The TimeKeeper Enterprise - Timekeeper Customization

The TimeKeeper Enterprise

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Timekeeper Customization

Our individual production on the clients demand makes it possible for you to create your own TIMEKEEPER watch.

Timekeeper Chronometre is a highly exclusive luxury watch brand based in Germany and specialised in unique and custom made watches. Timekeeper Chronometre stands for reunion of historical watch movements with high quality cases, which are finished in highest grade by modern production methods.

Inside the Timekeeper watch you find the most premium ans rarest pieces from the old movement height to the historical grand complication of the great masters of traditional horology.Timekeeper Chronometre also offers luxury watches from their actual collection. All exemplars of the collection are unique or smallest limited editions which are specially catered to the history of the movement by the designers of the company.The individual production on the clients demand makes its possible for the customer to create his or her own watches.

You can select historical movements from the stock of Timekeeper Chronometre. The brand also offers the possibility to create your own case, to define the decoration of movement and realise your ideas in the design of the dial. There are no limits concerning the choice of materials and decoration with jewels.

The motto " the client is king " is really applied at Timekeeper Chronometre .

Movements
In Timekeeper Chronometre watches you will find everything from state of the art ETA movements to historically unique movements , which date back to the very early days of European watch making.However there are fundamental differences in the production process of these watches.

The easiest way to produce watches is the use of the ETA movements. Generally these movements are available in an unlimited quantity. Finally all components are put together so that a watch is born, which will find its way to consumer market. Revising a watch movement like this is normally unnecessary. More special and demanding is the production of watches with new old stock movements of the 1940s and 1980s.Original drawings are mostly lost and the movements have to be re-measured.The production of each case is done exclusively.Normally only a limited quantity of 50 to 300 watches is available which turns the watches into items for collectors and aficionados.Matching dials and hands are often hard to find. More over the movements have to be disassembled and even though they have never been used before they have to be completely revised.The real watch making starts here.

For the production of watches with historical movements from the late 18'th century and older, singular skills are required.In almost every single detail you find a unique part: every case, every pusher, every dial even each hand is adjusted individually. The movement is completely disassembled, cleaned and decorated.

A network of first rate supplies for old and special movements enables Timekeeper Chronometre to produce really limited edition timepieces.Those special editions are defined by their movements, which are no longer being produced.A lot of those movements are more than 50 years old, spent decades in private collections and can today, as a part of new watches, be handed to lovers of exclusive things.

Historical movements from legendary movement makers such as Valjoux,Venus, AS, Felsa and UNITAS find their way to Timekeeper Chronometre watches after decades and stir the feelings of afficinados of the art of horology. Many of those movements were used by companies such as Rolex, Breguet and Breitling , and have formed the basis of their present success. These movements, unused and thus in mint condition, are disassembled meticulously, cleaned,oiled , to finally be applied to watches.

XL & XXL Collections from Timekeeper Chronometre feature special treasures.The size of these models is caused by the measures of historical watch movements that make these watches real unique.The movements often older than 100 years, are contemporary witnesses and have survived the hard times of former generations.

Highest quality in each stage of production is our claim...

How this special watches are created
After the design has been made, an own drawing for each unique model is created.The high qualified workers of Timekeeper Chronometre snatch back at highly modern techniques.At the decoration of your watch, the original techniques given from generation to generation are used which can only be used by few masters world wide. The movement is disassembled by the watch makers of Timekeeper Chronometre and after wards guilloched and engraved in smallest work.

Case & Dial
Lathe and milling machines are used to adjust the case to the historical movements.Various means of sanding and polishing provide the finish.Timekeeper Chronometre also restores stainless steel cases on demand.

The dials of unique and limited edition timepieces are produced (from production to printing) at Timekeeper Chronometre Workshop .First, the rough dials are turned, miled , then varnished and finally provided with the individual print.The company also offers special engravings on the bottom of the cases.

Finishing
The technical finish is a form of decoration in high grade watch movements. The Cote de Geneve look like stripes on the movement plates.

Perlage is applied to the inside surfaces of plates and bridges as well as on the invisible dial side of the main plate.This decoration is generated with a rotating tool that only briefly stipples the component . Perlage progresses from the outside to the inside of a part, and each stipple overlaps the previous one.

Blued screws are not only used because of their high corrosion resistance but also because they enhance the beauty of the movement.For blueing , the steel screws are slowly and cautiously heated to about 300 C.This process coats the metal with an ultra-thin layer of magnetite that gives the screws their cornflower-blue hue.

The fine adjustment adjuster allows to be regulate the movement with great precision.The device is mounted on the balance cock of the movement.The steel spring presses the index pointer laterally against the tiny set screw which allows the escapement's gain or loss to be corrected in very small increments.

All this modifications and decorations can be done in Timekeeper Chronometre Workshop, after doing the decoration the company saves the surface of the movement by gold plating , sometimes in different colors to give the decoration more contrast.

NEW Timekeeper Unikat 49mm - Limited 5 pieces ONLY
(SOLD OUT)

NEW Timekeeper Chronometrie special 49mm limited edition... Only few pieces are made ! The movement is historical & about 100 years old. Full decorated with blue screws and fineajustment as well as bicolor gold/platinum plating.
Latest Creation II - using IWC Pocket Watch movement from 1890 (1 piece only, 47mm Unikat)
The watch is 47mm diameter made from the Timekeeper workshop in Germany. Full Decoration were also added at the same time. New German Handmade leather strap comes with the new watch.

Price : Euro 3,500

This watch uses a special Vintage IWC movement made in small quantities and rare!
- out of 1890
- in year 1890, only 1200 pieces made
- complete production 8600 pieces
- production time from 1888 - 1895
- cal 55 no. 55231
Latest Creation I - using Vintage BWC Pocket Watch movement from 1910 ( 1 piece only, 47mm Unikat)

Timekeeper introduce our new Unikat !! Made using a vintage BWC movement from 1910 with fine adjustment, fitted into a newly handmade high quality case and handmade leather straps. Shipped with certificate of authenticity and 2 years guarantee. Total enjoyable if you are a watch lover. A simple yet elegant design using a vintage Pocket Watch movement with new 47mm diameter case! Matched with a light brown strap, one will Simply love it!!...

Price : Euro 2,500
Military B-Uhr with historical Phenix movement from World War II

Case: Stainless Steele 316l
Diameter without crown: 47mm
Movement: Phenix Swiss historical from 1935
Dial: black / brown / grey
Price : Euro 1,650

Features:
XL military pilot watch with historical movement Phenix Swiss out of 1935 for collectors. Luminova dial and hands for perfect viewability. WAKMANN signed and limited No. on case-bottom. The strap is made of genuine leather. Comes with a high quality Collectors' box and certificate.
Specials:Pilotwatch - Hommage to the original watch of German Luftwaffe (Airforce), movement is out of the WWII time from 1935... Because of the rare special historical Phenix movement, it will be limited to 48 pieces

About Phenix:
The "Phenix Watch Co., SA" was founded in Porrentruy in 1873 as "Dubail, Monnin, Frossard & Cie." The company set a mark in Swiss watch history as it was the first watch company that had a registered caliber. On February 3, 1900, the company "Dubail, Monnin, Frossard & Cie" was registered as "Société d'horlogerie de Porrentruy." They won a gold medal at the Paris Exposition in 1900 already under the new name. The "Société Horlogère de Porrentruy" then changed its name to "Phenix Watch Co." in the 1920s. In the 1960s, PHENIX was part of a three clock brands entity: the two other brands were the renowned and famous Thomen and Vulcain. The latter was relaunched in 2004.
Military Combat Diver Watch with Anton Schild AS2063 movement from 1960s (Sea Hunter I)

Case: Stainless Steel 316l
Diameter without crown: 42,5mm, High 15mm
Movement: Anton Schild AS2063 automatic
Dial: Black
Features:
316l stainless steel, Turnable bezel, Black Dial, Screwed bottom, Waterproof 20ATM, Luminova hands, 22mm Silikon strap, Automatic AS2063 (Anton Schild swiss ), Saphire glass
Military combat diver watch with 42.5mm case. Movement swiss AS2063, automatic winding. Heavy duty case. Watch comes with collector box , certificate and 2 years guarantee.
Special: limited Edition / 50 pieces
Price : Euro 1,250

History :
Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, ex-Polish Navy, circa 1960s
The original Fifty Fathoms (that is, predating J-C Biver's resurrection of Blancpain in the 1980s) is an intriguing and complex watch. Its history is well-chronicled (beautifully and thoroughly at Dr. Strong's Fifty Fathoms website), but the involvement of several companies (Blancpain, Lip, Tornek Rayville, A. Schild, ETA), the variety of case sizes (35mm, 37mm, 38mm, 40mm and 41mm) and movements (AS 1361, 1700, 1902, 1903, 2063, Lip R23 and ETA 2873), their use by several countries' agencies (France, Germany, Poland, USA) as well as civilian editions, and literally dozens of different legitimate hands, dial and bezel combinations over some 27 years of production...complicates the story. Which is to say that a given watch can hardly be expected to embody this heritage (one posted compilation shows 98! variations), rather it must serve as a mere sampling, a shadow of the entire enterprise.
As told at the links above, the FF was the brainchild of 2 French Naval officers charged with setting up an elite underwater unit. They determined the requirements, including watertight operation at the depth of 91 meters, the accepted maximum for untethered diving...which happens to be a pinch over fifty (6-foot) fathoms. Evidently they approached the powerful French watch firm, Lip with this project but were rejected, and so moved on to Blancpain who designed the watch (which was subsequently and somewhat ironically cobranded and distributed by Lip!). Over the decades the construction of the FF evolved and varied, sometimes considerably, to meet the requirements of each distinct customer. Like many other legendary models, there is no single representative Fifty Fathoms, any more than there is one Constellation, Calatrava or Reverso.
The present watch is from about the midpoint in the FF's history, and was requisitioned by the Polish Navy. It is constructed with the large (41mm) polished case, has a monochrome 60-markings bezel with luminous triangle at the top and uses an A. Schild 2063 automatic movement, with date. To me it is a very handsome and contemporary-looking watch:
Reference :
http://www.ninanet.net/watches/others15/Mediums/mbpff.html
Military Combat Diver Watch with Longines 702 movement (Sea Hunter II)

Case: Stainless Steel 316l
Diameter without crown: 45,5mm, High 12,5mm
Movement: Longines 702
Dial: Brown (Decorated / Plain movement)
Price : Euro 1,250

Features:
316l stainless steel, Screwed crown, Black / Brown Dial, Luminova, Screwed bottom, Waterproof 30ATM ,Luminova hands, 24mm leather strap, Handwinding Longines 702 movement (Standard / Decorated), Saphire glass, Glass bottom

Military combat diver watch with 45.5mm case.
Movement swiss Longines 702, handwinding.
Heavy duty case. Watch comes with colector box ,
certificate and 2 years guarantee.

Special:
Limited Edition / 50 pieces
Military Unicorn 49 - Limited Edition 49
using Original Rolex movement from 1940s

this is an absolutely refreshing 38.5mm watch for the office dwellers using the Unicron (ex-Rolex) movement from the 1940s - 50s. This will be an excellent watch to be with you while running your daily work chores, beating up every minute and second accurately in a vintage Rolex Unicorn!
The Military Unicorn 49 - The name Unicorn was adopted from the movement (ex-Rolex), and the number 49 tell us that only 49 pieces will be available. Each piece willbe engraved with limited edition serial numbers.
It will be delivered in a collector's box together with the documents like certificate by the watchmaker. There is also 2 year guarantee for this specially handmade timepiece.
Rolex has some secondary brands, similar to what the Tudor brand is today. One of those brands was the Unicorn. You may find these wrist and pocket watches with an unsigned
dial, but Unicorn signed movement, For those of you unfamiliar with the name Unicorn, please see Cooksey Shugart's Complete Price Guide to Watches. At the back of the Rolex section is a partial list of brands that Rolex once distributed.
Case: Stainless Steel 316l
Diameter without crown: 38,5mm, High 11.5mm
Movement: UNICORN handwinding ( BASE AS )
Dial: Black / white

Features:
316l stainless steel, Black / white Dial, Screwed bottom, Screwed balance wheel, Waterproof 5ATM, Shock absorber, blue steele hands, 20mm leather strap

UNICORN movement out of the 40th – 50th
Saphire glass ( decorated version )
Hardended mineral Glass ( not decorated )
Price : Euro 1,650
Unikat -- (customized timepieces based on your desired movement and dreamed dial)

Experience a complete new "timefeeling" with Timekeeper Chronometrie. Here you will get interesting informations about this very special watchbrand. You will get an insight into planing, production and birth of our watches. Discover the fascination of the new Timekeeper Chronometrie limited and unique pieces.
The watchbrand for special claims - doesn't mind if limited, unique or individual models after customer-specifications.
Timekeeper Chronometrie stands for reunion of historical movements with high quality cases, which are finished in highest grade by modern production-methods.
Some unique details make every Timekeeper Chronometrie watch become a real collectors-piece. Only the best and sometimes refined movements are "reborn" as a limited or unique watch. The interplay of old watchmakers-art and modern production-methods allow the development of those fantastic watches.
this watch was shipped out recently and it was a special production for a client. This client delivered the movement ( REVUE ) to us , it was the old grandfathers pockedwatch ! We made the case , the dial and the decoration in our workshop
Let us know what you would like to do and we will come out with ideas and suggestion and create or re-create it together with you - a timepiece!!
If you are keen, we can also build a watch for you based on the movement we have in stock, eg Swiss handwinding Unitas, or the Automatik ETA movements and others.
TIMEKEEPER Special - 51mm UNIQUE with historical movements

XXL - 51mm Uniques with historical movements , production on demand
A special collection with historical movements in XXL cases. An antique piece of watchmakers art, reborn in a highest quality stainless steel case. Used are historical movements , decorated with cote de geneve or guilloch on demand ! Dials designed by the client. Fine blue steel hands and screwed case bottom are included
TIMEKEEPER Paladin I - 45mm UNIQUE historical movements inside

XL - 45mm Uniques with historical movements , production on demand
A special collection with historical movements in XL cases. An antique piece of watchmakers art, reborn in a highest quality stainless steel case. Used are historical movements , decorated with cote de geneve or guilloch on demand ! We use also your own movement. Fine blue steel hands and screwed case bottom are included !
TIMEKEEPER Paladin II - 48mm UNIQUE historical movements inside

XL - 48mm Uniques with historical movements , production on demand
A special collection with historical movements in XL cases. An antique piece of watchmakers art, reborn in a highest quality stainless steel case. Used are historical movements , decorated with cote de geneve or guilloch on demand ! We use also your own movement. Fine blue steel hands and screwed case bottom are included !
TIMEKEEPER Paladin III - 47mm UNIQUE historical movements inside

XL - 47mm Uniques with historical movements , production on demand
A special collection with historical movements in XL cases. An antique piece of watchmakers art, reborn in a highest quality stainless steel case. Used are historical movements , decorated with cote de geneve or guilloch on demand ! We use also your own movement. Fine blue steel hands and screwed case bottom are included !
TIMEKEEPER Special - 49mm UNIQUE historical Borel movement

UNIQUE - Special development on client demand (Borel)
TIMEKEEPER special production with a perfect, historical movement Borel from 1890. Movement with breguet spring , blued screwed balance and screwed chatons. Timesetting by using the pusher. Full decoration with guilloche . An antique piece of watchmakers art, reborn in a highest quality 49mm, stainless steel case. Original Dial
TIMEKEEPER Special - 51mm UNIQUE Platinium historical JONES movement inside

UNIQUE - Special development on client demand (JONES)
TIMEKEEPER special production with a perfect, historical movement JONES from 1880. Movement with breguet spring and blued screwed balance . Full decoration with guilloche . An antique piece of watchmakers art, reborn in a highest quality 51mm, Platinium case. Original dial and hands !
TIMEKEEPER - Unique Gold Watches

UNIQUE - Special Gold Watches development on client demand (t005)
Special watchesn with historical movements in 18k gold cases. An antique piece of watchmakers art, reborn in a highest quality gold cases. Used are historical Patek Philippe movements with wolfteeth, screwed balance and blued spring. Decorated with cote de geneve ! Dials are original. Fine blue steel hands and screwed case bottom are included !
A new Patek Philippe movement ready ...
Fully decorated and ready to meet its prospective owners who will give it a nice dial .... come and discuss with us. Availabel from Sep 1, 2010. (may be sold without prior notice)