Zenith

Ahhh! We already know you were impatiently awaiting this kind of stuff! Those of you that gave us the honour of reading the first and second parts of our report ( click here! ), certainly have discovered a great number of fascinating and surprising detail...  

We already noted that Fehr & Cie is a fully integrated dial-maker. This implies that they dispose of all necessary capabilities, in terms of expertise and technical equipment, needed to accomplish all steps involved. No wonder they have reserved a ded...  

Very interesting. Thank you for bringing us along into the Manufacture! :) Best Blomman

When we've taken those pictures, it was indeed not only for our personal pleasure, but also to share with you our experience. Glad to read you've appreciated our posts! Ciao, Elio

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I have always wondered what place makes the smallest details such as these indices. I am in awe of the sheer multitude of details this company must handle in such small pieces. As a watchmaker and machinist too, I appreciate them allowing even a blueprint... 

on the tolerances and the level of sophistication that goes into this processes - from a watchmaker's perspective! Cheers, Magnus

if you're that interested in something that would bore anyone but me... It's clear that the indices are friction fit to the dials very precisely- their tolerance on the 2 small pins that locate them to the dial are marked (0, -0.02), meaning the shafts mu... 

I love those kind of technical drawings and I've immediately taken pictures of them, when I've had this opportunity in Fehr, as well as in Hublot and in Zenith. And I've particularly appreciated your comments, because they reveal so much of the many diffi... 

I am no one special, just a man trained as a watchmaker and a machinist. Surely there are many other PuristS, such as Mr. Corson, also so, and much more skilled than I that could have given an even deeper view on the subject than I ever could. But thank y... 

I visited a dial manufacture too and it was a great experience but I wonder..... are some dials still painted by hand or are it always prints? I know the cheapest are even stickers

are still painted by hand - to some extend. Other than that, I think this would be too expensive and people would likely wonder about variations... Best, Magnus

I've recently had to study a bit how luminous materials may be applied on dials and I've found this explanation on the RC Tritec's website (the Company that produces the famous "Swiss Super-LumiNova®"): Application Tooling Luminous pigments are mixed with...  

between Elio Pascucci (heartbreaker) and myself. Elio together with me drafted the text, images are marked according author. It was (and further on will be with the Zenith factory reports) a great experience to draft this together - in a true PuristS mann... 

Thank you Magnus: now my room is full of flowers ;-) I'm looking for the next PoT: my [new] camera and my pen are ready to start ;-) Ciao, Elio

Cheers Francois

You're right, François: as we've already written, the Fehr Factory visit was highly interesting and fascinating. Thank you, Elio