Assembly

It is time for us to recap what happened during the past year.

And what a year!

First, we welcomed through the year new members to reinforce our nice team in different sectors: in the workshops, in logistics and in marketing. Several interns from different schools came to discover the services we offer in our manufacture.

Then, after years spent in our workshops in Sancey (a small town in the Franche-Comté region of France), all the team moved to Pierrefontaine-les-Varans (another small town of the same region) in June 2022.

This change also gave us the idea to rethink our visual identity. So you discovered in November our new logo.

In terms of conception, we had the chance to accompany three new watch projects in their development. We realized the watches, their technical plans and 3D prototypes.

Thanks to our customers, our company grows. We noticed a raise of 60% of our activity in 2022 compared to 2021.

And new amazing projects are coming in 2023 ⌚️

Since a few weeks, our logo has changed! 

Our relocation in our new workshops gave us the idea to rethink our visual identity.

Our message behind this logo: 

To reinforce our position in France and insist about the different solutions we offer: conception and development, assembly, supply chain, French movement and more!

Find our new logo on all our supports: Instagram and LinkedIn, our website and other official documents. 

For some years now, we have been working with a training centre called GRETA-CFA du Haut-Doubs, in our region. 

What is it exactly?

The GRETA is a centre that welcomes hundreds of trainees per year in several sectors, such as watchmaking. 

The GRETA of Haut-Doubs in figures: 

It is 3 watchmaking training programs in groups per year with 3 trainers, between 30 and 40 trainees per year and a success rate of 95%.

Working with a training centre such as GRETA gives future watchmakers the opportunity to discover how a company works. They also discover the different tasks that are accomplished in a real workshop. 

At MNP, the interns we welcome work on several aspects of the job: assembly of components, water-resistance tests, movement controls and settings, quality controls, after sales service.

Are you looking for a unique engraving for your pieces? With MNP, it is now possible!

Whether it's the dial, the back or other parts of your watch, we can configure our laser to reflect your ideas. It only takes a few minutes for the laser to engrave your design on the part you have chosen.

Thanks to its high precision, even the smallest details are now achievable!

Here it is! ⚙️

After several years of conception, our N516 French watch movement is now available! Specially designed for small quantity orders, our movement can be used for all your watchmaking projects thanks to its different versions:

- Automatic 

- Mechanical

- With or without date

Let’s talk about 3D printing!

For a few years now, our workshops have been using the stereolithography 3D printing system. 

But what does it mean? This printer works with a laser that transforms the liquid resin into hardened plastic using the principle of photopolymerisation.

This technology allows us to print all kinds of watch parts: cases, dials, crowns… and to try them on, in order to confirm their sizes.

This use of 3D printing helps our customers to have a first overview of their product, before confirming the launch of production. 

Every watch project starts with the preparation of specifications based on your wishes and needs. We can then start the industrial design of your product with the technical drawings and production plans

Packing, printing of dispatch notes: we manage all product shipments to the brand or to the final customer.

We mostly work with DHL, but we are also flexible and we can choose the company of your choice.

There are three main stages in our supply chain: 

Stock management

Order preparation

Shipment to the final customer

In our workshops, we prepare all the watches that have been ordered by the final customer or by the brand.

Depending on the brand's needs, we establish a standard process and follow the same procedure for each watch: we add accessories, warranty papers, goodies, etc.

We offer our customers the possibility to manage their stock.

As soon as we receive the components, we count and check them before they are registered in our stock.

They are then removed from stock for assembly. Finally, when this stage is complete, all the watches are back in stock, ready to be shipped.

Our organisation stays the same for all our customers.

The water resistance of a watch we wear every day is a crucial aspect of a product.

To avoid water drops inside your watch, they are all checked, one by one, in the water-resistance testing machine.

This test allows us to ensure a degree of water resistance up to 20 ATM (200 meters).

All watches that are not validated after the first test are disassembled and reassembled until we get a fully waterproof watch.

In our workshops, our watchmakers are working on their main mission: the assembly of watches for our customers.

After careful controls, all the components are assembled by hand.

The backs are closed thanks to a press, which allows us to guarantee the water-resistance. 

Timelapse on the shipping process, carried out by our watchmakers in our workshops, so that the watches are delivered directly to the end customer.

Timelapse on one of the last checks: the water-resistance test.

Timelapse on the assembly part of a classic automatic movement, made by one of our watchmakers.

Timelapse of a quality control performed on the components, as soon as they arrive in our workshops. Our watchmakers have to control them carefully, one by one, in order to ensure the best quality. 

Timelapse of a calibration on a movement in order to optimize the advance and delay per day. We make every effort to ensure that the precision is perfect.

After reviving the brand Wolbrook, Maximilien Triquigneaux naturally chose to have his watches assembled at MNP in Sancey, in the cradle of French watchmaking. In addition to the history of this iconic brand, our know-how allows us to give back its reputation to this mythical watchmaking entity.

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In an interview for the local newspaper l’Est Républicain, Mustapha explains his desire to create a French movement. It is at MNP in Sancey that this desire to offer to customers and consumers the possibility of buying a real French watch takes shape.

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