Summer launch of Hintz
We are living in historical times and all what we can do is to remain positive. Having this mindset allowed me to continue the project that I have started before the coronavirus outreach.
Now, I can officially announce that the Peren Hintz Watch will be launched on Kickstarter this Summer when there will be some positive signs in the battle against the virus. You will soon be able to pre-order your perennial Watch on Kickstarter. For now, you can read the latest articles about the Peren Hintz and reserve your Watch. As soon as the Kickstarter campaign will be live, you will be the first to know and you will have a limited edition Watch reserved!
In the meantime, you can enjoy yourself with the story behind the pioneer of Transylvanian watchmaking.
Exactly like a mechanical Watch, we are all inter-connected and what we create now, echoes in eternity. A moral compass that guided Mr. Eugen Hintz to create Watches 100 years ago in his boutique in the same town where the Peren brand was registered as a trademark.
Peren Hintz is a Swiss Made Mechanical timepiece inspired by the pocket Watch received from a Swiss manufacture by one of the first Transylvanian watchmaker, Eugen Hintz(1869-1962).
Mr. Hintz was one of the most respected Transylvanian watchmaker having partnerships with famous brands such as Tellus, Wyler and Junghans where he would commission spare parts to create Watches in his workshop in Fagaras, Transylvania after returning from the United States.
Now, after half a decade of continuation as an established Watch brand, producing Swiss Made Watches, Peren decided to take it upon themselves to continue the cooperation between the Transylvanian and the Swiss Watch Industry.
The pocket Watch ‘Wyler Eugen Hintz | Fagaras’ was produced in the interwar period by a Swiss Watch manufacturer, Paul Wyler & Cie (Fabrique des Montres Wyler SA), company founded in 1925 who became well known in the watchmaking world thanks to their patent obtained for the invention of the balance wheel protection known as Incaflex.
Because Peren Hintz is an homage brought to one of Transylvania’s most important watchmaker, a rotating disk inspired by the ‘Andesite Sun’ found next to one of the most precise ancient calendar located in Transylvania, is positioned at the 6H Watch subdial. The integration of the Solar Disk into the Peren Hintz Watch is meant to emphasize the continuity of the perennial philosophy from ancient Transylvania to the present time. The disk is the exact representation of the 'Andesite Sun' from the Transylvanian based Sarmizegetusa Regia site, converted from meters to millimeters.
The 'Andesite Sun' from Sarmizegetusa Regia, was one of the first solar-cycle measurement tool which served also as an altar for the so called solar cult.
The 'Andesite Sun' is, from many points of view (astronomic, geographic, mathematic, religious, cultural), the revealing symbol of this sacred place. The complex solar sign was represented by two concentrically circles joined by means of ten solar rays. The arc of the circle has a symbolical sense, that could indicate periods when the solar cults took place, or when the Sun phenomena occurred (solar-cycle). Specialists who have studied this sanctuary had rightly considered the temple as being a cult site for worshiping the Sun, a star which played a decisive role in the life and activity of agriculturists, shepherds, manufacturers and even in the day-by-day life of people.
The Peren Hintz Watch is constructed to comply with the neo-vintage design code while incorporating elements of art-deco composition. The rotating disk at 6H is the main feature of the Watch as its rotation represents the extension of the perennial philosophy transmitted from generation to generation.
Having a genuine passion for Watches and with a sincere focus on quality while using premium materials mostly seen on expensive high-end Watches, Peren is able to offer premium quality without the luxury markup by focusing on customers and by operating exclusively online.
