Quinting – impossible to copy
The imitation is actually becoming more and more important in the sector of the luxury watchmaking. Quinting has established itself like the last bastion which resists to this endemic curse.
Its secret? A worldwide unique movement made of transparent sapphires, which are totally impossible to imitate.
Quinting belongs to the very small circle of Swiss Manufactures which produce their own movement. The Quinting movement is the only one in the world totally transparent, this means it doesn’t let appear any mechanism or part of it. Many brands have launched some ‘skeleton watches’ or some ‘bridge watches’ but Quinting remains the only brand which has succeed to create an entirely transparent watch, which is composed of sapphire discs.
The principle of the sapphire movement is based on the superposition of stationary and mobile discs of sapphires. The use of the sapphire as basis material of the movement assures the non-reproduction of Quinting-watches. Indeed the great pureness of the sapphire remains an indispensable condition to the creation of the movement, and that is the reason why Quinting is supplied exclusively by precious stones sellers. Moreover, the process of sapphire assembling remains a very complicated step which needs some particular machine-tool realized on measure for the brand. On the other hand, the production of Quinting movements requires a very high qualified personal: an already experimented watchmaker needs to be especially trained for 2 years before being able to create Quinting’s movement. (Quinting press)