Cooperation

Screw-cutting attachment mounted on a Schaublin 70; an exclusive device designed and manufactured by Alexander Babel. Open spindle.

Are you looking for a collaborator or creative partner?
Are you a watchmaker or precision engineer seeking a successor?
Are you a teacher looking for exactly such a student?
Would you like to support me as a mentor or through funding programs—local or international?
If you would like to offer advice or make a proposal, I would be pleased to hear from you.

These projects serve as examples of how I independently acquired and applied my knowledge and skills:

Precision engineering and toolmaking, logistics and planning, manufacturing and assembly methods, production and marketing

Accessory box for the Schaublin 70 screw-cutting attachment; the lid features a table of gear tooth counts relative to the thread pitch.

Screwcutting attachment for the Schaublin 70 lathe

Artist and cabinetmaker

Photo collage: dancing couple inspired by Renoir, mother-of-pearl butterflies, and a grandfather clock against a lapis lazuli and malachite dial. Original work by Alexander Babel.

Longcase clock with carving and inlay work

Designer and watchmaker

Finely handcrafted watch parts, ivory bridges, gears, gold screws, balance wheel.

Project of a self-designed wristwatch

Collaborative work

Elegant wristwatch movement, mammoth ivory plate, sunburst finish, blued screws, black polishing.

Joint project with the Lang & Heyne manufacture in Dresden

In 2011, Mr. Marco Lang, a member of the AHCI, son of Rolf Lang and owner of the Lang & Heyne manufacture asked whether I could imagine that one day ivory watches based on the “Project Alexander Babel” might be created in cooperation with Lang & Heyne. In March 2012, the first piece was already completed, and just a few weeks later the first watches of this kind were presented at the opening of the watch salon “Hartding 1903”.

Electronics and computer science

A CarPC is installed in the interior of a Mercedes Benz E-Class W211, featuring a 10.1-inch active display integrated into the center console.

Car PC for Mercedes E-Class W211

The task was to develop a control unit that would use signals from the vehicle’s CAN bus and communicate with the car PC, as well as to design a compact computer that would fit into the radio slot.