Pictures and Reports of the WUS Sinn Factory Tour, 2007-02-23

[Crusader]

O.k. guys, we are slowly getting back from an excellent day at the Sinn factory.

Many thanks to Mr. Lothar Schmidt, owner and CEO of Sinn Spezialuhren, Ms. Leseberg and all the staff members for giving us their time and hospitality, and for making our visit a very special event that the participants will long and fondly remember.

I am starting this thread as a repository for the pictures and for sharing the impressions and comments of the participants of the tour.

[Axel66]

Hello Martin,

Eliza and myself have meanwhile arrived back in Luxembourg.
First of all a big thank you for your brilliant organization!
Second, just wanna share, that is was a pleasure for us and very interesting.

Thank you,

Axel

[U TURN]

Hello Martin,
g´day mates,

thank you very much for organizing this great event. Of course many thanks to Mr. Schmidt and his staff for the hospitality and for providing us with all the information. A day to remember.

Especially for me it will be a day to remember as I learned that the digits
7 5 7 are not only related to aircrafts but as well to a new Sinn model which I found worth to spend some money for...

To prevent my wife from any discussion about this topic I bought a tiny little gift for her, too.

Here are the first pics. The official roll out of the 757 will take place at the BASELWORLD WATCH AND JEWELLERY SHOW at Basel/Switzerland in April 2007.

[JohnF]

Hi -

Rather than clog up Ernie's server and his bandwidth, take a look here for the pictures I took:

https://plus.google.com/photos/11603...CP3A6--Q2M76RQ

If that link doesn't work, let me know!

JohnF

PS: And for those expecting more of a report, wait till morning. Seriously there was a lot to take in and to understand. But this much is clear: Sinn remains one of the serious players in the German market, and indeed worldwide, and their watches are limited only by two things: their manufacturing capacity and the imagination of their customers. In other words, if there is a Sinn you want, there are ways of getting it made: get enough people together to order the watches, and they will be made. They are very, very open, direct folks who love their watches and are committed to making some really brilliant watches at the best possible quality without going completely overboard...

PPS: And a big THANK YOU for Martin (Crusader) and the great folks at Sinn: I dare say I speak for most when I say that a great time was had by all...

[CMSgt Bo]

I hope everyone made it home safely.

I'd like to thank you again Martin for organizing a very enjoyable day. I'd also like to thank Herr Schmidt and his staff for their gracious hospitality. The tour was exceptional, the beer was cold, the food was hot, and the fellowship was second to none. I'm very much looking forward to our next meeting.

Peter "Bo" Bokkean

[g-banger]

Awesome pictures you guys have got... looks like it was lots of fun.

Wish i was in germany heheheh

What is the dimensions on that 757? is it the same as 756 with Bezel around it?

[pugridiron]

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Especially for me it will be a day to remember as I learned that the digits
7 5 7 are not only related to aircrafts but as well to a new Sinn model which I found worth to spend some money for...

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Looks like a Damasko D66 without a second hand and day feature. I appears Sinn improved the bezel over the 657. Sinn might have a new popular chrono here.

[altreality]

Hi -

if there is a Sinn you want, there are ways of getting it made: get enough people together to order the watches, and they will be made. They are very, very open, direct folks who love their watches and are committed to making some really brilliant watches at the best possible quality without going completely overboard...

Sounds like an opening for the WUS, Sinn International Forum limited edition! am sure we can find enough numbers for this!!!! Yes please!

P.s. rather jealous looking at the caps and bottle of wine - all Sinn branded!

[Crusader]

And the same ugly bezel as the 657. Wow...what imagination by Sinn.

Good job of detracting what you haven't seen first hand, Steve, or asked questions about first. Of course, you have lots of practice. A bit trollish, wouldn't you say?

The differences of the new 757 bezel compared to the 657 are: sloped rather than flat, giving the watch a more convex appearance than the tuna-can 657; full-lumed triangle rather than dot; black réhaut on the watch for a more tactical lug. It is still of the loss-safe design, i.e. it cannot be popped off like most bezels. The bezel sits directly against the sapphire crystal.

The 757 looks very good, a serious improvement over the 756 - everyone present said so. The 22mm lugs are an improvement, too.

The new bezel will also become available for the 856 (predictably, the 857), and the 657 will be redesigned accordingly.

[Handel]

That photo album is terrific! If it's on again next year sign me up now.