1933-1945
1933年,德国普福尔茨海姆镇 ,在一家服务于德国贵族的珠宝首饰工坊内,青年雕刻师Erdmann von Meyer 首次接触钟表制造。
Erdmann von Meyer 的祖父曾就读于著名的巴登大公爵的珠宝学院【1】,在之后几年里,他通过自己的人脉给Erdmann von Meyer介绍了几名钟表名师, Erdmann von Meyer的制表技艺因此快速成长。
很快地,工坊可以精准完成昂贵机械钟的复刻,也凭此收获了一些收藏家客户;然而好景不长,战争阴云下,工坊发展基本停滞,且在二战后期遭遇轰炸,基础设施几乎全部被毁。
In 1933, the young engraver Erdmann von Meyer first came into contact with watchmaking in a jewelry workshop serving the German aristocracy in the town of Pforzheim, Germany.
Erdmann von Meyer's grandfather studied at the Jewelry School of the famous Grand Duke of Baden [1]. In the following years, he introduced several famous watch masters to Erdmann von Meyer through his personal connections, and Erdmann von Meyer's watchmaking skills grew rapidly.
Soon, the workshop was able to accurately reproduce expensive mechanical clocks, and it also gained some collector customers. However, the good times did not last long. Under the cloud of war, the development of the workshop was basically stagnant, and it was bombed in the late World War II, almost all of the infrastructure was destroyed.
【1】18世纪中叶,巴登公爵的珠宝学院成就了普福尔茨海姆的“黄金之城”美誉
[1] In the middle of the 18th century, the Jewellery School of the Duke of Baden achieved the reputation of Pforzheim as the "city of gold“.
1946-1979
1947年工坊重建, Erdmann von Meyer找回了从前的珠宝师和学徒们,由他的第三个儿子Conny von Meyer 继续经营,自己则花了五年时间走遍德国,为工坊的制表业务陆续配置了新的装配师、打磨师等。
五十年代,在西德政府的激励机制下【2】,当地钟表制造业开始复兴,工坊也逐步专注于奢侈品腕表制造,从此走上独特的奢侈品腕表之路。
转变初期并非易事,在此阶段, Erdmann von Meyer的叔父、宝石矿矿主 Reinhard von Meyer 提供了大量的资金支持。独立的经济来源和家族经营保证了Erdmann von Meyer“单纯”的属性,敢于向更非凡的制表工艺发起挑战。
1957-1964年,工坊使用自主研发的机芯“Erdmann”,制造高质量的机械表,成为当时极少数拥有自主机芯的小型制表工坊。但和当地的多家制表企业相比,没有实现品牌化和量产化的工坊对大众而言鲜为人知。
1968年后,Conny von Meyer接管工坊,依照父亲“不预先设限生产成本(设计后直接手工制作),不做工业化量产,承诺终生保修” 的三大原则继续经营。
When the workshop was rebuilt in 1947, Erdmann von Meyer brought back his former jewellers and apprentices, and his third son, Conny von Meyer, continued to run the business, while he spent five years travelling around Germany, and successively deployed new assemblers and polishers for the watchmaking business of the workshop.
In the 1950s, with incentives from the West German government [2], the local watchmaking industry began to revive and the workshop gradually focused on the manufacture of luxury watches, since then, it has embarked on a unique road of luxury watches..
The early days of the transition were not easy, and during this phase, Erdmann von Meyer's uncle, Reinhard von Meyer, the owner of the gemstone mines, provided substantial financial support. Independent financial resources and the family management ensured Erdmann von Meyer's "simple" attributes and daring to challenge the more extraordinary watchmaking craftsmanship.
From 1957 to 1964, the workshop used the self-developed movement "Erdmann" to manufacture high-quality mechanical watches, becoming one of the very few small watchmaking workshops with its own movement at that time. However, compared with many local watchmaking companies, the workshops that have not achieved branding and mass production are little known to the public.
After 1968, Conny von Meyer took over the workshop and continued to operate it in accordance with his father's three principles: "not pre-setting production costs (hand-made directly after design), not doing industrialized mass production, and promising a lifetime warranty".
【2】50年代早期,西德根据本国国情在处理国家与市场关系方面作了重要探索和尝试。无论是联邦还是州和乡镇参与的企业,凡以盈利为目的,均以市场为导向进行经营管理,此外扶持农业、建筑业和中小企业。另一方面,实行的社会福利政策与各项稳定经济的政策相协调,保证了社会的相对安定。[2]
In the early 1950s, West Germany made important explorations and attempts in dealing with the relationship between the state and the market in accordance with its own national conditions. All enterprises, whether federal or state and townships were involved, were managed in a market-oriented manner for the purpose of profit-making, and agriculture, construction and small and medium-sized enterprises were also supported. On the other hand, the social welfare policy implemented was coordinated with various policies to stabilize the economy, which ensured the relative stability of the society.
1980-2009
1980年,在高昂的租金压力下, Conny von Meyer将工坊搬到了好友经营的家具店的后院内,并更名为Meyer工作室,店外的街道上没有指示,只在后院的木门上挂了一个铜牌,刻有 “Meyer”的字样。
90年代,东西德的统一让整个德国制表工业得以发展,在此背景下,工作室几年来一直“安于现状”。
2003年, Conny von Meyer的女儿、研究计算机科学与技术专业的Helene Meyer 顺利毕业,并在第二年加入研祥计算机产品的德国经销商(EVOC Distributor in Germany )。此时恰逢智能个人物品技术(SPOT)【3】智能手表发布,在Helene 的建议下,工坊决心突破,计划研发智能表产品。
这次探索结果还是以失败落幕。智能表打样后并不理想,工坊回归到机械表制作。直到2007年,Helene 和父亲在产品理念上出现了分歧,不同于父亲的保守,Helene认为他们的手表还是急需注入更多的“科技力量”(Macht der Technologie) 。另一方面,作为研祥计算机产品的德国经销商的成员,对于研祥从机电一体化到智能化的精进, Helene一直感受颇深——为什么研祥可以成功?
2009年,研祥欧洲技术中心举办的一场技术研讨会(Technisches Seminar ),给了Helene很大的启发。同一年,在Helene的牵线下,Meyer工作室得到了研祥的资金和技术支持。
In 1980, under pressure from high rents, Conny von Meyer moved his workshop into the backyard of his friend's furniture shop and renamed it Studio Meyer, with no signposts on the street outside the shop, except for a bronze plaque with the words "Meyer" on the wooden door in the backyard..
In the 1990s, the reunification of East and West Germany allowed the development of the entire German watchmaking industry, and against this background, the studio has been “comfortable with the status” for several years.
In 2003, Conny von Meyer's daughter Helene Meyer, who studied computer science and technology, graduated successfully and joined EVOC Distributor in Germany in the second year. This coincided with the launch of the Smart Personal Object Technology (SPOT) [3] smartwatch and, under Helene's suggestion, the workshop was determined to make a breakthrough and planned to develop a smartwatch product.
This exploration ended in failure. The prototype of the smartwatch was not satisfactory and the workshop returned to making mechanical watches. Until 2007 Helene and her father had a disagreement over their product concept. Unlike her father's conservativeness, Helene felt that there was an urgent need to inject more "technological power" (Macht der Technologie) into their watches. On the other hand, as a member of the German distributor of EVOC’s computer products, Helene has always felt deeply about EVOC's improvement from mechatronics to intelligence - why EVOC can succeed?
In 2009, a Technisches Seminar held by EVOC European Technology Center gave Helene a great inspiration. In the same year, Meyer workshop received financial and technical support from EVOC under the help of Helene.
【3】智能个人物品技术(SPOT):全称为 Smart Personal Objects Technology,是基于当时各种先进技术的基础研发上,支持“智能”手表式电脑 的一种技术。
Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT): This is a technology that supports "smart" watch-type computers based on various advanced technologies of the time.
2010之后
2010年,全面升级的多功能Meyer机械表在研祥欧洲技术中心诞生,双方在军工领域尖端技术的探讨与合作日渐深入。
2012年,Meyer工作室正式加入研祥。此后,在“科技领航”的理念下,陆续又研发了4个不同系列的腕表,全部仅做军用,其中DOF系列表现尤为突出,分别在2012、2013年相继推出第二代、第三代产品,即DOF2、DOF3。
2016年, DOF4顺利升级为电子腕表,并首次应用了研祥航空航天尖端专利技术。
2019年,第五代产品DOF正式升级为智能腕表。
2021年,研祥潜动科技有限公司成立。
2022年,理念全面升级,重金礼聘法国设计大师团队倾心打造DOF第六代,即首代民用产品DOF6系列设计完成;DOF第六代系列臻品获得德国红点奖(Red DotAward: Design Concept)、美国MUSE缪斯设计奖金奖!
2023年,12月5日Vinsbäh腕宝品牌于上海•苏宁宝丽嘉酒店全球首发;与国际一线时尚杂志BAZAAR Jewelry长线合作,明星曾黎佩戴Vinsbäh DOF6M Luxe鎏光金登上12月封面刊;Vinsbäh腕宝品牌形象店入驻中国一线城市核心商圈。
2024年,12月15日Vinsbäh腕宝新品发布会,推出三大“重量级”系列新品:“钛•轻•薄”腕宝追求全球最轻薄智能腕表的Vinsbäh腕宝DOF7系列、马拉松专用智能运动腕表Vinsbäh腕宝Runner2系列,以及腕宝全球首款健身专用智能运动腕表Vinsbäh腕宝Fitness2系列。
2025年Vinsbäh已在一线城市核心商圈开设16家品牌形象店,版图持续扩张;10月18日,Vinsbäh再度臻呈五大全新力作:全球首款燃脂塑形智能腕表Rosecare2系列、“钛腕美”珠宝级智能腕表DOF7M系列、女王时尚智能腕表Queen2系列、宙斯时尚智能腕表Zeus2系列及专业高尔夫智能腕表Golf2系列,进一步彰显其在智能腕表领域的前沿探索与卓悦品味。