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M'Bob
·I saw this quote in the recently posted article by Fratello on this new watch: "...each watchmaker will be responsible for an entire watch."
So it got me thinking - is this actually something to brag about?
There are likely folks on the forum who have a firm idea how watch assembly is usually done, how many people are involved, and what tasks they are responsible for. But even without knowing the intimate details, we can still discuss whether one person doing everything is really preferable.
Certainly, we have advanced and evolved towards specialization in a variety of fields, the obvious concept being that those that focus and specialize in an area, and do this repeatedly, are more expert than those that do the same job on a more occasional or let's say less regular basis.
Does the opening quote about the new SS cal. 321 mean that each watchmaker puts the finish on the case themselves? Would not the "case" expert do a more consistent, accurate job? In the past, were there final, timing experts that tweaked the watch and got it prepared for delivery, and would they not have garnered a certain skill set over the folks that perhaps just installed the wheels and pivots?
No dogmatism here, since I don't know how it's usually done...but you get my point: is it really better to have one person do everything, and is it a legitimate selling point?
So it got me thinking - is this actually something to brag about?
There are likely folks on the forum who have a firm idea how watch assembly is usually done, how many people are involved, and what tasks they are responsible for. But even without knowing the intimate details, we can still discuss whether one person doing everything is really preferable.
Certainly, we have advanced and evolved towards specialization in a variety of fields, the obvious concept being that those that focus and specialize in an area, and do this repeatedly, are more expert than those that do the same job on a more occasional or let's say less regular basis.
Does the opening quote about the new SS cal. 321 mean that each watchmaker puts the finish on the case themselves? Would not the "case" expert do a more consistent, accurate job? In the past, were there final, timing experts that tweaked the watch and got it prepared for delivery, and would they not have garnered a certain skill set over the folks that perhaps just installed the wheels and pivots?
No dogmatism here, since I don't know how it's usually done...but you get my point: is it really better to have one person do everything, and is it a legitimate selling point?
