Christophe Claret
Christophe Claret (* 1962 in Lyon ) is a French-Swiss watchmaker of wristwatches with complications .
Life
After training as a rhabilleur at the watchmaking school in Geneva from 1978 to 1982, Christophe Claret founded the RPC company in Le Locle in 1989 together with Dominique Renaud and Giulio Papi (now at Audemars Piguet ) . In 1992 he became the sole owner of the company and renamed it Christophe Claret SA . Through this company he manufactured wristwatches with minute repeater or tourbillon for Harry Winston , Ellicott , Guy Ellia , George Graham and his affiliate Jean Dunand , also under his own name. From the year 1997, he built the world's first mechanical wristwatches with integrated music box (Engl. Music Box watch ) that automatically play on the hour or on a button. In 2003, together with Thierry Ouvelay, he founded the Jean Dunand company , named after the Art Deco artist Jean Dunand . For this purpose, Claret constructed a Grande Complication with 827 individual parts ( caliber CLA96 ) and a wristwatch with a double-rotating orbital tourbillon. In 2004 Claret produced an automatic watch with a tourbillon for Harry Winston , in which the winding did not function via a rotor, but via sliding weights. In 2011 he developed a wristwatch with a roulette and blackjack mechanism, the Blackjack 21 .
Web links
- Video of the orbital tourbillon . Retrieved March 18, 2013.
- Pictures of the wristwatch with music box . Retrieved March 18, 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mark Bernardo: Christophe Claret's Soprano Tourbillon Minute Repeater Takes the Stage on Watchtime.com (English). Retrieved March 18, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Claret, Christophe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Franco-Swiss watchmaker of wristwatches with complications |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon |