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| name = Arcadia Watches |
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| type = [[Privately held company|Private]] |
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| industry = [[Manufacture d'horlogerie|Watch manufacturing]] |
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| foundation = Fleurier, Switzerland (1858) |
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| founder = Claude Sanz |
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| key_people = Richard Baldwin <small>(CEO)</small> |
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| products = Wrist watches |
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'''Arcadia Watches''' is a Swiss brand of [[luxury watch]]es<ref name="Arcadia website">[http://www.arcadia-watches.com "Arcadia Website"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123024252/http://www.arcadia-watches.com/ |date=January 23, 2012 }} ''arcadia-watches.com''. Accessed January 07 2012</ref> established in 1858. |
'''Arcadia Watches''' is a Swiss brand of [[luxury watch]]es<ref name="Arcadia website">[http://www.arcadia-watches.com "Arcadia Website"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123024252/http://www.arcadia-watches.com/ |date=January 23, 2012 }} ''arcadia-watches.com''. Accessed January 07 2012</ref> established in 1858. In 1968, the brand ceased due to a decline caused by the introduction of [[Quartz clock|quartz]] movements.<ref name="iwmag">{{Cite web |title=International Wristwatch – The definitive source for watch enthusiasts. |url=https://iwmagazine.com/ |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=iwmagazine.com}}</ref> It was relaunched in 2007 by Claude Sanz, owner and President of Maison Bunter based in [[Geneva]], and the first new Arcadia watch, the AC01, entered the market in 2010.<ref name="Arcadia website"/> |
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== History == |
== History == |
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The Arcadia brand originated in [[Fleurier]], a small village in Val-de-Travers region of the [[Canton of Neuchâtel]] in Switzerland. |
The Arcadia brand originated in [[Fleurier]], a small village in Val-de-Travers region of the [[Canton of Neuchâtel]] in Switzerland. Watchmaker Jules-Samuel Jequier was born in 1835 in [[Fleurier]] and joined [[Bovet Fleurier|Bovet]] after training as a jewel-cutter and quickly climbed up the company ladder. In 1858, he founded Arcadia and positioned it as the top-of-the-line watchmaker among the five watchmaking brands of the Fleurier Watch Company, a manufacturer established in 1915. The company specialized in jewel cutting and designing watch calibers and had federated watchmaking farmers into working cooperatively with each other. Fleurier Watch Company supplied movements for over a century to many watch brands.<ref name="Arcadia website"/> |
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While Arcadia had started off producing [[Watch movement|movements]], |
While Arcadia had started off producing [[Watch movement|movements]], it followed several years later with a watch line. Arcadia was in fact one of the earliest brands to sell its watches around the world, including [[China]] and [[South America]], and it was an [[avant-garde]] brand <ref name="iwmag"/> that became the flagship of the Fleurier Watch Company.<ref name="Arcadia website"/> |
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The brand sold watches until 1968, when, like |
The brand sold watches until 1968, when, like many other [[mechanical watch]] companies, the advent of inexpensive quartz models led to its demise.<ref name="robreport">{{Cite web |last=Malcolmson |first=James D. |date=2011-05-01 |title=Watches: Vintage Victory |url=https://robbreport.com/style/watch-collector/watches-vintage-victory-234434/ |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Robb Report |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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== Rebirth == |
== Rebirth == |
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In 2007 Claude Sanz re-launched the brand. Sanz is President and owner of jewellery watch house <ref name="Arcadia website"/> Bunter SA, based in a 17th-century |
In 2007, Claude Sanz re-launched the brand. Sanz is the President and owner of the jewellery watch house <ref name="Arcadia website"/> in Bunter SA, based in a 17th-century farmhouse just outside Geneva.<ref name="iwmag"/> Claude is a trained [[geologist]] and [[mineralogist]], a self-taught [[watchmaker]] and a 33-year watch industry [[veteran]]. |
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Bunter SA, works behind the scenes for companies that |
Bunter SA, works behind the scenes for companies that customize gem-set high-complication mechanical watches for some of the watch industry’s most prestigious brands. Bunter is responsible for the invisibly set baguette [[Diamond (gemstone)|diamond]] watches that are exhibited at every [[Basel]] Fair. Sanz bought the Arcadia brand several years ago, and it was the enthusiasm of a few friends and his own team at Bunter that in 2007 set the wheels of rebirth in motion.<ref name="iwmag"/> The relaunch of Arcadia has led to it restarting the Flourier Watch Company, which is temporarily based in Geneva with all movements assembled there.<ref name="world tempus">[http://www.worldtempus.com/en/news/top-news/detail/article/1300459618-arcadia-takes-over-fleurier-watch-co/ "Arcadia Takes Over Fleurier Watch Co"] ''World Tempus'', March 2011. Accessed December 31, 2011</ref> |
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Sanz bought the Arcadia brand several years ago, and it was the enthusiasm of a few friends and his own team at Bunter that in 2007 to set the wheels of rebirth in motion.<ref name="iwmag"/> The relaunch of Arcadia has led to it restarting the Fleurier Watch Company, which is temporarily based in Geneva with all movements assembled there.<ref name="world tempus">[http://www.worldtempus.com/en/news/top-news/detail/article/1300459618-arcadia-takes-over-fleurier-watch-co/ "Arcadia Takes Over Fleurier Watch Co"] ''World Tempus'', March 2011. Accessed December 31, 2011</ref> |
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All sixty of Bunter’s employees worked on the first Arcadia watch, the AC01 [[chronograph]], at different times for a few hours per day performing varied watchmaking crafts, such as design and case-making or movement assembly. |
All sixty of Bunter’s employees worked on the first Arcadia watch, the AC01 [[chronograph]], at different times for a few hours per day performing varied watchmaking crafts, such as design and case-making or movement assembly. In [[steel]] and [[titanium]], a limited edition of 275 pieces launched in January 2010 at the Geneva Time Exhibition. |
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== Models == |
== Models == |
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* Arcadia watch circa 1880 with engraved bezel and lugs |
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* Arcadia wristwatch circa 1890 |
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* Arcadia model with black dial circa 1940 |
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* Arcadia timepiece with date and power reserve displays circa 1950 |
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* Arcadia centenary watch from 1958 |
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* Arcadia ring watch circa 1930 |
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Image:RingWatch.png|Ring Watch circa 1930 |
Image:RingWatch.png|Ring Watch circa 1930 |
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Image:Centenarywatch1958.png|Centenary Watch 1958 |
Image:Centenarywatch1958.png|Centenary Watch 1958 |
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== Further developments == |
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[[Image:Arcadia Vintage 22 Watch.png|thumb|right|''Vintage 22. A limited edition of 35 watches made in 2011'']] |
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[[Image:Newarcadiaac01.png|thumb|right|''New Arcadia AC01'' 2010 limited edition watch with Dubois Dépraz movement marking Arcadia’s rebirth.]] |
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* Contemporary |
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* Vintage |
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* Vintage Moonphase |
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== Future == |
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Arcadia calibers were highly innovative for their time,<ref name="iwmag"/> and the Fleurier Watch Company was considered one of the international ambassadors of Swiss watchmaking. |
Arcadia calibers were highly innovative for their time,<ref name="iwmag"/> and the Fleurier Watch Company was considered one of the international ambassadors of Swiss watchmaking. |
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Sanz’s ultimate plan is to restart production of Arcadia movements in the town of Fleurier [http://www.worldtempus.com/en/news/top-news/detail/article/1300459618-arcadia-takes-over-fleurier-watch-co/], with redesigned and redeveloped calibres that can replace [[ETA movement]]s.<ref name="iwmag"/> |
Sanz’s ultimate plan is to restart production of Arcadia movements in the town of Fleurier [http://www.worldtempus.com/en/news/top-news/detail/article/1300459618-arcadia-takes-over-fleurier-watch-co/], with redesigned and redeveloped calibres that can replace [[ETA movement]]s.<ref name="iwmag"/> |
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The first watch to be made completely in-house |
The first watch to be made completely in-house was in 2012, a 14 [[ligne]] manually wound movement. A ladies’ gem set jewellery timepiece was released in 2012.<ref name="Arcadia website"/> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 22:22, 22 March 2024
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Watch manufacturing |
Founded | Fleurier, Switzerland (1858) |
Founder | Claude Sanz |
Headquarters | Geneva , Switzerland |
Key people | Richard Baldwin (CEO) |
Products | Wrist watches |
Arcadia Watches is a Swiss brand of luxury watches[1] established in 1858. In 1968, the brand ceased due to a decline caused by the introduction of quartz movements.[2] It was relaunched in 2007 by Claude Sanz, owner and President of Maison Bunter based in Geneva, and the first new Arcadia watch, the AC01, entered the market in 2010.[1]
History
The Arcadia brand originated in Fleurier, a small village in Val-de-Travers region of the Canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. Watchmaker Jules-Samuel Jequier was born in 1835 in Fleurier and joined Bovet after training as a jewel-cutter and quickly climbed up the company ladder. In 1858, he founded Arcadia and positioned it as the top-of-the-line watchmaker among the five watchmaking brands of the Fleurier Watch Company, a manufacturer established in 1915. The company specialized in jewel cutting and designing watch calibers and had federated watchmaking farmers into working cooperatively with each other. Fleurier Watch Company supplied movements for over a century to many watch brands.[1]
While Arcadia had started off producing movements, it followed several years later with a watch line. Arcadia was in fact one of the earliest brands to sell its watches around the world, including China and South America, and it was an avant-garde brand [2] that became the flagship of the Fleurier Watch Company.[1]
The brand sold watches until 1968, when, like many other mechanical watch companies, the advent of inexpensive quartz models led to its demise.[3]
Rebirth
In 2007, Claude Sanz re-launched the brand. Sanz is the President and owner of the jewellery watch house [1] in Bunter SA, based in a 17th-century farmhouse just outside Geneva.[2] Claude is a trained geologist and mineralogist, a self-taught watchmaker and a 33-year watch industry veteran.
Bunter SA, works behind the scenes for companies that customize gem-set high-complication mechanical watches for some of the watch industry’s most prestigious brands. Bunter is responsible for the invisibly set baguette diamond watches that are exhibited at every Basel Fair. Sanz bought the Arcadia brand several years ago, and it was the enthusiasm of a few friends and his own team at Bunter that in 2007 set the wheels of rebirth in motion.[2] The relaunch of Arcadia has led to it restarting the Flourier Watch Company, which is temporarily based in Geneva with all movements assembled there.[4]
All sixty of Bunter’s employees worked on the first Arcadia watch, the AC01 chronograph, at different times for a few hours per day performing varied watchmaking crafts, such as design and case-making or movement assembly. In steel and titanium, a limited edition of 275 pieces launched in January 2010 at the Geneva Time Exhibition.
Models
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Ring Watch circa 1930
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Centenary Watch 1958
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Arcadia Watch circa 1950
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Arcadia Watch circa 1960
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Arcadia Watch circa 1966
Further developments
Arcadia calibers were highly innovative for their time,[2] and the Fleurier Watch Company was considered one of the international ambassadors of Swiss watchmaking.
Sanz’s ultimate plan is to restart production of Arcadia movements in the town of Fleurier [1], with redesigned and redeveloped calibres that can replace ETA movements.[2]
The first watch to be made completely in-house was in 2012, a 14 ligne manually wound movement. A ladies’ gem set jewellery timepiece was released in 2012.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Arcadia Website" Archived January 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine arcadia-watches.com. Accessed January 07 2012
- ^ a b c d e f "International Wristwatch – The definitive source for watch enthusiasts". iwmagazine.com. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ Malcolmson, James D. (2011-05-01). "Watches: Vintage Victory". Robb Report. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ "Arcadia Takes Over Fleurier Watch Co" World Tempus, March 2011. Accessed December 31, 2011