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Swiss turning is ideal for this, on a Swiss turning lathe the headstock moves rather than the tool, which improves accuracy.

immmmmm 4y ago
I am a Swiss from Jura mountains and approve your message https://www.museedutour.ch/machines-documents/ https://www.museedutour.ch/machines-documents/
- saiya-jin 4y ago
  Off-topic but I just finished hiking in Swiss Jura mountains (albeit in canton Vaud and not Jura, namely part of Cretes du Jura ridge hike), beautiful forests which remind me of nature back home in eastern Europe. One question - why did watchmaking industry started/thrived in those rather remote places up in the mountains? I get that not everybody wanted/could be in Geneva, but remoteness helps little when doing business, apart from driving costs down. You need very specifically skilled people to get to those remote places. Some small village(s) say near Yverdon les Bains would make more sense to me, in the past and now too. On the way back saw new big glass&concrete building of Vacheron Constantin literally in the middle of nowhere, in between 2 forests and small road.
  - immmmmm 4y ago
    > In the early 1800’s the Lépine calibre was adapted to factory production by French watchmaker Frédérick Japy. This development favoured Swiss watchmakers more than it did the French as Swiss farmers and peasants would spend their winter months making watch components for firms in Geneva. As further technology was implemented for mass-production, Swiss watchmakers were able to produce watches at much higher volumes than their rivals. https://medium.com/watchmakers-ch/the-history-of-the-swiss-watch-industry-34734d7636c1 https://medium.com/watchmakers-ch/the-history-of-the-swiss-w...
- maxbaines 4y ago
  Great images of some old machines. Spending my life with modern CNC machines I'm always pleased to see machines of yesteryear.
  - immmmmm 4y ago
    Spent my teenage years in a workshop with a dozen of cam swiss lathes, these are impressive machines and still used today!

immmmmm 4y ago

I am a Swiss from Jura mountains and approve your message https://www.museedutour.ch/machines-documents/ https://www.museedutour.ch/machines-documents/

saiya-jin 4y ago
Off-topic but I just finished hiking in Swiss Jura mountains (albeit in canton Vaud and not Jura, namely part of Cretes du Jura ridge hike), beautiful forests which remind me of nature back home in eastern Europe. One question - why did watchmaking industry started/thrived in those rather remote places up in the mountains? I get that not everybody wanted/could be in Geneva, but remoteness helps little when doing business, apart from driving costs down. You need very specifically skilled people to get to those remote places. Some small village(s) say near Yverdon les Bains would make more sense to me, in the past and now too. On the way back saw new big glass&concrete building of Vacheron Constantin literally in the middle of nowhere, in between 2 forests and small road.
- immmmmm 4y ago
  > In the early 1800’s the Lépine calibre was adapted to factory production by French watchmaker Frédérick Japy. This development favoured Swiss watchmakers more than it did the French as Swiss farmers and peasants would spend their winter months making watch components for firms in Geneva. As further technology was implemented for mass-production, Swiss watchmakers were able to produce watches at much higher volumes than their rivals. https://medium.com/watchmakers-ch/the-history-of-the-swiss-watch-industry-34734d7636c1 https://medium.com/watchmakers-ch/the-history-of-the-swiss-w...
maxbaines 4y ago
Great images of some old machines. Spending my life with modern CNC machines I'm always pleased to see machines of yesteryear.
- immmmmm 4y ago
  Spent my teenage years in a workshop with a dozen of cam swiss lathes, these are impressive machines and still used today!