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We visited Staudt Watches, and bring you this introduction to a new independent company and their watches.
The first watch in the collection Staudt Praeludium.
Yvo Staudt
Once in a while you meet people with an inspiring story. Yvo Staudt of Staudt Watches is such a person. His watch company was born during a crisis in his personal life. Yvo, a gifted musician, had moved to Italy to master the classical accordeon. He had left his family and girlfriend, whom he knew since he was fourteen, behind. Without friends and family the feeling of loneliness became stronger and stronger to the point that his passion for music was jeopardized. To deal with the loneliness, Yvo started to read about watches, something he was interested ever since he got his first watch – a Pulsar – when he was 12 years old. Hours of reading did lead to an idea of getting a mechanical watch. As a student he did not have much money, so Yvo started with buying some movements and disassemble and reassemble the movements to become familiar with the mechanics. Yvo developed a passion for understated, legible, quality mechanical watches.
Unfortunately he could not find an affordable watch that met his criteria. So he decided to build one himself. He started designing and drawing the case, the dial and the movement. Nevertheless he continued his music education, now at the Dutch Conservatorium. He also completed his own watch. To his surprise his watch gained great interest. People asked him where they could buy his watch. But he still was on the path to a professional musician career. Then he got the news that his girlfriend had broken her back during an accident. To Yvo this was a sign to radically change careers; He stopped in 2014 and decided to focus full time on creating great watches.
Staudt Praeludium
With the help of an angel investor, Yvo produced the first batch of the Praeludium hand-wound watch. Every single part of the Praeludium was designed by Yvo himself: 42.5mm case, crown, dial, hands, and the movement. The latter to a certain extent as he knew he had to use an existing base movement. Each Praeludium houses an Unitas movement modified based on his specifications: three-quarter gold-plated bridge, enhanced beat rate (21,600 instead of 18,000, swan-neck regulator and the use of chatons, jewels and blued screws. Glass is antiglare sapphire on both sides of the watch. The case is made of 316L steel.
The rest is history…. After delivering the first batch, Yvo started working on new designs.
Playing with dials
By now he has added a 37mm version of the Praeludium hand-wound, various dial colours, an automatic housing an ETA-movement and his latest addition: a red-gold Praeludium hand-wound with guilloché dial handmade by guilloché master Jochen Benzinger. New models are to be expected soon!
Especially the production of the two-tone dial is (was) a tour-de-force. His supplier had quite some experience in developing dials for the car industry (Ferrari, Rolls Royce) so choosing them seemed like a no-brainer. Nevertheless, […]
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