Marcus Hanke
[PuristSPro Moderator]
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Thanks, Daos! Ebel once saved the mechanical watch during the quartz crisis ...
... well, maybe this is a bit exaggerated, but it is a fact, that, when nobody in Switzerland believed that mechanical watch movements could survive the quartz crisis of the Seventies, it was Ebel who prevented Zenith from scrapping the now celebrated El Primero movement and all its production tools. Ebel expressed its trust in the survival of high-quality chronographs, ordering a large number of El Primero movements. Without this Ebel order, there would not have been any Primero, when Rolex searched a good movement for its Daytona ...
Anyway, Ebel always was a great company with very uniquely designed watches, and high competence. Unfortunately, it has drifted out of the attention focus of watch enthusaists during the last years.
Maybe you want to read last year's Ebel report as well, for comparison:
basel.watchprosite.com
Regards,
Marcus
Basel 2009 Interview: Ebel
Enjoyed the post, Tony P and Marcus!
Thanks, Daos! Ebel once saved the mechanical watch during the quartz crisis ...
That's so interesting, Marcus!
Count me in as an admirer of the Ebel aesthetic, Marcus . . .
My dear Art, if you had followed our Basel 2008 reports more closely ...
Having followed Ebel since 2007
The bezel-less design of the Tekton Real Madrid is a nice feature
Sapphire on the bezel is not new ....
What I meant was is there any other brand whose watch has the entire bezel
Yes - the new Jaquet Droz L'Heure Celeste.