Company

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Diamond microcomponents

Diamaze Microtechnology SA, based in Switzerland, offers watch components made of pure diamond or with a diamond coating. These ultra-precise and high-quality micro-components are mainly built into luxury watches.

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In the country of watchmakers

Diamaze Microtechnology SA was founded in 2008 and is an independent and privately owned company. It is the Swiss subsidiary of GFD Gesell­schaft für Diamant­produkte mbH. The company is based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in the centre of the Jura region, where the heart of the watch industry beats.

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Escapements

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Highest accuracy

In close cooperation with our customers, we develop and produce innovative escapement systems that stand out in terms of functionality, efficiency and durability. On request, they can be delivered ready for assembly on customer-specific axes (T0).

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Ultra-precision machining

We are the leaders in the field of ultra-precision machining of Diamond, based on specialized microtechnological processes. For the first time, our process technology allows us for a perfect finishing of smallest diamond watch components. Besides functional requirements, we also meet the highest esthetical levels eg. by chamfering or decoration.

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Research & Services

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We implement your creative ideas with our technology.

Do you have a general question about our products or the technology we have developed? Or are you looking for an industrial partner or service provider for a specific problem? Please call us or send us an email, together we will try to find a solution for your request.

Customized development & research – Talk to us!

The further development of our technology enables us to turn ideas and prototypes into marketable products, parts, components and systems.

In addition to developing its own product ideas, Diamaze Microtechnology SA offers industry partners tailor-made collaborations for the joint development of customer-specific components that excel in terms of functionality, efficiency and durability. We can also supply these ready for installation on request. Our escapement systems and microcomponents are available in three different versions. Depending on the version, these are made entirely of diamond (All Diamond), diamond-coated silicon (Diamond Coated Silicon) or they have a decorative diamond layer (Decorative Diamond).

Materials of mechanical watches: Diamond

Press, Watchtime.net, 2013.10. ➜ Silicon is good, but for watches there is actually a better material that women like to call their best friend: Diamond, the hardest material of all.

World market leader from Ulm with artificial diamonds

Press, Ulm News, 2012.04. GFD Managing Director Dr. Peter Gluche was a doctoral student at the University of Ulm and founded the Gesellschaft für Diamantprodukte mbH (GFD) together with Dr. Andre Flöter. Today, GFD develops and produces artificial diamond coatings with eight employees.

First CVD diamond gear wheel in the escapement of a watch movement

Press, Industrie Diamant Rundschau, 2005.05. ➜ At the Basel jewelry and watch fair “Baselworld”, the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer Ulysse Nardin launched a world first: the first gear wheel made of pure CVD diamond in a watch.

Watch technology, jewelry in jewelry

Press, Manager Magazin, 2004.08. ➜ Scientists have come up with a new twist to make mechanical watches run even more precisely and need to be wound less often. In the future, cogwheels could be made of artificial diamonds.