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M'Bob
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Apparently, there are not many enamelers in Switzerland, and Donze Cardrans, who is now in-house with Nardin, is one of the few remaining.

Are they sub-contracting out to Patek and Omega, or do these houses use a different vendor? For instance, this is the Omega platinum Seamaster with a beautiful black enamel dial:

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Geezer
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Patek owns a dial manufacturer called Cadrans Flückiger. They make enamel dials too.

Cadrans Flückiger also makes dials for other companies.
 
Archer
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JLC also do their own enamel dials and cases, so they don’t all rely on an outside firm for this work.
 
gbesq
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And Rolex has a team of elves that makes their dials. Well, that's what I heard. 😁
 
Larry S
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M'Bob M'Bob
Apparently, there are not many enamelers in Switzerland, and Donze Cardrans, who is now in-house with Nardin, is one of the few remaining.

Are they sub-contracting out to Patek and Omega, or do these houses use a different vendor? For instance, this is the Omega platinum Seamaster with a beautiful black enamel dial:

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Man … that’s a pretty thing. Enamel dials are fiendishly hard to manufacture. I’d love to see one of these in person.
 
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