Dr No
[Moderator Omega - Wristscan]
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Thoroughly fascinating article, Kong . . .
. . . and my respects to Mme Wyssmüller. Movement assembly has progressed immensely over the decades, but the facility to manually perform the adjustment of a hairspring imbues Minerva's movements with an aura of tradition that few others can aspire to, let alone match. As much as I admire the accomplishments of today's manufacturers in creating assembly line movements with a high degree of accuracy and consistency, the preservation of the craft as it was practiced for centuries is equally valuable, and much less common . . . cordially, Art
Something More about Monique Wyssmüller
Something more About Monique Wyssmüller A Saturday afternoon, 15 November 2008, the first time I met Madame Monique Wyssmüller during the exhibition of the 150th anniversary of Montblanc Minerva at the Sincere Haute Horlogerie (Singapore). Not distracted ...
Thanks for these personal details, here is a pic of the finished product...
which I still have at home! Cheers, Magnus...
Thanks Magnus for the nice pic ...
How do you derive the number (N) of the terminal curve? Kong
Paul Gerber once presented me with a booklet on Phillips terminal curves...
which contains graphs of the different curves, and we sat together and tried to figure out which one it was... Great fun! Best, Magnus
Thoroughly fascinating article, Kong . . .
. . . and my respects to Mme Wyssmüller. Movement assembly has progressed immensely over the decades, but the facility to manually perform the adjustment of a hairspring imbues Minerva's movements with an aura of tradition that few others can aspire to, l...
Well said Art. Indeed the preservation of the craft is important however ...
I'm particularly interested in this spiral /hairspring comptage-overcoil craft, as it has functional attributes and not purely aesthetic. Kong
The Institute part of Montblanc-Minerva.......
Thanks Kong and Monique for the stories. I am fascinated that there are other enthusiasts (tractors) even more crazy than watch collectors. I guess they are PuristS as well.......driving from Paris to Villeret at 20km/h requires some form of mental illnes...
Heard about the initiative of supporting new young creative watchmaker ...
and looking forward to any update. I am equally curious what the tractor-enthusiasts did throughout the journey Kong
Thanks for the article Kong
I'd like to see Monique in action someday to see if I'm visualizing everything in my head correctly after reading all the recent reports here on comptage. Oh yeah, love the picture you took of the comptage device. The sparkling glare on the device is bril...
If have a chance to watch Monique work, please do!
A, thanks for the kind words. Hope Monique would be going to USA. If you know French, it will be a big advantage, otherwise it will be sign-language Hmm...on her wrist, should be a Star Lady Automatic with moonphase. Think with MoP dial too. A pic for you...
Excelent post, and...
...a very interesting insight to a less known aspect of watchmaking. Thanks! Carlos Torres
Utterly fascinating
Thanks, Kong, for a fantastic post. Madame Wyssmüller is a living treasure. I wonder if women might be better suited to being spring fitters, as Madame posits in her interview, because of their smaller hands/fingers? Her tractor restoration hobby mak...
Thank you Madame Monique Wyssmüller for sharing your story
and Kong for reporting it to us. I look forward to owning a watch whose "heart" is personally crafted by Monique one day. Best, Mike
A good read...thanks Kong.
I must say she is a very capable lady with talented skills. Montblanc....hmmm.... Regards
Fantastic post.
I really enjoyed the reading. She got some skills. Amazing job. Thanks for sharing. Vte