Techné's creative manager Francis Jacquerye has an unusual background: born in the Greater Congo from a Belgian surgeon and a historian, he grew up between Belgium, Canada and Great Britain before successively working as an industrial designer in Italy, Switzerland and Sweden.
A 2002 mountain climb helped to cristallise his determination and adaptiveness, and Francis went on to successfully launch his first watch design patent on the market, complete an apprenticeship in goldsmithing, become a skipper and train as a watch assembly operator in Geneva. In 2007 he registered the trademark Techné, based on the Ancient Greek word for "technique".
By 2009 Francis released a series of 100 watches that were inspired by his personal life journey and that were meant to celebrate boldness, self-reliance and adventure. Three years later, an eclectic lifestyle store from Brooklyn asked to feature the watches and helped put the nascent brand Techné on the map.
To this day, more than 15,000 Techné watches have been put into production and the brand is sold on four continents in more than 85 stores near cities such as Melbourne, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Nashville, Philadelphia, New York, Newcastle UK, London UK, Brussels, Luxembourg city, Lausanne, Oslo, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Hokkaido and Osaka.
BATTERY If you have a dead battery, here is our size chart based on model to have it sourced and replaced by a local watchmaker::
Model Reference Battery Reference
245 SR621SW
246, 249, 280 SR626SW
296, 367, 368, 375, 388, 392 SR920SW
386, 477 SR927W
436 SR936SW
CRYSTAL
If you have a broken crystal, here is our size chart based on model to have it sourced and replaced by a local watchmaker:
Model Reference Diameter Thickness Order
235, 411 ∅ 36.0 mm h 1.4 mm Star Time Supply
245, 246, 249, 280, 296 ∅ 33.5 mm h 1.2 mm Star Time Supply
363, 367, 368, 375, 386, 388, 392 ∅ 35.0 mm h 1.5 mm Star Time Supply
436, 477 ∅ 36.5 mm h 1.8 mm
With headquarters in Sweden, a management office near Denmark, a design studio in the United Kingdom and assembly in Switzerland and the Guangdong province, we are able to work around the clock.
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