Over the past eighteen months, in addition to watch other people have been extremely busy at the Institut Minerva de Recherche en Haute Horlogerie in Villeret Main Street. The place was overrun by construction workers, craftsmen and installers, who carried out the conversion, renewal of the facades and giving a fresh coat of paint.The underlying principle of the renovation was , to the extent possible, to retain something of value maintenance and to ensure that the historical foundations of the society of traditional watchmaking were also well equipped to handle the next 150 years as they have been in the past 150. Accordingly, the renovated building contains planks and oak herringbone parquet, which is well over a century. The windows on the other hand, have been replaced by modern double-glazed versions, although again, the frames and mullions are exact replicas of the history of their ancestors. The inside of the windows have been preserved and placed in their original position after the painting. Electrical and IT systems were completely replaced.
The machine, of course, remained intact outside the state of the art CNC and wire erosion ¬ systems, there are a variety of machines for many years, which would normally be found in a museum. The reason it is not simply to preserve maximum authenticity, but also the examination of the reasons why the company should launch a CNC punch if a system is unable to perform its work more quickly or more accurately . The watchmaking workshops, too, that for years, were both controlled by computer, and systems obsolete-looking tools, machines and measuring instruments, has remained virtually intact. Watchmakers tend to become accustomed to their laboratories - known in the trade, prepared - and are willing to abandon things that are so familiar that it is absolutely impossible to keep.
The most remarkable in the whole renovation took place on the floor, where the entire middle of the facade of the roof has been replaced by a glazed atrium, which blended perfectly with the existing structure, it seems to have always been there. It is a kind of attic, with a small balcony overlooking the street, where the future journalists, visitors and, most importantly, customers can be received, who came to pick up their watch in the Montblanc Collection Villeret 1858 personally.
In 2009, the Salon International de Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) will open for the first time in winter, January 19, Monday to Friday, January 23, ending a day earlier, as it welcomes its visitors on Friday instead of last Saturday.
This edition also brings new features: Ralph Lauren Watch and Jewelry Co, a joint venture between the group Richemont and Polo Ralph Lauren, will join the brands exhibiting at the SIHH and unveil its first collection of Haute Horlogerie watches.
This 19th SIHH will provide an exclusive and prestigious where visitors will enjoy a first class welcome and services throughout the day, and later the opportunity to relax in the invitation only "after dinner" the night, always eagerly awaited a highlight of this special week.
The SIHH is organized by the Foundation of the Haute Horlogerie, as part of its events wing, on behalf of the Exhibitor Committee which has full decision-making powers for the positioning and strategy of the SIHH.
The brands presenting their new models in 2009 are as follows: A. Lange & Söhne, Alfred Dunhill, Audemars Piguet, Baume & Mercier, Cartier, Girard-Perregaux, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, JeanRichard, Montblanc, Officine Panerai, Parmigiani Fleurier, Piaget, Ralph Lauren, Roger Dubuis, Vacheron Constantin and Van Cleef & Arpels.
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