How Many CW's Out There

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Re: How Many CW's Out There

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15,000 per year is impressive...

Sinn sells 10,000 per year.
Stowa sells 2,500 per year.
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Are you sure about Stowa, 28800bph?

They have an impressive building:
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With a "museum" / "gallery":
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And have about a dozen employees, I think. Would that really cover only 2500 watches per year (they are hardly high-end prices)?
Maybe Schauers are made there as well...
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Mortis wrote:Maybe Schauers are made there as well...
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Yes, 2500 per year seemed low to me -- this topic was just discussed over on the WUS Stowa forum. Schauer production is limited to 500 per year.

Here is a link to the 2009 interview with Joerg Schauer where he discusses annual production numbers:
http://www.wristlounge.com/showthread.php?t=532

More trivia: The Seiko group makes 12 million finished watches and 336 million movements per year (WatchTime Feb 2010, p.47).
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28800bph wrote:Yes, 2500 per year seemed low to me -- this topic was just discussed over on the WUS Stowa forum. Schauer production is limited to 500 per year.

Here is a link to the 2009 interview with Joerg Schauer where he discusses annual production numbers:
http://www.wristlounge.com/showthread.php?t=532

More trivia: The Seiko group makes 12 million finished watches and 336 million movements per year (WatchTime Feb 2010, p.47).

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