Temption

Temption GmbH is a manufacturer of mechanical wristwatches. The company is based in Herrenberg, Germany.
History.
Klaus Ulbrich founded the company in 1996, in Herrenberg, in Baden-Württemberg, near Stuttgart, after a career in other industries. He studied mechanical engineering at the Ingenierschule fur Feinwerktechnik Furtwangen (engineering school for precision engineering) in Furtwagen, Germany, now Hochschule Furtwangen University. This school included watch and clock engineering as a specialty study. The school also houses an internationally known watch and clock museum that is devoted to the history of timekeeping devices.
The brand made its first appearance at Baselworld in 1998 with three models: CM03, CG103, and CGK203.
Design.
Mr. Ulbrich wanted to base his designs on schools of "wabi-sabi", the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and modesty, and Bauhaus, the German school of design founded in 1919, which sought to blend the distinction between the fine arts and applied arts.
This philosophy resulted in six design principles that are applied to Temption timepieces:
Temption has traditionally used Swiss ETA movements as the basis for the movements in their watches, but now offers some models with Soprod movements. Several Temption model come with inlaid cabochons on the crown and the chronograph pushbuttons.
Models.
Due to the size of the company and the fact that Herr Ulbrich designs all of the watches himself, there is little changeover in the models, but many models are limited productions, so some new models are variants of previous models. Production is approximately 700 watches per year. The list of models below is current as of 2020.
Former models.
In addition to watches, Temption also offers two rings designed by Mr. Ulbrich (stainless steel rings with an inset stone): CORUS (emerald, ruby or sapphire) and CESAR (onyx).