Repasseur
Repasseur (from French repassage , "review") is a historical occupation, including in the watchmaking trade .
As a reworker, he carried out the final checks on the assembled watches before they left the factory. At the time of handcrafted watch production , repairs also included certain final work and the correction of errors, similar to the finissage . Repassieren was translated from French in 1911 in Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon for "travel back; grinding, honing (knives, watches); go through again, check (invoice etc.) ”.
A Repassierer stuffed holes and ladders in expensive women's stockings . Repassierer is a trade in Austria.
Individual evidence
- ^ Fritz von Osterhausen: The great clock encyclopedia. Heel, Königswinter 2010, ISBN 3-89880-430-5 .
- ↑ Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon, fifth edition, volume 2. Leipzig 1911., p. 517., online at zeno.org
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Austrian Chamber of Commerce
