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Eugen Wegner Watches

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HISTORY

REVIVAL OF THE BRAND

Essential for survival in 1897 - essential for style in 2020

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VALUES

OUR BRAND VALUES

Passion for the watchmaker´s history and design

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TIMELINE

OUR HISTORY

Learn more about Eugen Wegner watches - a family run business from 1897 to today

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1897

Already at a young age, Eugen Wegner, an award-winning young watchmaker from Germany, opens his first workshop in Gdansk. Eugen Wegner was the great-great-grandfather of today's team.

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Early 1900s

With the support of his wife Eugen Wegner manages to rapidly grow the business. The business flourishes and new workshops and stores are opened in several other Prussian cities. The main workshop is moved to a new location in the city center of Gdansk.

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1909

Inspired by the achievements one of Gdansk’s most famous sons, Eugen Wegner decides to name his newest series of pocket watches after former councilor, mayor and, most important, astronomer Johannes Hevelius. The Hevelius pocket quickly becomes a bestseller. Its design is inspiration for our first new Eugen Wegner watch released in 2020.

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1920s

After spending some time in South America and with fellow competitor WEMPE, Hans-Ulrich, Eugen Wegner’s first-born son, enters the business. With the expertise gained during previous ventures, he manages to successfully introduce the production and servicing of marine chronometers to the company’s portfolio. In these days high precision engineered and well-maintained chronometers are vital for Gdansk’s shipping industry and the dockyards located in the vicinity.

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1950s

In the 1950s the company relocated to Western Germany. With a focus on the marine chronometer business, new workshops and offices were established in the major port cities – Hamburg, Duisburg and Lubeck.

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1960s

However, under constant pressure resulting from turmoil and new developments in the watch industry and against the background of the overall economic environment, the company fails to resume previous growth and success. In the 1960s Hans-Ulrich, then in charge, decides to cease operations and close doors… Eugen Wegner watches and marine chronometers slowly vanish from the market.

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2017

The idea to revive the old family business becomes concrete. Jonas, Eugen Wegner’s great-great-grandson teams up with a team of friends, designers and watchmakers. Together they start to develop the first new Eugen Wegner watch.

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2020

After more than two years of research and development, the first new Eugen Wegner watches enter the market. Inspired by traditional design and historic watches and chronometers manufactured by his great-great-grandfather over a century ago, nowadays Eugen Wegner watches aim to combine heritage, adventure and curiosity. All watches are exclusively designed, developed and manufactured in our workshop in Hamburg.

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THE REVIVAL TEAM

Eugen Wegner´s great-great-grandchildren Jantje and Jonas with a team of friends and experts

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BRAND VALUES

TAKE A LOOK BEHIND THE BRAND

This is all about the family

The Wegner Family

OUR BRAND VALUES

CRAFTSMANSHIP

Inspired by Eugen Wegner’s craftsmanship and passion for accuracy and quality, our watches are designed and fully assembled in-house in our workshop in Hamburg.

For us, having control over every single step of the design, manufacturing and assembling phase is of utmost importance. We want to make sure that we truly know every single one of our limited-edition watches. Therefore, we work together with only a selected group of suppliers in Germany and Switzerland for sourcing of the components.

Moreover, and most important for us, the complete process of refinement of the movements, final assembly of every single watch and quality control is done in-house in our workshop in Hamburg.

OUR BRAND VALUES

TRADITION

In 1897 our great-great-grandfather founded a small watchmaker workshop in a part of Germany then known as Western Prussia. With hard work and dedication for detail and quality his company became one of the leading watchmakers in Prussia, well-known for its high quality work.

After Eugen Wegner, followed by his son Hans-Ulrich, now Eugens great-great-grandson Jonas Bley is taking over the fate of the company.

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VALENCE

Quality is our priority, we are working with carefully chosen materials and set highest standards in the manufacturing process.

We want every single watch to be perfect and just as valuable to you as it is to us.

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MODELS

PHOENIX

Sophisticated and smart

Its all In the details

The Phoenix model is a modern interpretation of the classic design. The two-stage dial now appears with an inverted gradation to emphasize the transition to modernity. The central section has been finished with a dashed finish and the dial has been sandblasted to make it stand out visually. The dial is finished in a contemporary anthracite, the central second hand and the simple date give the watch a natural and clear look. An automatic movement was used in this model, which results in a very regular movement and does not need to be wound up if the watch is worn continuously.

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TECHNICAL DATA

Clockwork

ETA 2892 caliber (± 7 seconds per day)
Automatic winding
24 bearing rubys
28,800 vibrations per hour
Power reserve 42 h
Blued screws

Rotor: Rhodium-plated engraving and sunburst finish, gold-plated oscillation
weight

Casing

Stainless steel (AISI 316 L)

Diameter 39 mm
Overall height 9.5 mm
Lugs 20 mm
Sapphire crystal front glass, anti-reflective on both sides
Anti-reflective sapphire crystal glass back
Waterproof 5 atm

Dial and hands

Brass dial, lacquered, UV-resistant
Blued steel hands

Strap and clasp

Leather bracelet 22×20 mm
Folding clasp / pin buckle made of surgical steel (316 L)

HEVELIUS MADE IN GERMANY

In order to meet the high demands of our watches, we finish-/ refine our movements at the highest level in-house.These include, among others: Grinding on the rotors, engravings and screws, which we polish and blueing.Each watch is fully assembled in our workshop in Hamburg and undergoes a strict quality control before shipping.

THE SCREWS

Every single screw is pre-polished on a lapidating machine with diamond-studded polishing paper in a grain size of 9-0,5μm. To remove even the finest scratches, they are polished again by hand. Finally, the screws are thoroughly cleaned and thermally blued at approx. 300°C. The blue colour not only looks beautiful, it also serves as protection against corrosion.

THE SUN CUT

We manufacture our sunburst grinding with a precision lathe. The grinding wheel (in our case a milling cutter) is aligned at a certain angle to the workpiece. The grinding wheel and the workpiece are brought together during the production of the grinding by rotating in opposite directions

THE ENGRAVINGS

The engravings are designed and drawn by us in house. They are then transferred to the workpiece on an engraving machine using a diamond engraving needle.

MODELS

HEVELIUS

Bringing back the spirit of Eugen Wegner Watches

Its all In the details

With the model Hevelius, the story of Eugen Wegner should now find a new start. Named after the pocket watch that sealed the resumption of the family business, the Hevelius was designed as a classic 3-hand movement with a small second hand. To meet today's usual accuracy and comfort, an automatic movement is used. Elements such as the dial and hands were developed close to the model of the pocket watch and underline the idea of continuing earlier activities and continuing the high expectations of quality and design. Refinements such as sun cut, engravings, as well as the polishing and blueing of the screws are carried out with great attention to detail and under the highest standards of quality in the Eugen Wegner watchmaker's workshop in Hamburg. The characteristic crown rounds off the appearance of the Hevelius.

HEVELIUS

TECHNICAL DATA

Clockwork

ETA 2895 caliber (± 7 seconds per day)

Automatic winding
24 bearing rubys
28,800 vibrations per hour
Power reserve 42h
Blued screws

Rotor: Rhodium-plated engraving and sunburst finish, gold-plated oscillation
weight

Casing

Stainless steel (stainless steel AISI 316 L)

Diameter 39 mm
Overall height 9.5 mm
Lugs 20 mm
Sapphire crystal front glass, anti-reflective on both sides
Anti-reflective sapphire crystal glass back
Waterproof 5 atm

Dial and hands

Blued steel hands
Brass dial, lacquered, UV-resistant

Strap and clasp

Leather bracelet 20×18 mm
Folding clasp / pin buckle made of surgical steel (316 L)

HEVELIUS MADE IN GERMANY

The screws

The sun cut

THE ENGRAVINGS

The engravings are designed and drawn by us in house. They are then transferred to the workpiece on an engraving machine using a diamond engraving needle.

MODELS

ONE

Its all in the details

Its all In the details

With the model Hevelius, the story of Eugen Wegner should now find a new start. Named after the pocket watch that sealed the resumption of the family business, the Hevelius was designed as a classic 3-hand movement with a small second hand. In addition, a chronograph was developed, which was also based on the classic design. It is an automatic movement with a stopwatch function that allows the time to be stopped to the second, as well as pausing the measurement of time at will to easily add up several partial times. In addition, a simple date has been incorporated to determine the exact day of the month. Elements such as the dial and hands were developed close to the model of the pocket watch and underline the idea of continuing earlier activities and continuing the high expectations of quality and design. Refinements such as Geneva stripes, engravings, as well as the polishing and bluing of the screws are carried out with great attention to detail and under the highest standards of quality in the Eugen Wegner watchmaker's workshop in Hamburg. The characteristic crown rounds off the appearance of the One.

ONE

TECHNICAL DATA

Clockwork

ETA 7750 caliber (± 7 seconds per day)

Automatic winding
25 ruby jewels
28,800 vibrations per hour
Power reserve 48 hours

Blued screws
Rotor: Engraving and Geneva stripes rhodium-plated, oscillation weight gold-plated

Casing

Stainless steel (AISI 316 L)

Diameter 43 mm
Overall height 13.6 mm
Lugs 20 mm
Sapphire crystal front glass, anti-reflective on both sides
Anti-reflective sapphire crystal glass back
Waterproof 5 atm

Dial and hands

Blued steel hands
Brass dial, lacquered, UV-resistant

Bracelet and clasp

Leather bracelet 20×18 mm
Folding clasp / pin buckle made of surgical steel (316 L)

HEVELIUS MADE IN GERMANY

The screws

The sun cut

We manufacture our Geneva strip cut with a precision milling machine. A special milling cutter is clamped at a certain angle to the workpiece and mills off line by line with an accuracy of 0.001mm. This requires the highest precision, otherwise no uniform pattern is created.

The engravings

The engravings are designed and drawn by us in house. They are then transferred to the workpiece on an engraving machine using a diamond engraving needle.