Moderator Alex Ghotbi
Movement Finish: The True Mark of Haute Horlogerie
June 10, 08 16:26At An age where powerful computer aided design machines can design any watch and where the whole industry is trying to go upscale, there is one major element which makes the difference : movement finish.
This is what truly differentiates haute horlogerie from the wannabes. I’m of course referring to the extremely time consuming manual finish (and not the machine finish found in the majority of movements) which can actually represent 1/3 of the price of a timepiece. It is the extreme care and attention given to the smallest details whether visible or not that makes the difference.
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