{"id":27835,"date":"2023-10-17T21:34:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T19:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/silmach-le-cinquieme-element\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T22:01:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T20:01:26","slug":"silmach-the-fifth-element","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/silmach-the-fifth-element\/","title":{"rendered":"SilMach: the fifth element"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Giving the time using a disruptive technology from the secrets of silicon &#8211; that&#8217;s what SilMach presented at Micronora in September 2022. Creative people hit your marks!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Laurent Sage \/ \u00a0JSH\u00ae Magazine Columnist<\/em><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/swisswatchpassport\/\">Insta SWP<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jshmagazine1876\/\">Insta JSH\u00ae<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JSH1876\/\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tagpress\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/jsh-archives-patrimoine\/\">Linkedin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\" href=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/revolution-silmach-introduit-les-mems-dans-lhorlogerie\/\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Lire aussi dans JSH<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>And now, after the sun, sand, water, mechanics, quartz and connections, the fifth dimension has arrived: they&#8217;re called MEMs and their physical dimensions can vary from several millimetres to less than a micrometre &#8211; less than the width of a human hair.<\/p>\n<p>This is pure R&amp;D, and above all an incredible mastery of the silicium secrets that are specific to SilMach. Enough to boost open design enthusiasts and ChatGPT addicts. Enough to stimulate the creativity of both professional and amateur designers. It&#8217;s a way of creating, in 3D with or without AI doping, original watch designs: here with independent, deported hands, there with different shapes and lugs. 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Grandjean is a member of the SSC, the Swiss Society of Chronometry, and of the jury of the Prix Ga\u00efa, aka the \"Nobel of watchmaking\" awarded since 1992 by the MIH, Le Mus\u00e9e International de l'Horlogerie in La Chaux-de-Fonds","sameAs":["https:\/\/grandjean.watch","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/joel.grandjean","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/grandjean.grammson\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joel-a-grandjean-\u270d-5524357\/","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/x.com\/tagpress","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@joela.grandjeanprowatchpre906"],"url":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/author\/joel\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}