Are you looking for a watch with a Swiss flair that will say “chic and impressive”, but also with a touch of humor? Look no further - Arcadia Watches has the perfect watch for you!
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The History of Arcadia Watches
Arcadia Watches was founded in the year 1821 as a part of a small village watchmaker’s workshop. By the early 1910s, it had become a widely renowned watchmaker’s workshop with customers spread across Europe thanks to many innovations in watchmaking, such as accurate winding, precise timekeeping, and highly detailed art on the watches.
The Characteristics of Arcadia Watches
Arcadia Watches stand apart from the crowd when it comes to quality and design, making them sought after by watch aficionados. Their watches use robust and precise mechanical movements, combined with the highest-quality materials, making sure that the wearer has an elegant watch that’s built to last. The sophisticated design and precise craftmanship of Arcadia Watches makes them one of the most sought after Swiss watchmakers in the world.
These features can be found in all Arcadia Watches:
- Tension-free mechanics
- High-precision quartz movement
- Sapphire-coated crystalline glass
- High-quality steel or gold casing
- Stunning and expressive designs
- Limited edition collections
Arcadia Watches Models
Here are some of the many stunning models from the Arcadia Watches collection:
Chronograph Collection
The Chronograph Collection is for the discerning gentleman who values style and performance. It features watches designed with attention to detail and precision. The chronograph mechanism is highly visible, and each watch is built with an impressive quartz movement.
Racing Collection
The Racing Collection watches are made with a sporty look in mind. They are the perfect choice for the man who loves adventure and thrills. The movement is accurate and highly visible, the materials used are tough and resilient, and the racetrack-inspired design elevates the watch with an unmistakable style.
Seafarer Collection
The Seafarer Collection features unique design elements created for the man who’s an expert at the high seas. Accuracy and legibility are paramount in these watches, with bold colors and hands that are highly visible. The dial markings and engravings add visual interest, making the watches a timeless classic.
Arcadia Watches are Swiss-made masterpieces that combine classic style and innovative technology. Each piece is crafted with quality materials and sophisticated details to ensure that the wearer is always ahead of the style curve. Whether you’re looking for a watch that is chic and impressive, or something quirky and unique, Arcadia Watches has a perfect match for your personality.
{Arcadia Watches} is a {Swiss} brand of {luxury watches} {established} in 1858. In 1968, the brand {ceased} due to a decline {caused} by the {introduction} of quartz movements. 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.
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 {among} the five watchmaking brands of the {Fleurier Watch Company}, a {manufacturer} {established} in 1915. The company {specialized} in jewel cutting and designing watch calibres and had {federated} watchmaking farmers into {working cooperatively} with each other. Fleurier Watch Company {supplied} movements for over a century to many watch brands.
While {Arcadia} had started off producing movements, this was followed {several years later} by 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 that {became} the flagship of the Fleurier Watch Company.
The {brand} sold watches until 1968, when, like so many mechanical watch companies, the {advent} of inexpensive quartz models {led} to its demise.
In 2007, {Claude Sanz} re-launched the brand. Sanz is the {President} and {owner} of the {jewellery watch house} in {Bunter SA}, based in a 17th-century farmhouse {just outside Geneva}. 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}. The relaunch of Arcadia has {led} to it {restarting} the Fleurier Watch Company, which is {temporarily based} in Geneva with all movements {assembled there}.
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.
{Arcadia calibers} were highly innovative for their time, 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 , with {redesigned} and {redeveloped calibres} that can replace ETA movements.
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.
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