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Van der Gang is illustrative of a whole new way of approaching watch production. This could not have happened in Switzerland, where watch traditions are too strong, but it did occur in the Netherlands, in the town of Dokum.
In the beginning, Van der Gang was a manufacturer of high technology instruments used in the space industry and in medical equipment. But, its owner, Wybe Van der Gang, was also a lover of mechanical watches. Why not take advantage of all the high precision machine tools to make watches, he asked himself? After all, the basic techniques are more or less the same.
From this overriding passion, mixed with his definite technological capabilities, came a collection of sober, even ‘Nordic’ we could say, timekeepers with decidedly contemporary shapes. The accent was placed on precision, expressed by a dial that favours readability. Van der Gang did not try to make the movements (which are Valjoux 7751 automatic chronographs) but rather, he wanted to concentrate on making the cases and dials.
With very nice workmanship, the cases are
carved from special, unscratchable steel that has been hardened with nitrogen, and protected on both front and back with scratch-resistant purplish sapphire crystals. The silver treated dials are the perfect backdrop for the blued steel hands, and the black dials have rhodium plated hands.
While this is, of course, not revolutionary, it is a very convincing demonstration of a new type of savoir-faire, far from the lands of Switzerland, that has resulted in beautiful watches with perfect clarity of expression. Definitely a brand to watch.
http://www.europastar.com/1003565907/
