Cardinal
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland · 创立于 1907 年
Cardinal 是一家生产可靠机械腕表的瑞士腕表品牌，供应国内和出口市场。作为汝拉地区典型的作坊式品牌，它代表了共同定义瑞士制表业的数以千计的小型企业。
- 创立年份
- 1907
- 总部
- La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
- 所属集团
- Independent
- 价位区间
- 入门
- 状态
- 已停业
停业时间: 1978
Cardinal 是一家小型瑞士制造商，在消灭了汝拉地区数百家小型机械腕表制造商的石英革命中被淘汰。
汝拉地区安静的工匠之一——Cardinal 制造了从不寻求聚光灯的诚实腕表。
核心系列
- Cardinal Automatic — Cardinal 的核心经典腕表系列，以简洁的设计和可靠的机芯品质，展现了汝拉地区小型制表作坊诚实而朴实的制表精神。
- Dress Collection — Elegant thin-cased watches designed for formal occasions, featuring clean dials and modest proportions typical of mid-century Swiss dress watches.
- Sport Models — Robust timepieces with improved water resistance and luminous hands, catering to the growing market for active lifestyle watches in the 1960s.
品牌历程
- 1907 — Cardinal 在瑞士创立，以精良的机械腕表为主要产品，作为汝拉地区典型的小型作坊式制表品牌运营。
- 1945 — 品牌以可靠的机芯品质服务国内和出口市场，是代表汝拉制表传统的众多小型品牌之一。
- 1960 — 石英革命淘汰了汝拉地区数百家小型机械腕表制造商，Cardinal 在这场浪潮中被彻底淘汰。
- 1970 — The quartz crisis began to severely impact small Swiss manufacturers as Japanese electronic watches flooded the market.
- 1978 — Cardinal ceased operations, one of hundreds of small Jura workshops unable to survive the seismic shift to quartz technology.
关于 Cardinal 的常见问题
- vintage Cardinal 腕表是否有收藏价值？
- vintage Cardinal 腕表在瑞士 vintage 腕表收藏市场以其扎实的汝拉制表传统，在入门级 vintage 腕表收藏群体中提供了一定的收藏选择。
- Are Cardinal watches still valuable?
- Cardinal watches hold modest collector value, primarily appealing to enthusiasts of mid-century Swiss watchmaking history rather than commanding significant premiums at auction.
- Can I still buy a Cardinal watch today?
- Cardinal watches can only be purchased on the vintage market through dealers, auction houses, and online platforms specialising in discontinued Swiss timepieces.
- Why did Cardinal go out of business?
- Like many small Swiss manufacturers, Cardinal lacked the capital to invest in quartz technology and could not compete with the accuracy and affordability of Japanese quartz watches flooding the market.
- What movements did Cardinal use?
- Cardinal typically employed ébauche movements from established Swiss suppliers, a common practice among smaller manufacturers who assembled rather than produced their own calibres.