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Ochs und Junior Introduces the day/night
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Ochs und Junior Introduces the day/night
Dr. Ludwig Oechslin is a genius.
Sure, he might dress eccentrically and have a quirky personality, but that only serves to enhance his reputation as a watchmaking mastermind. Responsible for most of Ulysse Nardin’s ground-breaking complications, including the Trilogy of Time, the Freak and UN’s Perpetual Calendar, Oechslin also has his own brand, ochs und junior, focusing on simplicity. For example, two years ago he introduced a perpetual calendar needing only 12 parts for this complicated function, where other designs require 180 or more parts.
All done in a simple and intuitive way, so it’s easy to read and easy to set.
The base movement for the day/night watch is the UN-320 from Ulysse Nardin. The entire day/night mechanism requires just 13 additional parts.
Based in Lucerne, Switzerland, ochs and junior has no retail network, instead all sales are done directly with the customer. As sunrise and sunset times, as well as length of days and the position of the moon and sun, varies depending on location, each day/night timepiece is customized for the owner’s location, via the website (ochsundjunior.swiss. A great deal more can also be customized on the website as well, including hands, metals, color, straps, engravings and more.
Simply genius.