Independents

I met Rémy Cools for the first time two years ago, during the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the FP. Journe boutique in Paris. The location of this meeting was hardly surprising since Rémy had just won the "Young Talent Competition" organised on t...  

...but too derivative for me.

...It doesn't make me a great watchmaker. It makes me a technician, not necessarily an artist.

Smith copies Daniels. Daniels copies Breguet. Breguet copies Lepine. Yet each maker puts a little bit of their own DNA into their work. No one is reinventing the wheel.

...but I don't see anything added here...sorry.

I hope to see this in the metal one day soon. I find it interesting that several young French watchmakers are blazing a path at the moment although one can't help but notice a convergent aesthetic. (Clockwise form top left: Cyril Brivet-Naudot, Theo Auffr...  

Have these makers shared similar training pathways?

Lecomte is a professor of horology at Lycee Edgar Faure in Morteau, France; the other three watchmakers all studied there. Regards, Baruch

is the source of their inspiration.

Some more info on the school www.nytimes.com

TBH I don't know the Brivet Naudot. And I do like the Cools and Auffret ...... BUT BUT BUT ... the price ??? . First of all If you just started I don't think you need to start with a tourbillon. Could be me but tourbillons are getting too common and defin... 

I appreciate the craftmanship and technicality. I am not sure about the choice of "souscription", that gold frosted dial and the tourbillon as a first watch, I have heard that combo somewhere else already I also forsee the crown area with those nooks and ... 

If I had a 85k euros burning a hole in my pocket,, this would definitely be a watch I would consider together with a Voutilainen 28E, an Akrivia A-06 (only one remaining!) and the forthcoming Rexhep Chronometre Contemporain Part 2. And here lies the probl... 

But at that price point I think the competition is tough.