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Brief photo report of the event where this forum was mentioned several times by Thomas Morf

Feb 12, 2009,07:12 AM
 

Thomas Morf, CEO of CFB, made reference to the discussion right here on HOME several times during his presentation, touching on several points raised in the thread regarding the movement's efficiency. Dr Albrecht Haake, Executive Vice President, Technologies, at CFB, further elaborated on the technical aspects of the A1000.



Thomas Morf, CEO, Carl F. Bucherer  

Below: Dr Albrecht Haake explaining the A1000



Peter Chong of Timezone asking some tough questions



The new watch containing the A1000 was passed around...



And the response was good.







Above from left: Timmy Tan of Timewerke, Thomas Morf, Peter Chong and Gabriela von Malaise, Head of PR and Events



Chang Ching Wyin of The Hour Glass and Candice Chan of Prestige magazine









Peter Chong



Timmy Tan


Dr Albrecht Haake, Executive Vice President, Technologies  



Thomas Morf

This message has been edited by SJX on 2009-02-12 07:27:31

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An update on the Carl F. Bucherer cal. A1000 with peripheral automatic winding

 
 By: SJX : February 12th, 2009-06:45
Late last year, a vigorous debate on the efficacy of a peripheral winding rotor ensued on the forum ( click here to see the thread) in response to the unveiling of the cal. A1000 from Carl F. Bucherer (CFB). Yesterday evening the team from Carl F. Buchere...  

Brief photo report of the event where this forum was mentioned several times by Thomas Morf

 
 By: SJX : February 12th, 2009-07:12
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Movement pictures of the A1000

 
 By: SJX : February 12th, 2009-07:21
Note these photos are of a prototype movement but the final movement will be largely similar though better finished....  

A nice modern design to the movement bridges,

 
 By: tony p : February 12th, 2009-17:26
which clearly weren't ever intended to be hand-finished. Getting a sharp edge onto all those recessed angles would be a nightmare... The overall layout reminds me a lot of the Unitas 6497/8, which is curious as that's a handwinding movement. Kudos to CFB ...  

The A1000 is more Peseux 7001 than Unitas 6497

 
 By: SJX : February 12th, 2009-18:15
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This is so torturing, how long do we have to wait before...

 
 By: patrickau : February 12th, 2009-19:08
...we can see the watch? The only image that I've seen on the A1000 over the last one year (or more?) is the one in the movement box. The way Carl F. Bucherer is going about this is good. Not like some other watches in the past who even dared to display n...  

As for the picture...

 
 By: SJX : February 13th, 2009-21:03

Thanks a lot, makes me think about the Minerva caliber. [nt]

 
 By: foversta : February 14th, 2009-02:38
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Yes, it does bring to mind the Frey-era Pythagore calibre

 
 By: SJX : February 14th, 2009-02:44
But it is a wholly different philosophy from the current Montblanc Minerva which emphasises traditional construction and hand finishing in small quantities. Not better or worse, but different. - SJX

i think the idea of an auto where you can view the whole movement is great

 
 By: G99 : February 14th, 2009-04:41

hrmph... :) (nt)

 
 By: ei8htohms : February 14th, 2009-17:26
Nt

If your hrmph was about

 
 By: MTF : February 14th, 2009-19:02
finishing (prototype caveat accepted)..... I agree. This movement has been cunningly designed to allow simple polishers to get good results in a straight line. As supplies of ETA unfinished ebauche will dry up next year, ANY new movement that ticks is a g... 

I think it was about the location of the rotor.... =) [nt]

 
 By: BDLJ : February 14th, 2009-19:43

Great report SJX, and a great movement IMHO.

 
 By: bernard cheong : February 14th, 2009-21:45

I think this is a great development

 
 By: DonCorson : February 15th, 2009-00:50