Oscar Waldan started his passion with watches as a young lad when he tried to clean and repair his father's pocket watch on his own. "Without anyone's knowledge, I disassembled the watch and made diagrams showing how the parts fit together." As he matured, Waldan studied horology in Germany. He then proceeded to work for some of Europe's finest watchmakers. In 1955, Waldan took his first job at Charles Tissot in Le Locle, Switzerland...
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A letter from founder and owner, Oscar Waldan
"I, Oscar Waldan, established Waldan International in 1979 and have maintained ownership of the company. The only other fine watch companies which are still under original ownership are Rolex and Patek Philippe. I established Waldan International with the idea of resuscitating the chronograph business in Switzerland..."
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On the issue of cases and sapphire crystals
"I set out to make quality chronographs for several reasons. One of these was that I was appalled to observe that nearly 80% of the old chronographs had been mishandled by the watchmakers who had serviced them. I was also prompted to pursue the creation of new chronographs by the new technology available at the time..."
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Free Brochure! (excerpt from "The Watch Industry in the 20th Century") "In the early 1900s, only pocket watches were made, most of these being made in Switzerland, the USA, and Liverpool, England, though nearly all the European countries had some production of pocket watches. In the US, they developed cases for pocket watches that were "gold filled". They would take a sheet of metal and cover both sides with gold, and then fuse it together. This made the watch less expensive..." |
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BBC World Interview with Tanya Beckett July 2006 Watchmaking Industry |
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International Watch Magazine July 2004 "The Watch Industry in the 20th Century" is included in this issue. |
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International WristWatch Magazine Issue #65, 2003 Waldan's Blue Moons (PDF) |
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Antiquorium Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatches & Clocks, 2003 Article about Oscar Waldan (PDF) |
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hr:WATCHES Magazine Volume 4/Issue 2 March/April 2001 Oscar Waldan : The Chronograph Master |
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International WristWatch Magazine Issue #42, 2000 Marketplace & Luxury : Waldan |
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Pen World Magazine Volume 9, No. 2 November/December 1995 (before the existence of watch magazines) The Romance of the Wristwatch (PDF) |
