Buser Freres GSTP Violet x Infinity Watches L.E.
Limited edition exclusively for Infinity Watches.
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Rhapsody in Purple
We are proud to present you a limited edition watch created exclusively for Infinity Watches in collaboration with the Buser Freres brand.
Behind the Buser Freres brand stands Yuriy Shapiro, founder of the successful watch brand Dekla, a great watchmaker, and holder of several patents. Thanks to the same background, Buser Freres watches can also boast a case, hands, and dial made in-house in their own workshops in Stuttgart, Germany. In the sandblasted case, which Buser Freres (Dekla) produces itself, we decided to insert a Swiss Sellita movement with manual winding and hacking. At the same time, we took advantage of the production potential and had Buser Freres make a dial for which we used paint in a truly captivating purple shade. We did not forget about excellent readability in low light conditions, so we had the indexes, numbers, and hands (of course also made in-house) covered with a thick layer of SuperLuminova luminescent coating. The dial can be admired through a slightly domed sapphire crystal, which we had coated with two layers of anti-reflective coating on both sides.
The watch case diameter has a sweet 38 mm and in addition to great readability, the watch also offers protection against magnetization (according to DIN 8309). The watch is based on the historical G.S.T.P. series that Buser Freres also produced for the British army back then.
This limited edition watch was produced in just 10 pieces and exclusively for Infinity Watches. 5 pieces in 2024 and 5 in 2025.
Technical Details:
Dial: purple with indexes coated with BGW9 Superluminova
Crystal: sapphire crystal, slightly domed, anti-reflective both side
Water Resistant: 100 m
Movement: Sellita SW216-1M, elabore; fine adjustment in-house. Middel rate +/- 7 s/d. Hand winding, Anti-magnetic as per DIN 8309
Strap: Textile/Leather strap, stainless steel buckle with logo.
G.S.T.P. aka General Services Trade Pattern
G.S.T.P. stands for General Services Trade Pattern (or General Services Time Piece) and indicates that the watch was purchased by the British Ministry of Defense from different manufacturers for their armed forces during the World War II. These watches were extremely popular among the British military ground forces and available on the market throughout the war and until the 1950s.
When the World War II erupted in 1939, the British military forces turned out to be caught ill-prepared and failed to provide its soldiers with a sufficient number of timepieces. Therefore, the War Office hurriedly purchased pocket watches from Swiss watchmakers and retailers to cover the shortage. Most of those pocket watches were regarded as general service timepieces and played a role of timekeepers for routine duties, similar to those performed by radio operators and drivers.
Přestože byly G.S.T.P. hodinky vyráběny různými výrobci, obvykle odpovídaly standardu stanovenému britskými úřady. Originální kapesní hodinky G.S.T.P. měly zpravidla světélkující číslice 3, 9 a 12 na černém či bílém ciferníku, malý sekundový ciferník na pozici 6, strojek osazený drahokamy (rubíny) a pouzdro opatřené zacvakávacím nebo šroubovacím mechanismem. Pouzdro neslo také označení G.S.T.P., širokou šipku a sériové číslo. Některé hodinky byly opatřeny jménem výrobce, jiné zůstaly anonymní.
Throughout its relatively short history, G.S.T.P. watches were produced under numerous brands, including Omega, Cortebert, Lemania, Thommen, Recta, Buren, Doxa, Unitas, Damas, Helvetia, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Tissot, Hamilton, Leonidas, Grana, Zenith and more. However, there is no single opinion as to who was the pioneer in manufacturing G.S.T.P. timepieces. According to some sources, Record was the first, while others believe it was Smiths.
Firma Buser Frères & Cie S.A. se také zapojila do výroby těchto hodinek a uvedla svůj model G.S.T.P. pod značkou Frenca. Kapesní hodinky Vintage Frenca z období druhé světové války s označením G.S.T.P. Q10993 mají vysoce kvalitní ručně natahovaný strojek Buser, umístěný v 52mm niklovém pouzdře. Tyto hodinky sloužily během války jako součást výbavy britské armády a díky svému historickému významu jsou dnes ceněným přírůstkem do každé sbírky militárií.
About the Brand
The first mention of Buser Frères & Cie SA dates back to 1892. Right then Albert Buser founded a family-owned watchmaking business in Niederdorf with a branch in Reigoldswil, Switzerland. The company’s initial focus was on designing, producing and delivering select components and ebauches (the so-called ‘raw movements’, typically consisting of plates, bridges, wheels and barrels) to other watchmakers for the further assembly.
První zmínky o společnosti Buser Frères & Cie SA sahají do roku 1892, kdy Albert Buser založil rodinnou hodinářskou firmu v Niederdorfu a zřídil pobočku ve švýcarském Reigoldswilu. Společnost se původně zaměřovala na návrh, výrobu a dodávání vybraných komponentů a „ebauchů“ (základních strojků, skládajících se z desek, můstků, kol a hlavně) dalším hodinářům pro finální montáž.
Only a few decades later, in 1916, Buser turned into a watchmaking manufacture and started producing completely assembled watches. The product range varied from pocket and wrist watches to necklace watches for ladies and dashboard clocks for vehicles.
In 1923, the company was listed in Niederdorf as a manufacturer of rough movements. In 1924, the two would-be Buser watch sub-brands Tip Top and Nidor were introduced to the American market.
In 1925, Buser was listed as a company specializing in production of levers and cylinders, and joined a group association, which became Ebauches SA (a holding company for Swiss watch movement manufacturers) in 1926.
In 1949, the company exhibited in Basel, Switzerland. The same year, the Buser brand list was supplemented with Esta, Neo, Neova and Nidor brands, and with Frenca brand in 1951.
In order to optimize and rationalize the production process, Buser and three other Swiss watchmaking companies (Phénix, Revue Thommen and Vulcain) merged into Manufactures d’Horlogerie Suisse Réunis SA, or M.S.R. (United Swiss Watch Manufacturing Companies, Ltd.) in 1961. The newly-formed federation headquartered in Biel produced over 600,000 watches per year, making it one of the largest in the Swiss watch industry. As part of M.S.R. Buser and Phénix were in charge for assembly, while Revue Thommen focused on production of components and Vulcain handled product marketing and commerce.
In 1963, M.S.R. launched a new ladies’ caliber, and in 1967 introduced their jointly developed modern automatic movement with steel ball bearings. This movement was set to production the next year and became the key component of Revue Thommen and Vulcain watches in 1969.
In the late 1970s, Buser switched over from watches to the industrial sector and production of pressure instruments, resulting in the Buser watch brand retirement in 1978.
In the 1980s, M.S.R. encountered a severe quartz crisis and its production dropped down to 25,000 timepieces a year. This rebounded in the 1990s, but the company refocused on the Asian market and managed to produce only 40,000 watches annually by the end of the century. In 1999, M.S.R. divested its La Chaux-de-Fonds facilities and concentrated production in Waldenburg. The watchmaking era ended in July 2000, marking the end of M.S.R.
In 2023, Dekla Watches launched production of some vintage Buser watch models with a modern twist in its facilities.
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