At a glance
- Period
- 20th–21st century
- Place
- Switzerland
The watchmaking story
A useful place to start with Kurt Klaus' work is Da Vinci perpetual calendar.
Kurt Klaus designed, developed or supplied work for IWC. The documented project or work is Da Vinci perpetual calendar. 1
Scope: Direct watchmaking
Why this person is included
Documented original mechanism
Background and working context
Affiliations and workshops: IWC Schaffhausen 1
Geographic ties: Switzerland. Documented workplace / industry location
Brands, workshops, and other relationships
- Watch brand / watchmaking business · Source-verified — continuation 2
IWC — Designed / developed / supplied for. Perpetual-calendar developer Project or work: Da Vinci perpetual calendar. 1
Created the Da Vinci perpetual-calendar mechanism introduced in the mid-1980s.
Dates only where explicitly supported; source describes historical relationship, not current employment.
Other people linked to the same brands
- Albert Pellaton — IWC Schaffhausen
- Ernst Jakob Homberger — IWC Schaffhausen
- Florentine Ariosto Jones — IWC Schaffhausen
- Gérald Genta — IWC Schaffhausen
- Günter Blümlein — IWC Schaffhausen
- Sebastian Naeschke — IWC Schaffhausen
Evidence and limitations
This dossier connects 3 field-specific evidence records with 1 public source. Known links only; full career not established
Claim qualifications (3)
- Noteworthy contribution: Scoped source support; unchanged fields are not automatically verified. Locator: VDO era, Da Vinci perpetual calendar 1
- Affiliations / workshops: Scoped source support; unchanged fields are not automatically verified. Locator: VDO era, Da Vinci perpetual calendar 1
- Specific role: Scoped source support; unchanged fields are not automatically verified. Locator: VDO era, Da Vinci perpetual calendar 1
Sources
- IWC Schaffhausen History: A chronology of craftsmanshipIWC Schaffhausen · First-party / official · Not stated
[S0077] IWC Schaffhausen. "IWC Schaffhausen History: A chronology of craftsmanship." Not stated. https://www.iwc.com/us-en/company/history Accessed 2026-09-13.
Source context
Relationship to subject: Subject / successor organization
How it was checked: Opened and read
Limitation: Post-consolidation gap-resolution pass: Brand history; technical attribution is first-party; no blanket sole-inventor claim.
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