Personal project of design and realization of an automatic watch "craft of art". After having worked for a long time for Fine Watchmaking in Geneva, Thomas Brac de la Perrière wanted to make his own watch showing his skills as a designer and craftsman. Thomas started with an ETA 2892 mechanism and an existing case. He had to learn to disassemble a mechanism and reassemble it to propose the dial that he wanted. Thomas found a technique allowing to imitate the aventurine stone in painting. He likes this type of project which symbolises a period in the life of a craftsman.
Thomas Brac de la Perrière is a heraldic engraver. He opened his workshop in 2018 after working in jewellery and watchmaking for 12 years. He decorate ...