A new manufacturer - from France!

This is not "new" news - but it is news that didn't really make it around the first time.  Joining the growing number of companies producing their own movements is Yonger & Bresson.

Courtesy of Yonger & Bresson

And in their own words -

The French watch brand, Yonger & Bresson, presents at Baselworld 2011 its first in-house movement entirely designed, developed and assembled in Morteau, main city of Doubs and homeland to the national watch-making industry. Designed in three versions in the year of its launch, it offers a new collection made up of 6 lines where each one carries the name of a castle in France. This automatic movement has been mounted on a timepiece called “Versailles”  where the technical know-how and aesthetic blends together in perfect harmony.

Courtesy of Yonger & Bresson

Case:    316L polished stainless steel

                case-back with 4 screws, engraved with multi-strikenY&B crown’s logo

                mineral glass and case-back  with inner/outer anti-glare treatment

                3 positions crown with rapid date corrector and stop seconds

                43 mm diameter

                50 meters water resistant

Dial:       black

                pyramidal shaped chromed index

                luminous hands 

                power reserve indicator at 12 o’clock

                small seconds at 6 o’clock

                date window at 3 o’clock

Functions:    hour, minute, small second, date, power reserve indicator           

Strap:             black croco pattern leather with butterfly buckle                        

Movement:         automatic mechanical movement, Caliber Ambre 1033 

                              frequency 28 800 p/hour (4 Hz)

                              31 jewels

                               jewels on dial and bridge side

                               45 hrs power reserve

                               bidirectional winding up system

                               Skeleton oscillating weight with black PVD treatment, 

                               engraved with multi-striken Y&B crown’s logo and caliber’s reference