The Story about Walther Chronometerwerke

WALTHER Chronometerwerke
- The marine chronometer wristwatch -

In the tradition of old marine chronometer, this watch was designed as a maritime watch and is built on a small scale, in small numbers, in Germany.

Features of the watch:
- Dial design as historic ship's chronometer
- Dial-manufacturing: complex in-house production
- Hand-polished and blue-tempered pointer: in-house production
- Mechanical, historical movement Unitas 6325
- Watchmaking craftsmanship in Germany
- Produced in small series

History of the watch:
When visiting a marine chronometer exhibition in the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven, Juergen Walther had a strong desire to revisit the design of this historic maritime clocks in the form of a wristwatch.

 

His partner for the implementation of the idea, he quickly found in the person of Rainer Nienaber, master watchmaker and AHCI member, whom he had met several years earlier and had come to appreciate. Initially planned as a watch only for personal use, it quickly got a great acceptance of the project at other watch lovers significantly and the two decided to make the watch in small series.

 

In addition to the design-fidelity, the watch should be distinguished by a historic hand-wound caliber and the artisanal production of the whole watch:

The marine chronometer wristwatch, produced in small series in Germany.

 

 

Production:
The watch is built by master watchmaker and AHCI member
(Académie Horlogère Créateurs Des Independants)
Rainer Nienaber, Bünde / Westphalia.



AHCI-Member Rainer Nienaber

Production Steps in Pictures

The watch (here: model 42 mm)

 

The dial
Dial paint, create, and print (pad printing with 2 printing processes black and red)

 

 

 

 

Steel-cut and hand-polished, then blued by temperature

 

 

 

Encasing ring production

 

 

 

 

Disassembling, gold coating and re-assembling

 

 

 

 

Option: In the version with the smooth edge of the case, the top ring of steel will be completely remade and turned the corrugation of the housing bottom smooth



 

 

 

 

Technical data of the watch:
- 37.2 mm Case Diameter
- Steel case
- Historical mechanical movement
   Unitas 6325 (gilded new)
- Glass Bottom
- Two sapphire glasses: up and down
- With serrated, alternatively
   smooth housing edge (top) and the housing bottom
- High quality leather strap, buckle with engraving of the brand

Unitas 6325
mechanical caliber
diameter of 29 mm
with 17 jewels and 21,600 A/h
The transition time is approximately
40 hours at full lift.

Stapellauf-Termin

Die ersten Uhren

von Walther Chronometerwerke sind im Juli 2012 vom Stapel gelaufen und werden nun in Kleinserie gefertigt.

 

Merkmale:

- 2 Versionen: 42 mm oder 
  37,2 mm Durchmesser

- Stahlgehäuse

- Historisches Handaufzugswerk

  Unitas 6325 (vergoldet)

- wasserdicht: 3 bar

- Glasboden

  (Saphir-Glas)

Werk Unitas 6325

Werkdurchmesser 29 mm

mit 17 Steinlagern und 21.600 A/h.

Die Gangdauer beträgt ca.

40 Stunden bei Vollaufzug.

 

Ansprechpartner für Bestellungen:

Rainer Nienaber

AHCI-Mitglied

(Académie Horlogère Des Créateurs Indépendants)

Bahnhofstr. 33a
D-32257 Bünde

Tel.: +49 5223 122 92

Mail: info@nienaber-uhren.de

 

Info bei Walther Chronometerwerke
Mail: walther@walther-chronometerwerke.com

 

 

Boutique/ Geschäft:

Uhren Hieber GmbH
Donnersbergerstr. 36
80634 München-Neuhausen

Meisterwerkstätte Uhren & Schmuck
Spezialist für mechanische Uhren

Mo. - Fr. 9.30 - 18.30 Uhr,
Sa. 9.30 - 13.30 Uhr

Tel. +49 (0)89 165236

E-Mail:  hieber@uhren-hieber.de

 

 

Online-Shopping mit Versand:

http://www.uhrendirect.de/uhren/walther-chronometerwerke/ 

 

 

 

English Short Information:

 

Launch-date of the first watches

Walther Chronometerwerke have launched in July 2012 and the watches are now being produced in small series.

 
Features
- 2 Versions: 42 mm or 37,2 mm in diameter
- Steel case
- Historical mechanical movement Unitas 6325, gilded
- water-resistant: 3 bar

- Glass Bottom (Saphire glass)

Unitas 6325
Working diameter of 29 mm
with 17 jeweled bearings and 21,600 A/h

The transition time is approximately
40 hours at full lift.

 
Contact for orders:

Rainer Nienaber
AHCI Member
(Académie Horlogère Créateurs Des Independants)

Bahnhofstr. 33a
D-32257 Bünde/ Westphalia
Phone: +49 5223 122 92

Mail: info@nienaber-uhren.de

 

Info at Walther Chronometerwerke
Mail: walther@walther-chronometerwerke.com

 

Online-Shopping:

http://www.uhrendirect.de/uhren/walther-chronometerwerke/