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Rainer Brand
German watchmaker and company founder
Rainer Brand, founder and owner of the watch manufacturer Rainer Brand, was born in August 1962. Like his ancestors, namely his father and grandfather, he was an independent-minded, very self-reliant spirit, who had always known that he would do something quite unique and creative. So he got the idea to engage in the watch industry, not by imitation of a professional career of his ancestors, but as an voluntary vocation. First by starting a training in the goldsmith's craft, and then by taking a parallel course at the Watchmaking School Pforzheim. There he finally discovered his love for the delicate art of watchmaking.
He worked at the renowned manufacturer Chronoswiss in Munich. In 1992 he finally dared to step into independence. With the Havana, his first own watch creation, he began building his own collection and thus the history …
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Oscillating system of a mechanical watch
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Gerd-Rüdiger Lang, founder of Chronoswiss
- Abraham-Louis Breguet Most important watchmaker in the history of horology and a great inventor
- Ferdinand Adolph Lange Founder of A. Lange & Söhne in Glashütte
- Hans Wilsdorf Founder of Rolex
- Helmut Sinn Founder of Sinn Spezialuhren Frankfurt
- Gerd-Rüdiger Lang Founder of Chronoswiss
- Nicolas G. Hayek Important watch business man (Swatch)
Hublot Big Bang King "Porto Cervo" with case in red gold/ceramic
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