Free from outside control; not subject to another’s authority, not depending on another for livelihood or subsistence,not influenced by others; impartial & capable of thinking or acting for oneself. A question that I have wanted to ask for quite a while i...
making can be small or big, those are just different scales. So Patek is independent as much as i.e. Voutilainen in case the whole decision in the end is in the hands of one man. When it comes to Rolex, I don't know. The foundation owning the company make...
... and they have different strengths. Even amongst the conglomerates, some companies are left more to their own devices. But here, on the AHCI Forum, I tend to think of, and value, the independent watchmakers because they have complete control over their...