Why don't we talk more about ...... Dubey & Schaldenbrand?
Dubey & Schaldenbrand was founded in 1946 by the inventors of 'the split second chronograph', Georges Dubey and René Schaldenbrand. Its headquarters are located in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
Patented in many countries, the revolutionary idea of the split second chronograph was their first creation in 1946. Mr. Dubey made some modifications to the 'Landeron' base movement in order to bring to the market an affordable split second chronograph. Part of the complication was hidden under the dial but the split second hand didn’t have enough power to support it. Adding a useful spiral between the two chronograph hands provided the power it needed.
Inspired by Art-Deco, the brand was built with avant-garde ideas that brought evolution to the watch industry with special mechanical movements. Dubey & Schaldenbrand continues and thrives for evolution and design (mainly with is historical tonneau shape) whilst respecting the traditional watchmaking skills of our ancestors. "We are developing watches with our own DNA using our own tools, special materials and achieving ground breaking innovations."
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My name is Rich and I am building a collection of unique complications. I know it sounds more like the way you start a watch museum and not a personal collection. So far I have a Tourbillion, Retrogra...
Thank you for introducing me to another brand I had never heard of. Those are some beautiful looking watches that you chose to highlight. I especially like the 2 tonneau shaped ones. I also have absolutely no doubt that this brand will only be added to my ever growing list of ünobtainables".
The first pic of the blue dial is 🔥 goes against my usual type as I'm not usually fond of gold or this kind of case shape but it really works.
I suspect it's for the same reason other extremely high end things aren't discussed much. They aren't made for the plebs, so plebs aren't aware of them.
When people talk about high end bolt action rifles, they might talk Kimber, Mauser, or Sako, but you'll hardly ever hear about John Rigby & Co., or Holland & Holland, because they aren't made for the average hunter.
I suspect it's for the same reason other extremely high end things aren't discussed much. They aren't made for the plebs, so plebs aren't aware of them.
When people talk about high end bolt action rifles, they might talk Kimber, Mauser, or Sako, but you'll hardly ever hear about John Rigby & Co., or Holland & Holland, because they aren't made for the average hunter.
Very true but we all know Patek Phillipe, AP, Vacheron, A. Lange & Sohne, Breguet, JLC, etc. and none of them are trying to make it easy for us plebs to acquire. I think that many of the small hand made super luxury makers are just a bit obscure and do very targeted marketing, if any.
Very true but we all know Patek Phillipe, AP, Vacheron, A. Lange & Sohne, Breguet, JLC, etc. and none of them are trying to make it easy for us plebs to acquire. I think that many of the small hand made super luxury makers are just a bit obscure and do very targeted marketing, if any.
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I think the difference between the brands you listed, and other less well known brands comes down to production. The big brands produce a lot of watches, so they care more about being "aspirational" brands for the newly rich to buy, the small brands produce smaller numbers of watches, so they have no interest in being know to the plebs.
I would also exclude JLC from the list you mentioned, they make high horology watches, but they also make $10K Reversos, Polaris', and Master Controls for the plebs.
Their Caprice (especially in yellow gold) is on my shortlist since 2019. Such a great design - classy and daring at the same time!
Very interesting....Im going to have to look at those