France without a doubt is one of the most important watchmaking countries in the world, it provides Switzerland with roughly 30% of its watchmakers and management executives. Where would it be without it 😊 Some of the Best Watchmakers such as Ludovic Ball
The problem is true ARTISAN timepieces by Rexhepi...... Théo Auffret Hazemann & Monnin Rémy Cools Vincent Deprez Simon Brette Petermann Bedat Sylvain Pinaud Dann Phimphrachanh Kari Voutilainen Julien Tixier Raul Pages Hervé Schlüchter Etc Etc Etc ... ...a
I'm hungry for more but can't find enough of these round, hand-finished, smallish watch to acquire. They are always sold out before the official release and the subsequent releases typically take a few years to come in. Can't wait to see new Simon Brette,
The Zenith Caliber 707 Observatory Movement "Kartoffel" makes a Return. I found this on Instagram and was pleasantly surprised 😊 He has a very interesting Profile, works together with Cyril Brivet-Naudot who is a well known Independent Watchmaker at Art M
These watches are gorgeous, but I feel a lot of these independent watchmakers are strictly focusing on movement finishing, at the cost of technical innovation or even everyday wearability. Although beautiful finishing is, well, beautiful and mesmerizing,
Am sure you know we see exceptional look-alikes of many brands that make typical movements. Yes, even the industrialized Trio brands, which shows how easy it is to make some of their mass-produced retail products. This is where MB&F, Brette, Kari, and oth
and continue to get Rolex and independents from them including Roger Smith and Krayon. I also buy direct from Simon Brette, Kari Voutilainen, Sylvain Pinaud, Dann Phimphrachanh and Petermann Bedat. I don't see them as mutually exclusive. I think it's a go