Find out more about the fabulous 'tradition kit' created by PetitPierre for all watchmaking enthusiasts. Here you can find everything you need to repair watches yourself. Watchmaking tools and luxury accessories.

The Swiss company PetitPierre S.A. has designed the Coffret d'outillage horlogers, also called as 'Tradition tool box'. This is a fantastic and very useful gadget for watchmaking. A ‘full-set’ of tools made for watchmakers, collectors and serious fans. A worthy product for those with an admiration for the watch industry and culture, but it also serves as a tribute to the traditional watchmaker's craft.

For nearly 40 years, PetitPierre has specialised as a manufacturer of devices and components for the microtechnology industry and has also gained a great deal of experience in watchmaking, by developing extremely reliable automation machines. With a passion for components and precision, they are also a great help to high-end watchmakers; Petitpierre's engineers are highly experienced in assembling components of all kinds, with complicated shapes, low weight and very small dimensions. From design to delivery, training and after-sales service, this sector of activity offers a complete range of services with guaranteed follow-up.

When you are in your first year of watchmaking school, the first thing you will learn is precisely to build your own tools and learn how important they are to you. For this reason, PetitPierre has a strong focus on training young watchmakers who can add value to the industry by teaching current methods, the creation of watchmaking tools and their knowledge of automation, in order to meet Swiss quality requirements.

They have developed a know-how in automation processes, tailor-made for different watch manufacturers. To achieve this, the company has chosen to create technologies from scratch, adapted to the needs of its customers. By placing the customer at the centre of its concerns and developments, the company has become a privileged partner of large companies.

Nowadays, PetitPierre works 90% for the watchmaking industry, with more than 400 machines delivered. It devotes half of its efforts to assembly machine activities, one third to production tooling and one third to after-sales services. Interestingly, PetitPierre has also worked for the aerospace industry, assisting in the assembly of the 'Galileo' atomic clock, the satellite that implemented the European GPS system.

We went to visit the company and had a great time with Mr. Boris PetitPierre, he has been the director of PetitPierre S.A. for more than two decades, since he inherited the company from his father, Freddy PetitPierre. The good work he has done with the company has led it to be considered as a small jewel in the micro-technology of the watchmaking industry. As mentioned above, he excels in the development and manufacture of tools, in the assembly and assembly of the smallest components.

PetitPierre is an ardent perfectionist, he carries out his work and his designs with great passion, and tries to offer objects of great beauty, with perfect finishes and luxurious presentations. We can appreciate his way of working in this eye-catching and well cared for presentation of this 'watchmaking tool box', housed in a Macassar ebony box, and inside, the items are of exquisite quality, reflecting the care that has gone into their manufacture. The presentation adds great value and the tools themselves become precious commodities of great value.

‘Tradition Box’ PetitPierre

Components

Inside you will find three supply boxes with needle tweezers, a solit walnut skin carbon, two needle punchers, a pin punch, a microfiber cloth, a watchmaker’s knife, a casing cushion, two hand levers, a removable magnifying glass, three hand mandrels, a hammer, a rectangular India Stone, a “dial brush”, a plate with holes, a universal bar pushers, a Rodico, a stylus, a blow gun, a torque screwdriver, six watchmaker’s screwdrivers, a tube of bits. You can check our list;

• 1x Bunch cleaning sticks (Boxwood) 2mm/L= 150mm.

• 3x Component boxes with glass cover 24-33-40mm.

• 1x Tweezers Form F (for hands).

• 1x Tweezers Form 1 (antimagnetic).

• 1x Tweezers Form 5 (antimagnetic).

• 1x Leather buffing stick 6mm made of Macassar-Ebony.

• 2x Hand setting tool with two inserts 0.6-1.0/1.5-flat.

• 1x Pin punch with 5 inserts.

• 1x Microfiber cloth.

• 1x Watchmaker knife with ebony cheeks.

• 1x Mounting cushion 55mm.

• 1x Pair of hand levers made of Macassar-Ebony.

• 1xWatchmaker’s loupe 2-pcs. Separable (2.0x and 12x).

• 3x Pin vices 0.20-1.00/ 1.20-1.50mm/1.50-2.00mm.

• 1x Watchmaker hammer made of ebony 75mm L=230 mm.

• 1x India grinding stone 10x10 mm L=100mm.

• 1x Cleaning brush made of Macassar ebony with squirrel hair.

• 1x Plate with holes made of polished stainless steel with 18 holes.

• 1x Lug-setter made of Macassar-Ebony.

• 1xCleaning compoud (Rodico).

• 1x Stylet for pressing from Macassar ebony.

• 1x Macassar ebony dustblower.

• 1x Torque screwdriver with external setting 5-55 mNm.

• 6x Screwdrivers made of Macassar-Ebony (0.50-0.80-1.00-1.20-1.40-2.00mm).

• 6x tubers with 3 spare blades each.

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