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Inside Victorinox’s Swiss Watchmaking World and Concept One
Victorinox is famous for making Swiss Army Knives, but it also makes watches.
The company builds and tests many of its watches in Delémont, Switzerland.
More than 200 specialists work at its large watch centre.
They check whether watches can handle water, heat, seawater and chlorine.
They also test watch straps, bezels and buttons for wear.
Victorinox recently introduced two Concept One watches.
One runs with a mechanical movement, while the other uses light to make power.
The solar model can keep running for up to eight months in complete darkness.
The company says its watches are designed to be precise, durable and innovative.
Victorinox’s 17,800-square-metre Watch Competence Centre in Delémont employs more than 200 specialists.
The facility designs, prototypes and produces components while conducting extensive watch and strap testing.
Victorinox tests watches for water resistance, heat, seawater, chlorine, ultraviolet exposure and mechanical wear.
The Concept One Automatic uses a Swiss-made La Joux-Perret G100 mechanical calibre.
The Concept One Solar uses a Swiss-made Ronda 215 movement and stores up to eight months of power in darkness.
- Who
- Victorinox and more than 200 specialists at its Watch Competence Centre.
- What
- The company’s Swiss watchmaking operations, testing standards and new Concept One Automatic and Solar watches were examined.
- Where
- Victorinox’s Watch Competence Centre in Delémont, in Switzerland’s Jura Canton.
- When
- The Concept One models were launched earlier in the summer; the article does not specify the year.
- Why
- To show how Victorinox applies its precision and durability standards to watches and responds to growing interest in Swiss timepieces, including in India.
Key facts
- Watch centre location
- Delémont, Switzerland
- Facility size
- 17,800 square metres
- Specialists
- More than 200
- Water-resistance testing
- Up to 300 metres
- Concept One case
- 39mm stainless steel case with 100 metres of water resistance
- Concept One Solar movement
- Swiss-made Ronda 215 solar quartz movement
- Solar power reserve
- Up to eight months in total darkness
- Swiss Made criterion cited
- At least 60 per cent of manufacturing costs must be incurred in Switzerland
Sources
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