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Chronoswiss Kairos Chronograph with elaborate guilloché dial
© Chronoswiss
Guillochage
Guillochage is a method of refining watches.
Hereby ornaments and patterns of intersecting lines (straight and curved) are engraved by machine or by hand. They can be found on dials and cases made of silver or gold.
The processed surfaces are then called guilloché …
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Oscillating system of a mechanical watch
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Gerd-Rüdiger Lang, founder of Chronoswiss
- Abraham-Louis Breguet Most important watchmaker in the history of horology and a great inventor
- Ferdinand Adolph Lange Founder of A. Lange & Söhne in Glashütte
- Hans Wilsdorf Founder of Rolex
- Helmut Sinn Founder of Sinn Spezialuhren Frankfurt
- Gerd-Rüdiger Lang Founder of Chronoswiss
- Nicolas G. Hayek Important watch business man (Swatch)
Hublot Big Bang King "Porto Cervo" with case in red gold/ceramic
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