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Oscillon and the Limits of Watchmaking

Inside the workshop where Swiss watchmaking keeps its oldest promises

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Sergio Galanti
Feb 15, 2026
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Left: Cyrano Devanthey and Dominique Buser; right: Fundamentum

The lathe is older than anyone in the room. It sits in a corner of the workshop in Buchs, in the canton of Aargau, its cast-iron frame worn smooth in places where hands have guided metal for the bett…

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