Welcome to episode 13 of #humanfriday, where we today meet our watchmaker Yahel Blarer, who is sharing the responsibility of service and repairs in the Lucerne atelier.
After seven years in the watch industry, Yahel Blarer is still waxing lyrical about the mechanical watches. “They are objects of filigree perfection, where everything must work, she says.”
What do you first see when you look at a watch?
“As one sees the external first, a watch is a jewel. But to me it becomes really exciting when you know the mechanics behind it. And, like in the case of Chronoswiss: the mechanics at the front of it. Here I have had to learn many new mechanisms, since the dial of our flying regulators double up as module baseplates for the three-dimensional design. This makes it very exciting for the client since you see that something is happening on the watch, especially on the Open Gear models where we also expose the essential wheels for the regulator.”
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