How a Pro Heraldica Watch Is Made - Part I

In a number of blog posts we have already been emphasizing that our Pro Heraldica <a href=”http://proheraldica.com/fine-arts/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Fine Arts products</a> are handcrafted. Now, it is time to have a look behind the scenes and look over the manufacturer’s shoulder. Today, we would like to show you how a <a href=”http://proheraldica.com/fine-arts/jewelry/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Pro Heraldica Chronometer</a> is made. For that purpose we put together a collection of pictures that illustrate beautifully how all those tiny parts are assembled by caring hands.

Currently, our watchmaker Jochen Benzinger is working simultaneously on four differents models. From time to time, he grants us a glimpse at his work and shares his work progress with us by taking pictures of the different work steps. We gladly share them with you and invite you to enter the world of this century-old handicraft.

In part I of our series “How a Pro Heraldica Watch Is Made” you can see for yourself what painstaking work is put in such an individual piece of jewelry:

: First of all, the watchmaker Jochen Benzinger creates an operational drawing. This is the draft for a watch type “Full Skeleton floral black”.

: This is our watchmaker Jochen Benzinger creating the draft for the clockwork.

: Unassembled and unfinished parts for the manual wind of a Pro Heraldica “Regulateur”.

: Upper and lower dial (unfinished) of sterling silver for Pro Heraldica “Subskription3” – ready for the guilloches.

: Balance wheel, escapement and escapement wheel for the Pro Heraldica “Regulateur”.

: Raw golden part (750/000) of a rotor for a Pro Heraldica “Chrono-Zeitmaschine” with layed out coat of arms. This part will receive hand-engravings and will be skeletonized by hand.

: Guilloches machines – some are more than 100 years old.

: Guilloches machine engrave the desired pattern on dials and clockworks. To produce guilloches it takes a lot of skill as the machine is very delicate.