Steinhausen Burl-wood Quad Watch Winder

Model: TM 481

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Catalog Number: 119239

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Product Description:

Over the years, collectors of Steinhausen automatic timepieces have requested a Quad Automatic Watch Winder box crafted of luxurious burlwood. After more than 2 years in development, the wait is finally over. Hundreds of prototypes fell by the wayside until this incredible design emerged. With subtle bowed sides made of polished burl-wood, craftsmen then applied 18 layers of high-gloss piano finish. The result is a mirror finish capable of reflecting your own image. The interior has been lined with simulated soft cream calf hide. The four watch pedestals rotate inside burlwood rings. A Lucite window in the lid allows for a wide dust-free viewing area. Two additional compartments have been built into the front of the case with viewing windows. The motors run silently as they keep four of your finest automatic timepieces constantly wound and ready at a moment's notice. The burlwood watch winder case you've been waiting for is finally here.

Features:

Materials: Burl-wood, Lucite, black velvet and lacquer. Entirely handcrafted.
Winding Mechanism: Dual silent motors with intermittent time and directional controls.
Turntable: Four turntables with four removable padded braces hold four watches. Each is framed with a burl-wood ring.
Exterior: Burl-wood with 18 layers of mirrored high-gloss lacquer. Each layer of lacquer is cured for 3 days before being sanded and polished by hand.
Interior Lining: Smooth cream-colored, simulated calf-hide.
Extra Compartment: 2 compartments with Lucite windows located on front, display 2 watches. Each compartment has burl wood frame and padded watch brace.
Hinges: Polished brass

Product Specifications:

Overall Case: 13" x 12" x 7.5"
Lucite Windows: 12.5" x 11.5"
Turntable Diameter: 3.5"
Weight: 13 bs.
Measures: 17" x 14" x 13"
Uses 6v AC adaptor (included)
Has directional switch for clockwise and counter-clockwise rotation
Has four winding modes for different watches

Brands You Trust: Steinhausen

In Steinhausen, Switzerland, during the early 1900s, Ulrich Van-Heusen was a highly-touted watchmaker, inventor and architect laboring day after day, attempting to build the world’s first automatic calendar watch. He lived in an era in which only wealthy individuals could afford a timepiece. And they were custom-made solely for influential people who asked for one.

In 1923, Ulrich Van-Heusen had completed his first automatic calendar watch. The repercussions of this engineering feat had yet to be felt by humanity.

In 1928, after building a few of these ground-breaking timepieces for select individuals, Van-Heusen began a family watch business along with his two sons, building a variety of watches that would astonish the world, including ones with calendar displays, chronographs (i.e. precise timekeeping devices), skin-line type watches and skeleton (transparent face) watches.

Ulrich Van-Heusen named his particular brand of watch Steinhausen, after Ulrich Van-Heusen’s father’s ancestral name. It served as a reminder of his noble heritage. And soon would be associated with the most celebrated watches on earth. Van-Heusen would eventually sell Steinhausen watches to kings, army generals, czars, princes and emperors from Monte Carlo to Russia.

In an era in which pocket watches were prevalent, Ulrich Van-Heusen remained steadfast in his belief that wristwatches would eventually be a personal element people wouldn’t be able to live without. History proves he was right. Wristwatches eventually became the norm for men of every social stratum.

Van-Heusen passed on his expertise, knack for precision, watch-making experience, workmanship habits and attention to quality to his two sons. They soon began selling distinguished watches to famous retailers and jewelry boutiques around the world.

In 1938, two decades after World War I, Ulrich Van-Heusen’s son, Klaus Van-Heusen, had assumed the role of proprietor of Steinhausen. He continued the tradition of building newly designed watches that would appease the most demanding consumer. And he would invent new watch technologies such as day-of-week display and scratch-resistant sapphire crystal face.

In 1961, Erica Van-Heusen, granddaughter of Ulrich, at the age of 27, became the next proprietor of Steinhausen. Sales skyrocketed because of her keen business acumen. Erica Van-Heusen started assembly factories in Asian countries such as Japan and South Korea. To find rubies and sapphire crystals for Steinhausen products, she established mines in South Africa and India. Van-Heusen also developed more manufacturing sites in Switzerland, Germany and the Czech Republic. Steinhausen Across the World

In the present day, Steinhausen continues to market its prestigious line of watches on four separate continents (Europe, the United States, Japan and China).

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