{"id":10921,"date":"2020-05-05T19:25:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T17:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunziker.binary-project.dev\/?page_id=10921"},"modified":"2020-07-22T23:25:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T21:25:54","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hunziker-watches.com\/en\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Around 1760, Andr\u00e9-Charles Caron, a clockmaker running a shop on Saint-Denis street in Paris, had the idea of \u200b\u200bstimulating the interest of his clients in watches of his manufacture by unraveling the mysteries of their movement. So he pierced it, patiently cutting open the plates and bridges to reveal what was happening below. For the first time the secret cogs of time appeared in the light of the day … and the watch movement was finally going to fully exercise its power of fascination on minds and senses.<\/span><\/p>\n This meticulous work resulted in most cases in the disappearance of more than half of the original metal of the movement! Platinum and bridges are gradually transformed into aerial lacing of gilded metal or downright gold. All the surfaces available to the eye are then engraved and chiseled with a master’s hand. Watchmakers will soon get into the habit of designating all of these lightening and decorating techniques with the term ((skeletonization)) and to call the resulting timepiece a skeleton watch.<\/span><\/p>\n Splendid, even spectacular, the art of skeletonization is not within everyone’s reach. Only a handful of the most renowned watchmaking companies today pride themselves on mastering all those aspects. In most cases, these are in fact only a few specific movements, invariably endowed with elaborate complications.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”2em”]\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n\t\t\t