Defining luxury
watches is a task best left to the passionate watchmakers who may beg to differ
based purely on technical merits. To the connoisseur it is the elegance and
appearance followed by the movement. However, for a watch to attain the tag of
‘luxury’ the brand needs to at least qualify for the following caveats
· Manufacture in-house movement
· develop its own escapement
· has a creative design team for designing elegance in watch cases
On the face of it,
the three elements appear easy, within reach of most industrial houses. What
remains unsaid is the passion of watch making. Each luxury brand has a person
at the helm that has or had the passion of the ticking movement in their DNA.
Without this main ingredient no watch brand can ascend and adorn the luxury
tag.
Similar to luxury
branded watches are the watch restorers and repairers that keep the luxury tag
alive for centuries. To give an example, the Meier clock in Detroit Historical
Museum was vandalized and it has taken expert clock repairers and restorers more
than 18 months to bring it to its former glory. The Meier clock was finished in
1904 after Louis Meier started work on it in 1892. The story of Lili von Baeyer
the lady horologist who is in charge of over two hundred antique clocks for the
Pennsylvania State government is worth noting. She is so passionate about Time
that she graduated in 2009 from NAWCC - the National Association of Watch and
Clock Collectors School of Horology.
Another noted
enterprise is Perpetual Time in England .They are Guild certified master
craftsmen in watch making and trained by WOSTEP - Watchmakers of Switzerland
Training Education Program. They are the
bespoke watch repairers and watch servicing enterprise in Britain. There is no
caliber (movement) or watch brand that they cannot service. Their
professionalism is of the highest standard with some Perpetual Time reviews calling them the watch making gods. Time as the adage goes does
not stand still. To the aficionado the watch on the wrist should keep perfect
time. To many, the watch worn during their lifetime is priceless. Many a Perpetual Time review has attested to this fact and is thankful for this expert
watchmaker’s services.
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