Real handmade summit


95% of the replica swiss watches (including the hairspring) is made only with hand tools, a timepiece requires 6,000 hours of extraordinary work (equivalent to 3 hours), and Greubel Forsey's Hand Made 1 pushes traditional watchmaking technology New heights like unprecedented summits. Handmade timepieces have never had such a high level of craftsmanship and precision. This watch is unique in the history of watchmaking, the result of technical and humanistic epic efforts, attracting extraordinary talent and pointing the way for the future.

Before the industrial revolution and mass production, watch parts had to be made by one person, who needed very special skills, tools and completely manual machines. Today, with industrialization, great craftsmanship has almost disappeared, and these skills are not even taught in schools. Throughout his training and career, Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey have accumulated extensive experience in craftsmanship, whether for prototypes or replacement parts for repair.

Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey are now deeply connected to these ancestral skills, which are at the heart of the irreplaceable watchmaking tradition, and Naissance d, in collaboration with the TimeÆonFoundation The 'une Montre 1 adventure and its determination to pass on its know-how to future generations by creating handmade 1, is the first incarnation of this thorough approach, reaching an unprecedented length.Greubel Forsey Hand Made 1

An extraordinary challenge

Greubel Forsey is known for breaking through the limitations of research and creation to achieve goals never before thought. Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey have proved this by inventing and perfecting the new generation of tourbillons (the tourbillon 24 seconds, the double tourbillon 30° and the quadruple tourbillon). The tourbillon has since become a reference for the mechanical watchmaking industry. They also proved their inventiveness by opening up new horizons in energy and space in the field of nanotechnology.

Over the years, the pursuit of excellence and a strong belief in the potential of each new business have been the main driving force behind the Hand Made 1 project. For Greubel Forsey, this is not just about restoring ancient techniques, forgotten gestures and skills. The aim is to bring these skills and know-how to levels of excellence and precision that were previously unattainable, and to further develop them by guiding the innovator's spirit of continuous improvement. Our goal is to revitalize the ancestral art of craftsmanship and to reinforce it with craftsmanship and precision comparable to modern production equipment. To cope with this particular challenge and to use ancestral tools to achieve micron-level accuracy, technicians must obtain the precision that this traditional machine itself cannot easily provide. They rely on "hand intelligence" to continually correct tiny details so that the edges get closer and closer to perfection, achieve the quality they need, and ensure flawless operation. In this process, the time spent is secondary.

Projects of this size cannot simply be integrated into existing structures, or even integrated into one or two watchmakers. To accomplish this epic feat, Greubel Forsey had to form a team of the most skilled craftsmen in all fields, mainly from their studios and some outside talent. This true "family" works in complete harmony.Tag Heuer Carrera Calibre Heuer 02T CAR5A8K.FT6172

Handmade 1
Milestones in the history of watchmaking

Greubel Forsey reveals the results of this unprecedented method of tabulation:
Handmade 1 – hour/minute/second timepiece with tourbillon. This creation went through an unknown process because it was impossible to simply copy an existing movement by hand. Hand Made 1 was created entirely from scratch. The movement's structure, traditional machining and hand-finishing experts have detailed reflections on each of the 272 movement components and 36 casing parts, to understand and focus on the manual methods and how to get the most out of them. income. The same question is raised at each stage: “How do we design the part so that it can be made using conventional tools or machines (such as jig boring machines or lathes)? What shape can we give it to make the craftsman’s wisdom Can the hand ensure extraordinary precision and the most exquisite craftsmanship?"


Therefore, “Handmade 1” requires a radical innovation in the creative process, involving people who will make and decorate each component from the start. The courage of the project matches only the creativity and creativity needed to find new technology solutions. Some parts of the movement have been redesigned to simplify operation. At the same time, for other mechanical devices such as tourbillons, the number of components must be increased to allow each part to be made by hand. The relatively small size of the clock (43.5 mm in diameter and 13.5 mm thick) further adds to the difficulty of this task.


An almost unimaginable feat

Finally, from the movement to the case, to the belt, the dial and the hands, the handmade clocks – the only exceptions are sapphire crystals, case gaskets, spring strips, jewels and clockwork. To achieve such a high level of excellence, to achieve 95% of the manual level, you need a watch for 6,000 astronomical astronomical work - equivalent to three years of work, and this total time only considers the time of pure watch, and Not creation and development time. To get the 308 components of the "Handmade 1" that meets the Greubel Forsey standard, more than 800 separate parts must be manufactured. The time required to make a complete tourbillon cage is almost 35 times that of a standard high-end tourbillon. When it is easy to generate about 500 screws with only twelve operations on an automatic lathe, a single screw (as small as possible) requires up to 12 separate operations and up to 8 hours to complete. In the end, the time it takes to make a "handmade 1" wheel is 600 times that of high-end industrial wheels.hyt h1 148-dl-21-gf-ru-wd

Greubel Forsey's attention to detail naturally includes the performance of the watch. Here, “Hand Made 1” demonstrates the unprecedented strength of a hand-made watch, and its performance is certified by Greubel Forsey.


Handmade beauty

In the unique effort of the craftsmanship of Greubel Forsey, each component tells a story. It has its own development process and development process, making it unique, and it can cut long time from raw materials only through eyes and hands. The technical and aesthetic perfection of this Hand Made 1 timepiece is immediately visible and in a true Greubel Forsey style, which is equally important thanks to the invisible beauty of all the parts hidden inside the case.

The journey begins with a regulatory agency that is entirely hand-made by the workshop of Greubel Forsey, including the hairspring, made of Atelier's alloy. The hairspring is then rolled in a manual rolling mill (top luxury replica watches), a process that is undoubtedly an endangered cockroach - only a few hairsprings can be made at a time - and in contemporary industrial production, hundreds of thousands are immediately produced automatically. The balance wheel is also completely handmade, with exceptional precision and finish standards. The escape wheel has 20 individually cut teeth, each with four subsequently ground surfaces, which is the real power. At the same time, only one and a half months of work is required for the machining and finishing of the escapement.

The manual production of the tourbillon bracket (with 69 parts totaling 0.521 grams) represents another huge challenge, as it is not possible to replicate CNC machines of the same shape on conventional clamp boring machines. Therefore, more parts are needed to form this delicate, almost airborne mechanism.

Of course, all components of the movement are hand-finished according to the best watchmaking tradition, including bridges with polished internal and external vertical sides, a unique “Gratté” main panel and wheels with hand-polished bevels at the top and bottom. (40 sharp internal five-spoke angles). The open dial stands out with a hand-painted cap, with an elegant, beautifully shaped flame blue steel hand. Of course, with a pantograph mechanical lathe equipped with a turning tool, you can also hand-craft an 18k white gold case, then satisfactorily satin the side and polish it.Hublot Big Bang 38 MM Broderie Diamonds 343.VX.6580.NR.0804