Welcome in the watchmaking world
of Andreas Strehler
Andreas Strehler is a watchmaker through and through. His special talent for understanding the complex structure of a timepiece simply by looking at it was already evident in his youth. His passion became his profession. After completing an apprenticeship as a watchmaker, he worked for Renaud et Papi, where he collaborated with great watchmakers such as Robert Greubel, Stephen Forsey and Giulio Papi. In 1995 he became a freelancer and developed numerous movements for well-known watch manufacturers such as Chronoswiss, H.Moser & Cie. and Harry Winston. From this work his company was born, Uhrteil AG. A dozen employees, watchmakers, technicians and precision mechanics, implement Andreas Strehler's philosophy to the highest standards and guarantee outstanding quality.
The watchmaker
In 1998 Andreas Strehler presented his first creation: the perpetual desk calendar. A combination of desk calendar and pocket watch. An interaction of mechanical memory and immediate synchronization with the two elements in conjunction.
One year later watch number "Zwei" appeared, captivating in its understatement and technical brilliance. It can switch the display as if it were an electronic digital watch, yet with a mechanical movement, which can combine any kind of displays with the aid of differential gears.
The inventor
Andreas Strehler's motivation lies in discovering new, more refined procedures, intended to advance the watchmaker's art. He wants to strike out in a different direction from the classic watchmaker, to achieve a result which is not just equally good, but better.
Strehler not only produces the movements for his innovative mechanisms but often also the machines and software required for their manufacture.
The developer
Andreas Strehler is a man of action. A man who realises his dreams by developing watches that bear his incomparable signature.
His ideas prove that in the field of "haute horlogerie", all the options are still far from exhausted. "It's similar to music. All the notes are already familiar and yet new melodies are constantly being invented. This proves that there is always something new to develop.”
The visionary