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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創立者和業主的一封信
"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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關於錶殼和寶藍石水晶的問題
"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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别人的欣賞:
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免費小冊 (從"20世紀的手錶工業") "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 Tanya Beckett 訪問 Oscar Waldan 2006年7月 Watchmaking Industry |
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國際手錶雜誌 2004年7月 "The Watch Industry in the 20th Century" is included in this issue. |
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國際腕錶雜誌 65期, 2003年 Waldan's Blue Moons (PDF) |
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Antiquorium 收藏家的懷錶、手錶、和時鐘 2003年 Article about Oscar Waldan (PDF) |
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hr:WATCHES 雜誌 4本/2期 2001年3月/4月 Oscar Waldan : The Chronograph Master |
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國際腕錶雜誌 42期, 2000年 Marketplace & Luxury : Waldan |
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Pen World 雜誌 9本/2期 1995年11月/12月 (存在手錶雜誌之前) The Romance of the Wristwatch (PDF) |