Haldimann Horology

People · · by Christian Bissener


Portrait of Beat Haldimann, watchmaker, seated in a black shirt and glasses with one hand raised to his ear

Beat Haldimann is the watchmaker behind Haldimann Horology and the creator of its remarkable timepieces. Each carries the discreet design he conceived to set his highly complicated tourbillons perfectly in scene.

Born in 1964, he established Haldimann Horology in 1991, at the age of 27. He earned his living restoring antique watches and, for more than ten years, under contract to a well-known brand, whose name he keeps to himself, developing highly complicated movements for it. The contract barred him from making watches of his own, but he could still develop his regulators. The first, the double regulator Resonance, he showed at Basel on the stand of the AHCI in 2000.

All Haldimann watches have the Haldimann escapement, and the only parts not made in his atelier are the sapphire crystal, the strap and the hairsprings. The watches themselves are best shown in pictures.

H1 (2002)

Steel Haldimann H1 with open dial and gold tourbillon cage, on a black strap, photographed on a wooden table
Haldimann H1, 2002

Haldimann H1 with silver dial, Roman numerals and gold tourbillon at six on a black crocodile strap
The H1 with its tourbillon at six o’clock

Gold-cased Haldimann H1 with silver dial, Roman numerals and open tourbillon, held in an open palm
The H1 in a gold case

H2 Resonance (2005)

Close view of a silver dial with two gold tourbillon cages and Roman numerals
Haldimann H2 Resonance, 2005

Haldimann movement with gold tourbillon bridges and a grey dial, seen face up with its crown
The H2 movement and dial

Caseback of the H2 with three sub-dial openings and engraved text around the rim
The caseback of the H2

H8 (2008)

Steel Haldimann H8 with dark dial and gold tourbillon, shot at an angle on a black strap
Haldimann H8, 2008

Close view of the knurled steel crown beside the dark dial and gold tourbillon cage
The crown and tourbillon of the H8

Close view of a gold tourbillon cage with steel frame and blued hands
The tourbillon of the H8

H9 (2009)

Haldimann H9 with black dial in side profile on a black strap, dark background
Haldimann H9, 2009

Haldimann H9 with black dial on a black strap, resting on a forearm
The H9 on the wrist

H11 (2013)

Haldimann movement and silver dial shown side by side, with Roman numerals
Haldimann H11, 2013 – movement and dial

Haldimann dials in small grey boxes labelled with reference codes
Dials for the H11 in the atelier

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