{"id":490,"date":"2011-04-11T13:24:38","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T17:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/example.org\/watchmaker-franck-muller-uses-solidworks-to-update-a-centuries-old-craft"},"modified":"2011-04-11T13:24:38","modified_gmt":"2011-04-11T17:24:38","slug":"watchmaker-franck-muller-uses-solidworks-to-update-a-centuries-old-craft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2011\/04\/watchmaker-franck-muller-uses-solidworks-to-update-a-centuries-old-craft.html","title":{"rendered":"Watchmaker Franck Muller Uses SolidWorks to Update a Centuries-old Craft"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Swiss watchmaker, Franck Muller<\/a>, has established its reputation as a \u201cwatchmaking genius\u201d by creating some of the world\u2019s most complicated and sought-after timepieces. The company continues to elevate the state-of-the-art in watchmaking by designing each new model with increasing levels of complexity. For example, its Aeternitas Mega 4 Grande Sonnerie Westminster Carillon <\/a>watch was the most complex wristwatch ever designed when it was created in 2009. It packs 1,483 individual elements, 205 sub-assemblies and 36 \u201ccomplications,\u201d or added features, into a space small enough to fit on a customer\u2019s wrist.<\/p>\n

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\"MVS.3440rendulow\"<\/a> As the level of complexity in each design increases, so does the watchmaker\u2019s need to adopt a design platform that will allow it to combine 21st<\/sup> century engineering with classical features. \u201cOnce the size of the watch is defined, the challenge is to figure out a way to design the various mechanisms to fit and function within the case,\u201d Franck Muller R&D Engineer Jean Golay said. \u201cThis challenge becomes increasingly difficult when developing complicated movement. SolidWorks software not only allows us to visualize individual components but also to simulate the motion of components and mechanisms, so we can avoid interference errors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn more about how SolidWorks solutions allowed Franck Muller to reduce design errors and cut development costs in today\u2019s press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Swiss watchmaker, Franck Muller, has established its reputation as a \u201cwatchmaking genius\u201d by creating some of the world\u2019s most complicated and sought-after timepieces. The company continues to elevate the state-of-the-art in watchmaking by designing each new model with increasing<\/p>\n... Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":2479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,14,18],"tags":[449,129,539,19],"class_list":["post-490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-customer-stories","category-design","category-solidworks","tag-customer","tag-design-2","tag-franck-muller","tag-solidworks-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}