For over a century, the greatest minds of the watchmaking profession looked at ways of making a completely transparent watch, but without success. Then, in February 1993, René Quinting, a young automotive engineer, decided to disregard the time-honoured conventions of watchmaking and struck out on his own. Assisted by two Swiss engineers – Willy Cleusix, an expert in structural design, and Norbert Perucchi, who developed the concept – he managed to make a completely transparent chronograph.

After seven years of research, the see-through watch was presented to the watchmaking industry, which immediately recognized the technical and aesthetic value of this pioneering achievement. It was the subject of many articles in the trade press.

In September 2000, the rapidly growing company was bought out by Pascal Berclaz, an electronics engineer and economist with a passion for Quinting, who had no hesitation in investing 2 million Swiss francs in the business. Fascinated by time and timekeeping, he has devoted himself to developing a range of high-tech Mystery Watches, whose purity and transparency would remind their wearers of humanity’s capacity for love.

The next priorities are to create a women’s model and an entirely mechanical watch.


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