Kiu Tai Yu Watches

According to historians, the Chinese were the first to invent clocks. It dates back to 1088 when Su Song and Han Gonglian, the scientists of China created an astronomical clock tower which was more than thirty feet high. The observing devices were rotated mechanically and they indicated or pointed the mobile celestial bodies. The Orientals therefore firmly believe that it was China who made history in the chapter of watch making and not the occidental world which penetrated in China with their horologe instruments much later.

Keeping the tradition and heritage of the innovative and scientific souls of the Chinese, appeared the watch atelier of Kiu Tai Yu. This unparalleled creator of Kiu Tai Yu watches desired to prove to the world that the Chinese are not next to the European watch making industry. Rather it was they who started it all. He wanted to show the world that the rich heritage and skill of watch making is still present in china.

The master watchmaker Kiu Tai Yu began his story by creating his premier mechanical watch in 1970. Eight years after, he succeeded in fabricating the first Asian escapement sans pallets. The prolific watch crafter is the father of many innovative Kiu Tai Yu watches but his métier is in creating tourbillion. After making various types of tourbillion watch, he finally attained the job of uncovering world’s first ‘mystery tourbillion’ watch in 1993. This creation followed a chain of other tourbillion watches. His passion for Kiu Tai Yu watches ultimately paved the path for achieving the patent of tourbillion invention in Switzerland.