Carl F. Bucherer Watches

The famous watch brand Carl F Bucherer is named in honor of the company’s founder. In 1888 Carl Bucherer opened a watch shop in Lucerne. Together with his wife, he laid the foundation for the brand, which has retained its individuality and independence to this day. Carl Bucherer was a man of good thinking and talented entrepreneur. In 1919 he presented his first collection of watches. He tried to combine the knowledge of the intricacies of watch making with the needs and tastes of customers. After the death of Carl Bucherer the watch making was continued by his sons. The company's founder has laid a solid foundation on which his successors built a business, using a smart combination of traditional watch making with the latest trends. In the nearly 90 - year history of the watch house Carl F Bucherer has won wide recognition and success and international fame. Products of the watchmaker Carl F Bucherer combine aesthetic perfection with flawless technical performance. The high professionalism is put into the basis of the watch brand Carl F Bucherer.
The watch company Carl F Bucherer tries to avoid short-lived trends and focus on timeless values in creating of new watch models. The watch brand’s aspiration to correspond with the latest technological advances in the field of watch making brought well-deserved recognition. For this the watch company attracts the cooperation of talented artists and designers, plus experience. So watch Carl F. Bucherer is characterized by the highest quality and perfect design.
The current name of watch brand «Carl F Bucherer» was assigned to the watch company in 2001. Since 2005 this company has designed and manufactured its own watch movements. Production of its own watch movements serves as an omission in the highest circles of the Swiss watch industry. In 2007 the company Carl F Bucherer acquired the famous studio Tehcniques Horiogeres Appliquees (TNA), which initially was its partner. After integration with the workshop the watch company became known as the Carl F Bucherer Technologies SA (AFBT). The company opened offices of the latest developments to create own calibers and to improve the existing line.
The opportunities of the company Carl F Bucherer are featured by the watch collection Patravi, in which production is used all the advances of micro technology. The watches are technically complicated. There is the harmony of traditional and contemporary design in these watches. Models of this collection have round or barrel-shaped case. A new watch Patravi Evo Tec Day Date has designed with the elements in Patravi and with rectangular case (term Evo Tec means a lens barrel design). All calendar functions are controlled by a special module, also developed in the watch making FBT.
The chronograph CMT from this collection is characterized by the ability to easily and quickly reset the time: the hour hand can be moved within hours, regardless of the minute hand. This collection has a line of women's watches Patravi Chrono Date Ladies. Cases of these models are decorated with 48 diamonds and have white dials. The watch collection Alakria is made of steel and gold, decorated with diamonds. The collection Manero is featured by sophistication and elegance. The complex mechanism and reliable functionality. The watch line Manero Perpetual has function of chronograph, perpetual calendar, moon phase indicator. The watch line Manero Retro Grade has retrograde date indicator. The watch Manero Momo Grade is equipped with sapphire crystal on both sides and the inner movement can be seen trough transparent case back.
In 2008, the company is designed the automatic movement CFB A1000. The rotor of the movement, which flits on the periphery of the mechanism, is protected by dynamic shock absorption, working even under high loads. The creation of CFB A1000 is a kind of revolution in watch making. In 2010 the advertising of the watch Patravi Evo Tec Day Date was awarded Prix de la Campagne Horlogere 2010. The magazine «Motres Passion» offered to readers and internet users to choose the best advertising out of 100 proposals, and watchmaker Carl F Bucherer was awarded the prize of the public.
The watch collections of the company Carl F Bucherer: PATRAVI MANERO ALACRIO LIMITED EDITIONS (limited edition): Patravi Tribute to Fritz Brun (chronograph with perpetual calendar). Manero Tribute to MaBu (in honor of his brother Max Bucherer - chronograph with manual winding caliber valjoix - 92, limited edition of 100 pieces). Tribute to Mimi, created in honor of Mimi Bucherer - watches for women are made of white gold decorated with 108 diamonds, rubies, and sapphires, released in quantities of 70 pieces. The watch Alacria Diva Quartz is decorated with precious stones. Queen`s Watch, created for the Queen of Thailand, is a unique piece of jewelry (354 diamonds, rubies, sapphires, white gold) with quartz movement.
The watch brand Carl F Bucherer attaches great importance to the choice of partners and distributors that require them to provide quality assurance and consulting services at any time and around the world. The brand continues its successful promotion in the world. The branches are opened in Hong Kong, Germany, USA, Austria, Thailand and United Arab Emirates. A service network is well developed which are encouraged to contact the owners of the brand’s watches every 4 years. To buy a watch Carl F Bucherer one can from authorized distributors worldwide.