As part of our latest report, we met several suppliers who form the very weft of the Swiss watchmaking fabric. Here is a short portrait of Dubois Dépraz.
As part of our latest report, we met several suppliers who form the very weft of the Swiss watchmaking fabric. Here is a short portrait of Dubois Dépraz.
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stablished in the Joux Valley since its creation in 1901
and currently employing a workforce of 340 across
four production sites, Dubois Dépraz, which has some
fifty customers mainly in the top (90-95%) and midrange
segments, is a manufacturer of both complications
and components and develops new complications
on behalf of its customers.
A leader in the field
of additional complication modules (for example, it
was Gérald Dubois in association with Willy Breitling
and Jack Heuer who developed and manufactured
the world’s first automatic modular chronograph, the
famous Calibre 11 of 1969), Dubois Dépraz recently –
in 2019 – presented its first integrated column-wheel
chronograph, the DD 540 calibre.
The three Dubois brothers (fourth
generation) at the helm of
Dubois Dépraz. From left to right:
Pierre (general manager),
Pascal (sales manager) and
Jean-Philippe (chairman of
the Board of Directors).
Even more recently (September 2020), Dubois Dépraz
presented three new products or innovations “to provide
the best response to the market and demand in
the current context.”
The Thila mechanism
A creative
and unprecedented reinterpretation
of the seconds display: the smallseconds
hand moves in a way
similar to that of a metronome,
rhythmically beating 15 seconds in
one direction, then 15 seconds in
the other. An unceasing, rhythmic
and playful to and fro, compatible
with all types of movement.
High-end trains
An expert in the
production of watch trains, Dubois
Dépraz now offers bevelled wheels
with circular graining rimmed with
polished mouldings, or pinions with
polished wings, the characteristics
of which comply with the highest
standards, such as the Geneva Seal.
Laser micro-machining
A new high-speed 5-axis micromachining
platform allows drilling,
machining and cutting without
thermal degradation and operates
on virtually all types of material
in thicknesses from 0.1 mm to
0.8 mm. Jumpers, arm wheels,
openwork date discs, levers,
cams – the possibilities opened up
by this precision technology are
vast, and it is equally applicable
to the medical and automotive
sectors as it is to watchmaking.
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