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For many years now, Dubois Dépraz has been creatively reinterpreting the seconds indication.
From its first retrograde-display creations more than 30 years ago to its latest “metronome”, the goal has remained identical: to offer a playful sight as well as useful information. Travelling at a regular pace of 15 seconds in one direction, then 15 in the other, the “Thila” seconds hand sets the cadence.
This mechanism, which can be adapted to all types of movements and offers multiple opportunities for personalisation, features the following technical characteristics: a choice of two diameters (26.0mm without a date display and 32.6mm with an optimal date aperture); a 1.60mm thickness; and the “Thila” hand covering a 143° sector in 15 seconds in both directions.
Building on longstanding experience in the creation of watch wheels and pinions, the company is enriching its range of expertise by now offering chamfered, circular satin-finished wheels with polished sinks, as well as pinions with polished leaves. These aesthetic characteristics correspond to the highest requirements, such as those of the Poinçon de Genève quality hallmark.
Whether the goal is to produce components as quickly as possible for prototype-making purposes or to produce complex parts in larger series, Dubois Dépraz complements its handcrafted watch production expertise with state-of-the-art laser micromachining technology.
Meeting the most diverse requirements, the capabilities in drilling, machining or cutting without thermal degradation offer new combinations thanks to an ultra-fast 5-axis laser micromachining platform. Operating at thicknesses from 0.1 to 0.8mm, on practically all types of materials, the precision of this technology offers huge scope for watchmaking production of components such as jumper-springs, spoked wheels, openworked date discs, etc.), as well as for the medical and automobile industries.
October 01, 2020