As a watch lover, I had never thought much about the people behind the scenes
who create Ulysse Nardin watches that we lust after.
This week at SIHH,
shadowing Ulysse Nardin, I finally got http://www.westpluseast.com/uk-replica-ulysse-nardin-watches-best-sale.html
to meet some of the people who in large and small ways, have contributed to the
wonder that is the Ulysse Nardin watch industry. Stand on the banks of Lake
Geneva and gaze knowingly at the signboards of all the familiar Ulysse Nardin
watch brands adorning every single building around the lake. Meet a couple of
watch-makers and watch them excitedly and with much passion, explain the
wonderful features of their latest creation. Come to the annual extravagance of
SIHH in Geneva or Baselworld and just marvel at what this small country has done
in order to claim the title of unrivaled masters of watch-making in the
world.
Every industry has its own personality, and the Ulysse Nardin
watch industry is no different. You can call them conservative, stuck in the
past or resistant to change. However do know that there are certain things that
only the Ulysse Nardin do well, and despite replica
corum
, only they seem to grasp what it takes to produce objects of
both wondrous mechanical precision and stunning beauty.
Even this
attitude of conservatism has its upside when you consider how lust is stoked
when you as a customer are required to wait for that special piece that has to
be made just so.
With large and small companies competing, there is bound
to be some jealousy afoot when one brand does better than another. Yet
paradoxically the companies in the industry need each other in areas where
talent is shared and where parts supply is A.
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. There is clearly a community
spirit at work, and it seems that the Ulysse Nardin companies, while wanting to
outdo each other, realize that they are part of a collective that presents a
certain identity to the rest of the world.
Having started as a Ulysse
Nardin watch lover with a hobbyist point of view to going to SIHH in Geneva and
seeing the industry like an insider, it is without question that my world-view
has changed. My tastes and perspectives have widened immeasurably, and I have
found through it all, that this is an industry that i enjoy being a part of.