likely be more up-to-date and complete. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname.
Miyota produces various 'standard' and 'premium' grade mechanical movements for automatic wristwatches.. The Miyota 8215 is an entry level non-hacking-earlier versions twenty-one jewel three-hand with date automatic wristwatch movement with a uni-directional winding system (left rotation) with an accuracy of -20 to +40 seconds per day, and a power reserve of over 40 hours.
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 ...