Welcome to episode 29 of #humanfriday, where we meet Walter Fuchser, who recently bought his ninth Chronoswiss timepiece.
Walter Fuchser is a mechanical engineer whose company creates automation processes and tools for some of the largest players in the watch industry – but whenever he is in Lucerne, he likes to drop in to the small, independent Chronoswiss atelier.
“I love the hundred-year-old guilloché machine! And I also know the drilling machine, since it comes from the company where I was an apprentice once upon a time,” said Walter Fuchser, just before he visited the vintage automobile exhibition Swiss Classic World in Lucerne.
What is it that you like about Chronoswiss?
“Today everybody has a Rolex, but that’s not me. I want something special like Chronoswiss. I like to see how they produce the dials, get to know the history behind the timepiece – and the people. Now I know almost everybody in Chronoswiss, I have sort of become part of the family – and this makes it even m...