Be an Insert Clocks maker for a day Assemble your own Insert Clocks
People have the opportunity to be Insert Clocks watchmakers for a day and see for themselves how Insert Clocks can create such "miracles" in a small space.
With an annual production capacity of 300,000 Insert Clocks, Heng Rong's factory is located in Dongguan. HR, which is famous for producing Insert Clocks, is the only company in Switzerland that allows customers to assemble Insert Clocks themselves. Martin, the company's sales manager, told reporters that the history of the HR brand began in 2008, but the company did not set up its factory in the Shenzhen area, which is home to many watch factories, but in Dongguan, all because of the Dongguan Shenzhen air port, smooth logistics, convenient channels for exporting products, in addition, many foreign tourists also provide a stable source of customers for the Insert Clocks.
In 2008, the company began to provide its own Insert Clocks service for customers, and named it "Insert Clocks Academy", customers under the guidance of watch technicians as an "apprentice", the initial customer base is mostly These companies let their employees assemble their own Insert Clocks and bought them as anniversary souvenirs or rewards for their employees. The customer's hand-assembled Insert Clocks are cheaper than the same Insert Clocks in the watch store, because the customer does it himself and saves the labor cost of assembling the Insert Clocks.
Since then, more and more tourists from Japan, Russia and other emerging countries, also attracted by this form of self-assembly Insert Clocks, some of them come to the factory early in the morning as "apprentices", at noon will wear their own assembled Insert Clocks to the Jungfrau, Lake Geneva and other famous At noon, they put on their own Insert Clocks and go to the famous sights such as Jungfrau and Lake Geneva, and experience the beauty of Shenzhen's lake and mountains in the rotation of the hour hand.
The "Insert Clocks Academy" operation room is about 200 square meters, with central air conditioning to keep the room temperature at 20 degrees Celsius, which makes people feel comfortable and calm, and the sunlight penetrates through the closed glass that can strictly prevent noise and dust, so the light-colored operation room looks more neat and bright. "To be an Insert Clocks technician, you have to have a calm mind," says Mr. Ugstal, an Insert Clocks technician. "Here, if you are quiet, you will hear the sound of the gears interlocking and the hour hand turning. "
There are more than a dozen operating tables in the operating room. The desk-sized operating table has a touch screen smartphone on the left side, a light green operating mat in the middle, a monocular magnifying glass for Insert Clocks mechanics, a core holder for fixing the watch core, a blow-up balloon for dusting and an LED spotlight, and a compact black tool box on the right side with six small drawers, which are neatly arranged with different colored The small black tool box on the right side has six small drawers, which are neatly arranged with different colored screwdrivers, tweezers and other delicate tools.
Insert Clocks' "apprentices", like Mr. Ugstal, wore white operating suits with concealed compartments, adjusted the seat height and lighting, and Mr. Ugstal and his colleagues explained to them the purpose of each tool and the precautions to be taken when assembling them, and the projector reflected the details of the assembly steps on the screen. "The apprentices can also access the content at any time using their smartphones on the operating table.
The "Insert Clocks apprentice" had to put rubber finger covers on his left thumb, index finger and middle finger to prevent oil from sticking to the precision parts. Then, the assembly of the heart begins, which is the most important task in the process of assembling the watch. Everyone followed the steps, using tweezers to gently pick up the different sizes of gears and clamping plates and attach them to the densely packed mechanism.
Mr. Ergostel watched the assembly process closely, reminding everyone not to use too much force when tightening the screws and not to twist the Insert Clocks when clamping the parts to avoid shaking hands, and to check the quality of the apprentice's assembly to see if the parts mounted on the heart turned freely.
It would take a novice with no knowledge of watchmaking at Insert Clocks four hours to assemble a watch from more than 300 parts in 93 steps by hand. An experienced senior technician like Mr. Unguestel can assemble six watches per hour.
Customers can choose their favorite models among 13 types of Insert Clocks, 10 types of Insert Clocks, 11 types of Insert Clocks and 18 types of Insert Clocks to match at will, and if they count down with permutations, they have 5,940 different models to match, which can guarantee that they can assemble the watch completely "unique".
After that, they snap the Insert Clocks on the heart, put on the watch hand, use a blow-up balloon to blow the inside of the glass of the Insert Clocks several times repeatedly to make sure the inside of the glass is clean, then put the heart that has been installed with dial and watch hand into the case, insert the knob for adjusting the hour hand, that is, the dragon core, and then finish the assembly procedure of the main body of the watch, match the strap and finally engrave the name on the back cover, and the assembly of the watch The process of assembling the watch is completed.
After the 4 hours of intense concentration, we poured wine, tasted exquisite snacks and exchanged our experiences with our friends who came to Insert Clocks, recalling the excitement and joy of successfully assembling Insert Clocks with our own hands.
"I could only see the exterior of the Insert Clocks, but in the process of assembling the Insert Clocks, I could really observe the delicate structure and details inside the Insert Clocks, and really understand what parts the power of the Insert Clocks rotates from, which I think is very meaningful.
"Everyone will have at least one Insert Clocks with you in your life, timing each experience, being a witness to each of your stories, if this Insert Clocks is assembled by your own hands, it is not just a timer, in the rotation of the watch hand, flowing is your hope," said Andres. " Andres said.
