Ideas and goals of openmovement

What is OM?

openmovement is a group which has been formed to construct new basic watch movements in the public domain based on open source principles.

What are the main goals?

Watchmaking 2.0 – Collaboration rather than isolated cottage industry.

Self-help/support for watch manufacturers.

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Advancement of training (Practice parts, schoolwork).

Providing watch movement kits.

Transparency and future security based on the availability of plans and construction details.

Creation of a platform of competence and a think tank.

Freeing up of unused capacities in construction and production.

What does open source stand for?

Constructions are by principle available to all registered users and members of openmovement.org.

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Improvements and further developments to the basic watch movement will be made accessible and shared with the community.

Active collaboration, research and development.

All constructions of openmovement are under the licence of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unportet (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Who might be interested in OM?

For whom has OM been launched?
Watchmakers and constructing engineers

Small and large watch manufacturers

Suppliers and watch part manufacturers

Watchmaker schools, students and apprentices

People with an interest in watches
What are the advantages of getting involved?
Be part of a groundbreaking and significant project

Building and extending your professional network

Sharing of know-how

Cost saving

Development of new customer relations (for example between the construction engineer and the watch manufacturer)
What does OM offer its partners?
A mention on the website openmovement.org, as well as in documentations and any appropriated way

Sharing of know-how

Exciting network

Who is behind OM?

The committee and construction team of openmovement 2021 (from left to right): Roman Winiger, Marion Müller, Cédric Auberson, Gaylord de Lamarlière, Jérémy Freléchox, Olivier Mory, Christoph Schnee, David Olafsson, Richard Saunier.

The committee and construction team of openmovement is now composed of:

Roman Winiger
Winiger Horloger
(President, Construction Committee)

Reto Baumgartner
RB Baumgartner
(Board member)

Cédric Auberson
ETVJ Vallée de Joux, trainer
(Treasurer, Construction Committee)

Gaylord de Lamarlière
109 degrés
(Construction Committee)

Jérémy Freléchox
Timeforge & Vanguart
(Construction Committee)

Olivier Mory
Indépendant OM-Mechanics
(Construction Committee)

Christoph Schnee
Belchengruppe GmbH
(Vice-President)

David Olafsson
Prototypiste employé
(Board member, Construction Committee)

Richard Saunier
(former construction Committee case design)