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Bremont
Bremont Description
Bremont has set itself a clear objective: both through consistent preservation of the long tradition of the Swiss watchmaking art and meeting its high standards, as well as creating, with its very own, innovative complications and movement developments, contemporary design and a heightened passion for detail and perfection.
Although Bremont watches are made using only fine-quality Swiss components and are hand-assembled by the best watchmakers working from a dedicated atelier in Biel-Bienne, they contain something which no comparable timepiece can match – an air of quintessential Britishness which is derived from the background of the brand’s founders, the brothers Nick and Giles English.
Harwood
Harwood Description
The Englishman John Harwood enriched the horology with an invention, which in the meantime is indispensable for the modern valuable watch: The automatic winding was initiated by the “HARWOOD perpetual”. The invention of Harwood used the kinetic energy at the wrist of the wearer for tightening the mainspring by means of an oscillating rotor in the center of the watch movement. This ingenious invention ranks among the milestones of watch history and Harwood watches have acquired the title of classics among wrist-watches.
Innovative, functional and dignified – HARWOOD – A leading model with technical sophistication and exciting style.
Speake-Marin
Speake-Marin Description
A native Englishman, Peter Speake-Marin originally had the intention of making jewelry, but found himself seduced by the art and mechanics of watch making. He began his horological journey at London’s Hackney Technical College (1985) and then continued his education at WOSTEP, the prestigious Swiss watch making school.
Returning to England, Peter worked for a number of different companies around the UK before accepting an offer to head the prestigious antique watch section at Somio Antiques. At their store in the Piccadilly Arcade, he had the privilege to restore timepieces by great masters and houses, including Dent, Frodsham, Nielson, Breguet and Patek Philippe. Working on these horological treasures taught him how past masters worked, it fueled his desire to raise his skills and knowledge even further.
Peter moved back to Switzerland in 1996 where he was recruited by the illustrious manufacture Renaud & Papi (now Audemars Piguet Renaud &Papi) to develop high complications. During this time, he began acquiring his own machinery and constructed by hand a tourbillon pocket watch with two power trains. This timepiece became the Foundation Watch for his own independent atelier, established in 2000 in the picturesque village of Rolle, between Geneva and Lausanne.
The first model to come out of the Speake-Marin workshop was called “The Piccadilly”, because, as Peter explains, " The time I spent in Piccadilly remains the most influential period of my working career." The experience he gained there allowed him to discover the wide variety of methods used by watchmakers over the centuries, the best of which Peter Speake-Marin brings to his own designs.
Others have frequently sought Peter for his talent and innovative ideas. Collaborations include: 2006 Harry Winston’s stunning Excenter Tourbillon; 2008 MB&F’s Horological Machine No.1; 2008 one of the three Masters developing Chapter One for Maîtres du Temps and Chapter Two in 2009.
With all his creations, Peter Speake-Marin pays homage to the horological tradition and its valuable lessons, while at the same time mining the rich possibilities available of the today. “The goal is not just to manufacture a product that sells well today,” he says. ` True value will come from its durability over time."
Vintage
Vintage Description
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