Thomas Prescher created the first triple axis tourbillon in a wristwatch and the Mysterious Double-Axis Tourbillon. So with right we call him the master of Tourbillons. Last year, he also created a custom watch based on...
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Independent watchmaker, originally from Germany, and inventor of the Triple Axis Tourbillon and the Mysterious Automatic Double Tourbillon
Thomas Prescher created the first triple axis tourbillon in a wristwatch and the Mysterious Double-Axis Tourbillon. So with right we call him the master of Tourbillons. Last year, he also created a custom watch based on...
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Tweet Independent Haute Horlogerie offers unique opportunities of customizing. Like this one… Thomas Prescher was asked to incorporate a family crest in the dial and hands of a watch. Last year we already reported about the start of Thomas Prescher’s work on creating a minuscule family crest as dial and hands of a watch. A...
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Tweet This week’s Weekly Watch Photo shows what an incredible genius Thomas Prescher is. His Mysterious Automatic Double-Axis Tourbillon is a mystery, but a beautiful and intriguing mystery. When I visited Thomas Prescher last year I was eager to see his Triple-Axis Tourbillon and Mysterious Automatic Double-Axis Tourbillon. Both are masterpieces of unique and...
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Tweet Visiting a watchmaker in his atelier gives so much more dimension to experiencing what a haute-horlogerie watch is all about. Last August Thomas Prescher welcomed me in his atelier in Switzerland. One of the things that became very clear, during this visit, was that to keep production and quality up to your own...
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Tweet The first independent watchmakers I visited where Thomas Prescher, Peter Speake-Marin and Greubel Forsey. I think you don’t have to be an admirer of independent haute horlogerie to appreciate their watches. Any watch aficionado will probably enjoy the amazing timepieces and horological art these watchmakers created. Thomas Prescher’s atelier is in Twann, a...
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Tweet From Saturday 21th of August until Thursday the 26th I’m going to Switzerland visiting many independent watchmakers. And of course you can read all about the meetings and news the watchmakers want to share, here on Monochrome. Worldwide there are a few dozen of independent watchmakers who really make extraordinary watches, at least...
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