It is not only the first registered watch brand in the world, but also marks that the Swiss watch industry has entered the "brand era" from the "artisan era". Since 1735, Blancpain has not only promoted the development of mechanical watchmaking industry, but also inherited the traditional craftsmanship handed down by its founders, making it timeless.
Blancpain originated in 18 century, and Jahan-Jacques Blancpain discovered a new industry with great development potential: watchmaking. 1735 founded Blancpain brand, and built the first workshop above the house in Villeret area of Jura Mountains.
The watchmaking pioneer was registered in the official property register in Villarreal, and the oldest watch brand in the world was born. Blancpain watches have been popular since they came out.
The heirs of Jehan-Jacques Blancpain are committed to maintaining the founder's technology and passing it on from generation to generation. 18 15, Frédéric-Louis Blancpain, the great-grandson of Mr. Jahan-Jacques, took charge of the family business, which promoted the modernization of the production mode and turned the traditional manual workshop into a mass-produced watchmaking factory.
Frédéric-Louis replaced the crown wheel escapement with the I wheel escapement, which brought great innovation to the watchmaking industry. Thanks to the profound technology, in the middle of19th century, the Blancpain brand has become the largest enterprise in villette.
From handicraft industry to industry1In the second half of the 9th century, in order to cope with the competition of American products, Bumper built a two-story factory building on the Su Ze River in 1865, and used hydropower to provide necessary power for production activities. Blancpain updated its production model and aimed at the high-end watchmaking market, becoming one of the few watchmaking enterprises in villette.
1926, blancpain watchmaking factory cooperated with watchmaker John Harwood to launch the first self-winding watch. Four years later, Blancpain applied this device to small-sized watches, and launched a rectangular Rolls watch under the name of Léon Hatot, which is the world's first self-winding women's watch.
In the late 1950s, Rayville-Blancpain watchmaking factory joined Swiss Watch Industry Co., Ltd. (SSIH). In 1983, SSIH sold the Rayville-Blancpain brand to Jacques Piguet and Jean-Claude Biver. Jacques Piguet is the son of Frederick Piguet and the president of the company of the same name, and Jean-Claude Biver is an employee of SSIH.
The two partners set up a production factory in Seuss, Lebrat, Jura Mountains, and the company was named Bumper Co., Ltd.. The revival of Blancpain In the 1970s, the watchmaking industry faced severe challenges.
The appearance of the chronograph movement has led some experts to predict that the traditional watch will end at sunset. However, Blancpain is committed to producing top watches with complex functions. Blancpain Watchmaking Factory has always insisted on making watches in the purest traditional way, following the watch concept of Jehan-Jacques Blancpain and his successors two centuries ago.
At the same time, Blancpain spared no effort to revitalize mechanical watchmaking, re-advocate traditional complex functions, let the world re-understand the history of handicraft guilds, and reflect the core values of important watches with the highest watchmaking achievements. By reviewing the past, we can regain the idea that the watchmaking industry first developed in the farms in the Jura Mountains.
Blancpain continued and perfected the traditional watchmaking culture and art, and in the 1980s, mechanical watchmaking, represented by lunar watches, was fully revived. The representative works that follow the traditional craftsmanship also include the 1735 watch, which is called "the king of watches".
When 199 1 was introduced, it seemed to be the most complicated timepiece in the world, with top-level complex functions: minute repeater, tourbillon, perpetual calendar, moon phase and double hands timing. The watchmaker needs 1 year to complete the movement assembly.
After the death of Frederic-Emile Blancpain, Betty Fiechter and André Léal, who had the closest relationship with Frederic-Emile and were also from Blancpain, took over the Blancpain watchmaking factory the following year because their only daughter Berthe-Nellie had no intention of devoting herself to watchmaking. In view of the fact that members of the Blancpain family are no longer in charge of the business, according to the law at that time, the two partners must change the name of the company.
To this end, they renamed Blancpain Blancpain Watchmaking Factory as "Rayville S.A, succ". De Blancpain "and Villarreal's phonetic symbol" rayville ". Although the name of the company has changed, the image and characteristics of the watchmaking factory still exist.
Betty Fiechter served as the president of Blancpain until the 1950s. After that, she worked with her nephew Jean-Jacques Fiechter, which brought new development impetus to the enterprise.
One of Blancpain's most important achievements is the birth of 1952, and the production of 1953 was put on the market at the beginning of the year. Watch this. This watch was made at the request of the elite diving unit of the French Navy Nageurs de bat. They need a reliable watch to wear when performing tasks in the deep sea. Captain Robert Bob Maloubier and the co-founder of diving unit Robert Claude Riffad entrusted this project to Jean-Jacques Fiechter, then president of Blancpain, who dared to accept the challenge.
Fifty? Watches are worn by celebrities such as Jacques-Yves Cousteau and become the benchmark of diving watches. 1956, blancpain introduced the world's smallest ladybug watch with a round self-winding movement at that time.
Constantly challenging and breaking through the limits of complex functions, carefully designing for consumers' practicality and wearing, and insisting on making only mechanical watches, Blancpain has always insisted on watchmaking technology and carried it forward while exploring new fields. From the first wristwatch designed in18th century to the outstanding timepieces made today, Blancpain has established a true tradition of innovation.
1735 Jehan-Jacques Blancpain registered the Blancpain brand in Villiret village. Blancpain Blancpain became the first registered watch brand in the world at the end of 1790s. Blancpain began to sell watches to European trade centers such as France, Germany and Austria with 1865438+ 1926. Blancpain began to carry out advanced industrial production, developed more tools and equipment by itself, and gradually became a "watch manufacturer" with a certain scale.
Vacheron Constantin, one of the most famous watch brands in the world, was founded in Geneva, Switzerland on 1755. It is the oldest and earliest clock factory in the world and one of the most famous clock factories in the world. Vacheron Constantin continuously inherited the essence of Swiss traditional watchmaking, but also innovated many watchmaking techniques, making great contributions to the watchmaking industry.
Blancpain Blancpain respects and follows the hand-made method of mechanical watch manufacturing industry, and insists on making mechanical watches by hand. Since the founder Jehan-Jacques Blancpain, every top-class complicated mechanical watch of Blancpain has been completely made by hand, and checked by the watchmaker himself, engraved with numbers, signed and numbered independently. This tradition has continued since its birth.
3. Blancpain or Breguet, which brand has a longer history and better development, must be Blancpain. Blancpain was founded in 1735 and has a history of 283 years. Besides the long history of the brand, Blancpain has the fastest development, which is also attributed to the best resources given to Blancpain by the group, especially the resources for movement and product innovation.
Because now the boss of the high-end brand of Swatch Group is Mark? Heyek, who started from Blancpain, is his own son. Now the main movement research and innovation of the high-end brands of the whole group rely on Blancpain. BG is still good in history, but compared with BP, it is a bit old-fashioned in recent years, and there is no innovation in the movement products. In addition, more than half of Breguet's movements are made by Blancpain, and all movements of Harry Winston and Jacques Dello are made by Blancpain.
4. What brand profiles does Blancpain have? Blancpain was born in 1735. Blancpain is the oldest watch brand in Swiss history and the first registered watch brand in the world.
Blancpain Blancpain is one of the top complicated mechanical watches and one of the few brands in the world that can independently design, develop, manufacture, assemble and sell (from A to Z). Blancpain Blancpain respects and follows the hand-made method of mechanical watch manufacturing industry, and insists on making mechanical watches by hand.
Since the founder Jahan Jacques? Since Blancpain, every top-class complex mechanical watch of Blancpain is completely handmade, and the watchmaker personally checks it, engraves the number and signature, and the number is an independent number. This tradition has continued since its birth.
5. Where is Blancpain Watch ranked in the world? Blancpain watches rank among the top ten in the world. It belongs to high-quality products. From the perspective of watchmaking history, Blancpain is definitely the first, because it is the earliest watch brand in history.
Blancpain Blancpain was born in 1735. It is the oldest watch brand in Swiss history and the first registered watch brand in the world. [1] Blancpain is one of the top complicated mechanical watches and one of the few brands in the world that can independently design, develop, manufacture, assemble and sell (from A to Z).
Blancpain has one of the most complex self-winding watches in the world-1735 ultra-complex watch, which brings together top-level complex functions: minute repeater, tourbillon, perpetual calendar, moon phase and double-hand chronograph [2]; Blanchard Kuncaruso watch combines China elements with top watchmaking techniques, becoming the first contemporary watch to be collected since the establishment of the Palace Museum, and was collected by the Palace Museum in 2008. [3] So far, although there is no official ranking in the watch industry, Blancpain has been ranked among the "Top Ten Watches" in the world.
In the Hurun Report from 2008 to 20 13, Blancpain won the "Most Favorable Complex Watch" award for six consecutive years. [4] All of the above are inseparable from Bumper's advantages in movement making and traditional watchmaking technology, because it has the best watchmakers, mechanical engineers and craftsmen in the world.
6. What are the characteristics of Bumper in the top ten watches? Blancpain can rank among the top three of the top ten watches. It is the top watch brand in Switzerland, and its brand history can be traced back to 1735. It is the first registered watch brand in the world. So its history is the oldest among the top ten famous watches.
Blancpain has the most comprehensive and complex functions in the watch industry at present, such as Blancpain 1735, which is known as the most complex all-pointer mechanical watch in the world. Blancpain has won the "Most Favorable Complex Watch" award in Hurun Report for six consecutive years. Gankunkarussel is also the only contemporary watch in the Forbidden City.
In terms of craftsmanship, Blancpain's Le Brassus large-scale complex watchmaking workshop has the largest enamel and gold carving team in the industry, and the artist Mary Lori also won the "French Handicraft Award" in the heraldic carving category 20 1 1.
Speaking of movement, the soul of a watch, Blancpain has the largest Blancpain movement factory in the world. As long as the experts who are familiar with clocks and watches must know, almost every top brand has products using Blancpain movement factory.