Pure unadulterated watchmaking tradition
We make Swiss watches the way they did a century ago. Each of our machines represents a piece of Swiss watchmaking history, making the manufacture of every watch a journey back in time. We consciously adopt this long and painstaking approach since quality cannot be hurried. We believe that this investment of time results in something of lasting value. We manufacture our watches on-site, in our workshop – from A to Z. We take the time needed to make our passion and skill perceptible in the smallest detail of every component.
Lasting value
We work with patience and all our work is lovingly handcrafted, with just five watches leaving our workshop every year. As all the parts of our watches are made on old manually operated machines and finished by skilled watchmakers, no two watches are exactly alike. Each creator puts a bit of himself into each timepiece. This passion and the professional pride of a handful of specialists are apparent in every watch and results in an object of lasting value.
Fundamentum
Winding the watch up for the first time ends what began with milling the wheels and pinions out of metal sheets and rods. The balance wheel performs its first oscillation and the hands begin to trace their circles as if wanting to give back the time invested. This is the moment of truth towards which we have been working.
Specifications
- Handmade
- Manual winding
- Diameter: 38 mm
- Height: 9.8 mm
- N° Parts: 115
- N° Jewels: 21
- Frequency: 2.5 Hz
Know-how
One stroke of a file can be the difference between perfection and mediocrity. Anyone not daring to make this last stroke has already made up his mind. But we know where we’re going. Yesterday’s experience determines tomorrow’s quality.
Balancer
The balance wheel is the heart of the watch. It’s where the precision that the watch keeps is determined. Integrating the balance spring and shaping the Breguet terminal curve require the greatest possible concentration and enormous skill. More...Boring out holes
The main plate is the base of the movement, to which all the ruby bearings and screws are fixed. The wheels and pinions may be perfect but if the axial distances are wrong, it’s all in vain. More...Circular satin finish
High-quality work must be both functional and appealing, which is why the creation of decorated surfaces and polished bevels are an important stage of the work. More...Crossing out wheels
The pinion has to be turned and the wheel has to have spokes fitted. The wheels should have the smallest possible moment of inertia so that they can be accelerated quickly and not hit the pinion leaves when decelerating. More...Dial
The very purpose of a watch is to tell the time. So something as precious as time deserves an appropriate stage on which to perform, meaning the dial and hands. More...Milling the pinion
For the tensioned spring to get its energy to the regulator – the watch’s actual clock – the movement needs to transfer this energy. More...Polishing the pinion
To minimise friction between wheel and pinion, pinion leaves are polished tooth by tooth using a rotating wooden disc and a polishing compound. More...Turning the pinion
The hardened rough pinions can now be given their final shape. The shoulder to which the wheel is to be fixed emerges on a hand-driven lathe along with the pivots that later turn in ruby bearings. More...Team
Senior Watchmakers
Dominique Buser
Cyrano Devanthey
Watchmakers
- David Friedli
- Yan Hegelbach
Contact Information
Oscillon
Heinrich Wehrli-Strasse 7
5033 Buchs AG
SWITZERLAND
info@oscillon.swiss
+41 56 282 22 30