The current situation in the watch industry is that some watch brands have been extremely large group acquisition, the real existence of fewer and fewer independent watchmakers. Please never forget the scarcity of this truth, the more scarce things to pursue more people. There are not many independent watch brands that make sense of the name, and are generally niche brands, such as the Swiss independent watch brand Aibo, which insists on independent watchmaking and each watch has a high collectible value.
Philippe Dufour and his apprentice
When it comes to independent tabulation, it is time for an independent tabulation master, Philippe Dufour, in the end what makes him get a lot of collectors watches collectors respect and critics obsessed? Before reading an article that Phillip Dufour's friends interviewed him after finishing the content. After understanding, I think I understand something.
"I have no secrets as past watchmakers had.There are graveyards full of secrets and that's enough." (As with the previous watchmakers, I did not have any secrets, but my graveyard is full of secrets.) Many biographies Or the TV documentary refers to Phillip Dufour and even a Japanese comic book about him! But his personal impression of a friend can be described in five words: practicality, tradition, innovation, the pursuit of perfection, innovation.
Philippe Dufour, currently a member of the Academie Horlogere Des Createurs Independants, or The Horology Academy of Independent Watchmakers, was born in Valle de Joux, the cradle of Swiss watchmaking. He studied watchmaking at the Ecole Technique de la Vallee de Joux, Sentier's craft school, at the age of 15 and in 1967 became the Master Watchmaker. He then hired Jaeger LeCoultre, a Jaeger-LeCoultre, and during that time learned a profound and extensive watchmaking technique from master watchmaker Gabriel Locatelli.
Later she went to work in the Caribbean and returned to Switzerland in 1974. Served in Audemars Piguet and Gerlad Genta. Philippe Dufour had always felt that the standard work in the watchmaking factory was not suitable for his heart and ideals. He left his regular job in 1978 and returned to his own studio in Le Sentier to set up a studio independently to repair precious antique watches with historical value. Health. This also enhances their ability and vision to appreciate the classical watch craftsmanship, and adept at the essence of the art of watchmaking master.
Gabriel Locatelli Gabriel Locatelli had a major influence on Phillip Dufour's life, and for some time followed a lot of people learning watchmaking knowledge. Including Eric Coudray, who completed the Jaeger-LeCoultre Tourbillon watch and the famous three-question flip chart, and David Candaux, a young and talented designer. Dufour and Locatelli are very close friends, before they died in a car accident in Gabriel, they also worked together to design a watch, it is now Dufuer hands wearing this.
Compared with other independent watchmakers, Dufour is willing to spend more time to repair the antique watch. In the process, he learned more knowledge of watch models, but also learned some new ways of thinking and ways to solve the problem. Eventually he found the form of expression he needed, and between 1850 and 1920 watches were born based on the tradition of combining art with movement elements.
Duffer never admitted that he is a great innovator, he often said he "no new" clock, but his work can reflect his ideas. The 1992 Basel watch show launched the world's first watch with the Grand & Petit Sonnerie Minute Repeater Clock Watch performance Philippe Dufour Grand Sonnerie, shocked altar in one fell swoop. In addition to the previous three music music watch movement technology is fully concentrated, the essence of convergence to smaller watches, Philippe Dufour also made a shell and performance improvements. In order to perfectly represent the delicate beauty of the movement, Grand Sonnerie uses a double-sided hollow design with a hunting-type flip-up watch case on the front, which can be exposed at six o'clock Position of the sliders (slide-bolts). He was also the first watchmaker to design watches using computer-aided design (CAD) tools, and he had the courage to go out in watchmaking as an independent watch and open up a new business model for watchmaking.
Dufour think watchmaking is not just a process, it is really artistic expression. His quest for watchmaking is nearing perfect, demanding for superb watch making. In addition to the independent watchmaker's identity and the halo, Duffel in his life looks more like an ordinary person with an artistic look. In the eyes of a friend is a humorous, sincere, generous people, get along with him and will not feel pressured. He knows his own strengths and limitations well and pursues the comforts of life.
Duffel's insistence and his own strength, so that his watch has a collection value, many watch lovers and collectors are willing to pay for his work. What we want to talk about here is not much room for appreciation of his works in the future. Instead, we should emphasize the dignity and spirit of an independent watchmaking today in a streamlined world.
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