Matthew Norman

Contemporary Mechanical Clocks

1871 - Henri Sandoz, born in 1851 in Le Locle, founded the Henry Sandoz & Cie watch factory in his native city of Le Locle in Swiss Jura, before relocating to nearby
Tavannes, where he set up a new company producing simple and complicated watches, especially chronographs. He then also began making movements for table clocks and alarm clocks.

1965 - A new subsidiary company named “Proteca”, dedicated to the production of table clocks, was set up in Courroux.

1974 - The English Goldman group was looking to revive production of Officer’s clocks and contacted Proteca with this in mind.

1975 - The Matthew Norman Clockmakers AG company was set up after the acquisition of the Swiss specialist. It began creating collections featuring a timeless classic design inspired by carriage clocks.

1977 - The Basel-based Escor group, which took a passionate interest in mechanical clocks, bought up the company and renamed it Matthew Norman SA.

1984 - Matthew Norman launched its first in line mechanical movement called “Baguette movement”.

1991 - A last change of ownership, when Swiza SA, the Swiss leader in high quality clocks, decided to enrich its product portfolio in acquiring Matthew Norman SA.

2006 - Matthew Norman launched a new line of products with resolutely modern designs, combining the art of living with astounding timepiece objects of art.

2009 - Launching new lines of products defined in 3 categories:

The first one, highly technical, features a 40-day mechanical movement, an innovative open-disc power-reserve display and a vertically-tilted regulating organ.

The second category highlights the purity of the designs with special finishing of the movement’s components, and especially the plates. Contrary to watches, clocks
lend themselves extremely well to this kind of effect, since the large size of the parts serve to highlight finishes such as ”Côtes de Genève”, vertical or satin-brushed surfaces, and even specially invented patterns.

The third category combines the beauty of a mechanical movement with the majesty of a sophisticated housing.

The models will also feature the exclusive use of noble materials such as brass, specific woods, fine leathers and cut glasses endowing the clocks with inimitable stature and radiance.

After the 2000 operations required to assemble the 300 parts composing each clock, the latter is granted a numbered quality certificate. The company register records the individual number of the movement, the name of the clockmaker, the production date and all other useful information. All mechanical clocks made in the workshops are hand-crafted, part by part, by experienced clockmakers. The range now includes 8-day movements set with 18 jewels, 40-day movements set with 37 jewels, “baguette movements” set with 19 jewels, as well as the so-called “Mouvement de Paris” with its round face and appealing shapes.

Enriched by a well-established practice of the art of horology, the company now successfully combines historical and modern elements. Thanks to its own true Manufacture and to the skills of its clockmakers, Matthew Norman is able to offer outstanding products based on a century old tradition.

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Time Techno Inc. is an Authorized Matthew Norman Retailer offering the full manufacturer’s warranty on every Matthew Norman clock we sell.