Philippe Dufour Master Watchmaker Interview At Dubai Watch Week | aBlogtoWatch

[@neckface1]

I love his attitude. So many brands focus on history, legacy, etc., repeating the same old ideas, while he emphasizes modern competition and progress. Great to see an interview with one of the masters before he retires.

[@Clickspring]

Superb interview, thank you.

[@ActiveAtom]

Hello Chris as you call yourself, how come people they thumb your comment up but never reply from here to you? Just curious to learn. Lance & Patrick.

[@eden821]

I'm a software developer and he is such an inspiration when I develop my own software. When working I think about Dufour and how he would work on software if he was in my profession.

[@Nefville]

Me too I work in IT and I also am inspired by Phillipe Dufor and his philosophy and work ethic. Its easy in modern times to not take your time when you are working on something and that can lead to a whole host of issues.

[@ginge82]

Great insight from a genuine legend in watchmaking.

[@ianmedium]

one of the best interviews of a watchmaker I have ever seen. I would love to see you continue this with these sort of really well thought out questions posed to other watchmakers. I love his love of Seiko and also his comments on the Chinese Tourbillion's. That should silence a few watch snobs! :)

[@haomiaoliu]

+ianmedium Totally on the same page with you that the Grand Seiko and Credor are amongst the greatest in terms of the craftsmanship, engineering and distinct aesthetic style! Dufour is certainly qualified to talk about this and correct in what he says. However, as far as the Chinese culture, especially the part concerning the modern Chinese craftsmanship, goes, Dufour has no extensive in-depth understanding, made apparent from his obviously completely outsider point of view, on the basis of very limited understanding and mere speculation. The Chinese craftsmen nowadays are not too concerned about making things as perfect as possible, and are very unwilling to take the time and effort to achieve the perfection that the Swiss, German and Japanese craftsmen painstakingly strive to achieve because the Chinese craftsmen want to make money as fast as possible. Not only this attitude prevails among the Chinese craftsmen, but also there is an absence of a reward system for encouraging the attitude of taking the time and effort to make things as perfect as possible, which, in turn, further encourages the Chinese craftsmen to make money as fast as possible. In countries like Switzerland, Germany and Japan, the attitude to achieve perfection amongst craftsmen took centuries to cultivate. I am not saying that the future generations of Chinese craftsmen will never prevalently have this attitude, but the dissemination of this attitude will take quite a long time, and there will be a lot of hard battles to fight against the deeply entrenched attitudes among the Chinese craftsmen, one key attitude of which is cited above. Thus, in this sense, Mr. Adams and Mr. Dufour severely underestimated the time for Chinese craftsmen to be on par with their Swiss, German and Japanese counterparts because unlike what the two gentlemen have said, "who knows, in five, ten years..." the difficulties of transforming Chinese craftsmen will take a lot longer to overcome.

[@brtnspn]

Who would dislike this? Amazing conversation with one of the all time greats!

[@ahh1180]

What a great privilege to listen to his insight

[@thumperjdm]

I view Dufour as a modern-day Michelangelo of watchmaking. When he's gone, the world will have lost the last of a bygone era----the one-man independent watchmaker, who handcrafted his masterpieces in a little one-room workshop, and who needed no advertising for the countless people who desired to own one of his works.

[@RoelfvanderMerwe]

Really loved this interview. This guy is my hero!

[@felixarbable]

what an inspiration this man is for us young students cant be underestimated

[@alexanderstefanov6474]

a genius, love to see how the Seiko bashers take Dufour bigging up GS and Credor

[@reinerkager62]

Man great and smart interview!! Thank you so much!

[@brianhinder3652]

My hero! Thanks for the interview.

[@xx1j]

@19:15 kinda late seeing this, but that's what made Mr. Philippe Dufour one of the GOATs of watchmaking

[@emkwanvlogs]

Phenomenal! Wish I was able to attend the event.

[@So_Much_Juice_12]

And at the end he shakes Dufour's hand wearing an Apple Watch. Almost as epic as the interview.

[@darood77]

He loves Chinese made watches! hahaha!

[@ActiveAtom]

Well it is a great honor to be able to watch this be it very late to watch this but not late to being a finisher and fitter of many components. Thank you for this good advice. Thank you, Lance & Patrick.

[@ulrichfriehe3459]

More than interesting, again. Thank you.

[@jhonatan_1983]

EXCELLENT WATCHMAKING PHILIPPE DUFOUR.

[@creamdisco]

Great Interview. Very Enlightening.

[@perkpal]

Fantastic interview, relevant questions and surprising answers!

[@itsalgud1459]

Excellent interview! Thanks for that. Very interesting man. Maybe someday I’ll get to see one of his watches!

[@scuba453]

I would have loved to hear him talk more about German watchmaking but Ariel interrupted him. Also, can't believe Ariel was wearing an Apple watch on this occasion.

[@Aleksandar_Sladic]

Great questions!

[@michael.regam94]

Great video for someone like me as a young watchmaker. And he is perfect

[@luciusbarbus]

I love this guy and his work!

[@nachomanatjay]

A true master in creating movements!

[@lubitel]

Great interview Ariel! Thanks

[@tripler7490]

Nice interview, the grandmaster must be hard to work under but I imagine there are willing and able students out there.

[@davidhancock4321]

Good work. Keep it up

[@alb.1911]

Priceless, thanks for share.

[@mistikalsunshine]

great interview!!

[@nonexistant2k3]

Great interview. But I lol'd at the Apple Watch at the parting handshake.

[@jabelerevd]

great video, great man, thanks

[@kovko69]

His prediction at the end was accurate. The industry is producing too many watches, and that has ramifications on price and Swiss exports.

[@gaysilnaubert6734]

Shaking hands in Asia, doesn't mean anything more than it does in Europe, its not a matter of trust. The Asian consumers are very respectful of anyone from the West there who is at the top of their field and who has already established themselves as a leader of their field and place a high currency in that alone.

[@BasilLutfi]

24:02 how could you wear an apple watch to an interview with Philippe Dufour

[@kenchi7686]

And it's on the right hand lol

[@Josias647]

Um dia com ele , uma eternidade para mim. Ele é minha referência. Comecei vendo os vídeos dele.

[@ozdemirsalik]

It would be a great honor for me to be this man's student.

[@logwind]

Great man. Great watches.

[@fez877]

Well his daughter is a watch maker as well. They could form a team if they wanted.

[@relinquis]

Reminded just how important craft is.

[@freddygw]

great interview! but why are you wearing a apple watch? :P

[@newyorkerik]

Lol you were wearing an apple watch?

[@andreykarayvansky9549]

+Erik Koblence hah, that was an unexpected end of this video :)

[@alb.1911]

+Erik Koblence lol ! Look at the face of Philippe!

[@angelourrete]

lol. funny ending.

[@wb3213]

Imagine if that was a Timex on Mr. Dufour's wrist... now that would be funny 😊

[@watchesaliswiss714]

the master of swiss watchmaker

[@Josias647]

DUFUOR MY MASTER. LUDOVICO BRASIL. ETERNAMENT.

[@AS-cu2rd]

I have to disagree usually hand finishing is more perfect than machine.

[@UncleHoCM]

He said PITH. And im not a botanist. I think u mightve made him feel his English was questionable.

[@Josias647]

I'm aprendice.