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A site devoted to the world of Swatch prototypes. If you have comments, or if would like to have some Swatch prototypes added to our site, or you have some Swatch prototypes for sale, you are welcome to contact us:. Leave This Field Empty. Dear collectors, Dear visitors,. Excess funds will be donated to humanitarian projects (basic medical research) at the end of each year. Thank you very much for your contribution! No money will go to the collectors for sustaining their collections.
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The Old Watchword: April 2016
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Thursday, 14 April 2016. 8216; Clocks’ Magazine in its April 2016 issue has published the first part of my article on Alexander Watkins. Watkins was making fine chronometers in the mid-nineteenth century, trading from a prestigious London address: 67 Strand. For students of horology, Watkins is best known for his ‘miniaturised’ chronometer made for the 1851 Great Exhibition. With its unusually small movement and gold, delicately ornamented case, it is a very fine aesthetic and technical achievement.
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The Old Watchword: Fathers and Sons, Wealth and Insolvency
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Sunday, 11 September 2016. Fathers and Sons, Wealth and Insolvency. I recently completed a research project and consequent narrative article on a family of watchmakers stretching over 5 generations and covering the period 1738-1921. The more I look into the lives of English Georgian/Victorian horologists, the greater I am impressed by their resilience. There is certainly some correlation in several instances between the taking out of a patent and the posting of a bankruptcy petition. Courtesy of Calibre X.
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Roskopf | swatch prototypes V2
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Sister site of www.swatch-prototypes.com. Although Roskopf’s watch was actually intended for the poor man, they were not his first customers, but aristocrats and army officers were. In February 1867 Roskopf hired a young man, Charles Léon Schmid, to sell the monthly output of 500-600 watches. Charles Léon Schmid had the brilliant idea to present the watch to different European armies and railroad companies. Soon, demand could not be met. Belgium Patent # 21988, 3 Aug 1867. 6269, …. 18632, …. 3 Jan 1899: ...
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Swatch: 1st step | swatch prototypes V2
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Sister site of www.swatch-prototypes.com. The Birth of a Piece of Plastic. There Mock was asked to learn the technique of plastic injecting on his own using this machine. He soon realized that he lacked the scientific background needed to operate this material, so he decided to visit a postgraduate school for plastics-engineering. Mock got one year off to get his diploma, which he eventually got in 1978. First draft in two hours. Panicked he got back to Müller and together they somehow came up with the i...
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Astrolon | swatch prototypes V2
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Sister site of www.swatch-prototypes.com. So here you see the striking similarities between the Swatch and, undoubtedly its predecessor, the Astrolon, which never became a hit with the consumer. Similarities of Swatch and Astrolon:. Parts in Astrolon = 52, Parts in Swatch = 51. All Astrolon parts made from plastic, Swatch case made from plastic. Astrolon sold as a ‘throwaway’ watch, Swatch sold as a ‘throwaway’ watch. Astrolon sealed and unrepairable, Swatch sealed and unrepairable. March 1st, 2013.
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Definitions | Swatch Prototypes
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A site devoted to the world of Swatch prototypes. If you have comments, or if would like to have some Swatch prototypes added to our site, or you have some Swatch prototypes for sale, you are welcome to contact us:. Leave This Field Empty. A prototype is a hand made (non-working mock-up) or a machine made (working or non-working (dummy) pre-production. Piece Either it is a design prototype. A scarce amount of Hybrids are known from before 1985, so most of them feature the large battery hatch ring an the ...
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A site devoted to the world of Swatch prototypes. If you have comments, or if would like to have some Swatch prototypes added to our site, or you have some Swatch prototypes for sale, you are welcome to contact us:. Leave This Field Empty. 1983 Olympic Games of 1984 Prototype. 1984 GB101 EMF Davos Symposium 1985 Prototype. After choosing the definitive version (mid sized script, dots between the letters forming the abbreviation of the Economic Forum (E.M.F) and latter abbreviation in a different ...The w...
