In 1970, Kiu Tai Yu made his first mechanical wristwatch at the young age of 23. 8 years later, he did something remarkable and created the first Asian escapement without pallets. In 1980, he moved to Hong Kong and established Kew & Cie. This company purely specializes in unusual timepieces, [...]
Archive for July 2nd, 2010
Kiu Tai Yu mechanical watches from now to here.
Swiss watch making from Jean Richard and the gang.
Daniel Jean Richard is very much considered one of the founders of Swiss watchmaking and the industry all together. He was born in 1665 in the Swiss Jura Mountains. Fame and world renowned followed him throughout his years but eventually fell off. It wasn’t unil the late 1980’s that the brand was acquired by Dr. [...]
More from Jacquet Droz watches online.
1721 was the year that Pierre Jacquet Droz was born. It was nearly inevitable that he would become a watchmaker because he was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland. He studied theology, physics, mathematics and horology over the years of his education. He finally settled purely on horology in [...]
