Armin Strom
- Founded
- 1967
- Based in
- Biel, Switzerland
- In our catalog
- 1 watch at $89,000
Armin Strom builds its watches with the movement on show from the dial side. Its best-known models are resonance watches: two balance wheels side by side, connected by a patented spring so that they fall into step and run more steadily.
History
Armin Strom was a watchmaker in Burgdorf who started skeletonising and engraving watches in 1967. In 2006 a new group of owners, including Serge Michel, took over the brand and turned it into a manufacture in Biel, with watchmaker Claude Greisler designing the movements.
In 2016 the brand introduced its resonance clutch spring, which links two balances so they synchronise within minutes. The Mirrored Force Resonance followed in 2019 and was updated in 2022.
Signature models
- Mirrored Force Resonance Manufacture Edition: A 41 mm hand-wound watch with two visible balances on the left of the dial and a blue sub-dial for the time.
What it's known for
Visible mechanics, very fine skeletonisation and finishing, and one of the few practical takes on resonance in a wristwatch. Production is small and often in limited series.
Price and positioning
Models cost from about $45,000 for the Orbit to around $90,000 for resonance pieces. It competes with other technical independents such as MB&F, Urwerk and H. Moser & Cie.