The 6th watchmaking days of Tornos has just started. For the last few years, the company have given presentations on watchmaking operations outside its traditional area of expertise – for example a guilloche worker in 2012 and a decorator in 2013. In addition to the machining solutions, what can be discovered in 2014? Second part of the interview as well as a few pictures of the environment (first part to be read below).
Brice Renggli say: “This year we’re going to talk about watch design. Every day, trainee designers at the School of Art in La Chaux-de-Fonds will be in our showroom to explain the constraints and specific aspects of their profession. Our aim is to add value to the whole event experience. Watch design is evolving, as are the parts and the machines themselves. The Journées Horlogères are firmly rooted in the present with the machines and solutions on show, but they also look to the future”.
Carlos Almeida adds: “Often our customers are too busy manufacturing to spend time learning about other related professions. During previous Journées Horlogères, there were numerous discussions with representatives from these various professions. The fact that this year they will be young designers fits nicely with the new lease of life that has been given to bar-turning workshops with the arrival of the SwissNano”.
You say that the Journées Horlogères are also a chance for Tornos to get feedback from its customers. Can you tell us a bit more about that?
Carlos Almeida: The best example is the SwissNano. It was during the 2012 Journées Horlogères that we were really able to pin down the specifications of the machine with the help of our visitors. Less than 13 months later, at the 2013 Journées Horlogères, we then unveiled the new machine to those visitors. Face-to-face with the actual machine, other ideas then emerged, such as the need for cutting and polygon operations: today these come as standard with the SwissNano.
Brice Renggli: This is not the only time we work on solutions for our customers, although the Journées Horlogères are a chance to confirm or modify our ideas.
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To be discovered in Moutier till the end of the week.
Cheers Pierre-Yves
