Sinn (watchmaker)

Sinn Uhren GmbH is a manufacturer of mechanical watches with headquarters in Frankfurt am Main. The company was founded in 1961 by the flight instructor and pilot Helmut Sinn under the name " Helmut Sinn watches ".

History

After the establishment in 1961, the company concentrated on the manufacture of Navigation clocks and chronographs and sold them in direct sales under cutting out the middleman. The watches were produced sector in Switzerland according to the specifications of Helmut Sinn in private label. By eliminating the margin of middlemen, the company was able to offer the watches cheaper than through traditional distribution channels. Quality and value for money talked in particular among the pilots around quickly. When this proved helpful Helmut sense former occupation as a pilot. 1994 Helmut Sinn sold the company to Lothar Schmidt. After the sale he purchased in 1996 the Swiss watch brand Guinand. In 1998 he founded in Frankfurt am Main, a new company. With this company he offered in direct sales of watches of brands honoree, Chrono Sport and two years previously acquired Guinand. In 2006 he retired from active business life. He handed over the commercial management of its long-term employees Horst Hassler and has since been in the company as a consultant.

The graduate engineer Lothar Schmidt since September 1993 worked at SINN special watches. Previously, he was since 1981 at IWC in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, initially as a freelancer and later as an officer. He was responsible for construction and operation of housing and ligament production as well as the construction and development. Later he also took over the construction and operation of the plant parts production. From 1990 until retirement he managed also as the principal in charge of the production and logistics structure of the re-established after the fall of A. Lange & Söhne in Glashütte, Saxony, at that time a subsidiary of IWC. Under his leadership, significant changes have been made to SINN Special watches. He parted from the private label sector, expanded the model range, developed its own watch models and innovative technologies. In addition to direct sales led a Lothar Schmidt called depots selected watchmaking companies that sell the watches also. In addition, a name change was in Sinn Uhren GmbH. The company assembles and regulates its watches mainly in Frankfurt am Main. Currently more than 12,000 watches a year are sold.

An important focus is on mission timer for professional users. These include special forces such as the maritime unit of the German Federal Police GSG 9 group, firefighters, divers and pilots. So was the German physicist and astronaut Reinhard Furrer during the Spacelab mission D1 1985 140 S to the wrist. Thus he proved that a mechanical SINN clock works with automatic movement in zero gravity. During the Mir- 92 mission in 1992, the astronaut Klaus- Dietrich Flade flew with the 142 S of Sinn watches on their wrist through space. 1993 was the 142 of Sinn watches that was in the D2 mission aboard the Columbia case.

Saxon watches Technologie GmbH ( SUG)

In 1999, Lothar Schmidt, together with Walter Fricker (owner of the housing company Fricker, Pforzheim ) and Ronald Boldt, the former head of technology and quality assurance of the Glashutte watches operation, a private housing company, Saxon watches Technologie GmbH ( SUG) in Glashütte. Walter Fricker is now no longer involved. Main buyers of housing are next to Sinn watches other well-known watch manufacturers.

Technologies

Sinn watches is regarded as technological or engineering brand, ie, the company is developing new technological solutions for special applications and typical problems of mechanical watches. In this sense, the company produces robust and suitable for everyday timepiece for professional users who are rather to be regarded as instruments. This is achieved primarily through self- developed technologies.

  • TEGIMENT Technology: greatly increased scratch resistance by surface hardening
  • Black Hard Coating: only in combination with the TEGIMENT
  • Ar - Dehumidifying Technology: Technology enhances functional reliability and freedom from fogging
  • DIAPAL: lubricant-free escapement
  • HYDRO: Reflection- readable under water
  • Protection against magnetic fields: uniform accuracy
  • Temperature resistance technology: functional reliability of - 45 ° C to 80 ° C
  • Safety swivel: safety for divers

Inspections and certifications

  • Compressive strength and water tightness
  • European diving equipment standards
  • TESTAF (Technical Standard aviator watches )

Awards

1st place at the Golden Balance

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