Young, audacious, and independent!

One of the most inspiring videos of 2022 with people who represent the Future of watchmaking. What a pleasure it was to talk to them and to learn how these young, bold, and independent watchmakers see their lifelong passion, what timepieces they are planning to bring to the market in 2023, and what are the biggest challenges they face in their chosen profession.
Enjoy this great talk show and keep in mind that we're planning to do more such roundtables in the year to come.
Happy Holidays!
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[@johnmoorefilm]

Can you imagine this film in 20 years?!!!!! It will be an amazing archive piece…❤

[@watchestv-com]

You’re absolutely right 👍👍

[@fdfac]

Are you confusing video as film? Once you figure this out, maybe you can explain why this would have any historical significance, that is if you have the capacity to do so.

[@sumei2668]

This was absolutely fabulous! Enjoyed the discussions, their candidness, their ability to laugh at themselves and also to pat themselves for an incredible year of independent watchmaking/watchmakers. Also loved the teasers. Can't wait to see more of videos like this. Wishing the WatchesTV team and all these watchmakers all the very best in their watchmaking journey in 2023!

[@Sokol_]

Thanks WatchesTV! I think that im not alone who is greatful for opportunity to hear how young talents speak about their „worlds” to eachother.

[@watchestv-com]

And thanks to you for this much appreciated comment, very happy you enjoyed it

[@adolf-8834]

Heck yeah! Great to see the faces and personalities behind the pieces. Prost to the future. Prost to independence.

[@watchestv-com]

That’s right and to inspired people too

[@eugenejohnson7755]

They are talented watchmakers. I wish them success and Merry Christmas to all.

[@watchestv-com]

That’s very nice of you, thanks a lot and best wishes your way

[@worldtreehouses2692]

It is always a pleasure to see people strive for excellence. It is the stabilizing force that summons courage so we can live a life full of meaning, purpose and a map for future generations to look up to. Thanks

[@watchestv-com]

Highly appreciated, thanks and yes purpose and meaning are key, very inspiring

[@JamesAlexander14]

Great video Marc Andre. Very interesting to hear that watchmaking is alive and well and that there is a great future for independent watchmakers. I wish them all the best for their futures. Merry Christmas to all in Switzerland and around the world and a Happy New Year. Viva la Watchmaking❤️🙏🎄🎉🎊🍷.

[@watchestv-com]

Huge thanks to you and a very merry Christmas to you and your family. And yes there is a bright future 👍👍

[@base924]

Great video! Many valid points for me personally as a collector of independent watches. The whole experience of acquiering the piece, meeting the watchmaker and similar minded collectors, discussing details about the project etc. is what it's all about. The watches are just one part of it. Buying from a brand just makes no sense to me anymore when you have guys like these and several others to choose from.❤

[@watchestv-com]

Thanks so much for sharing this with all of us and a beautiful festive season to you!

[@Jm4steam]

Wonderful conversation. Nice to hear and see younger people in the watchmaking business.It's so true, when the guest mentioned, I can make so many watches, but it's the team to make them that is difficult.

[@watchestv-com]

Many thanks for the comment and very happy you enjoyed this moment of sharing, the very best to you and a happy new year

[@jayremi4384]

J’ai vu des centaines de vidéos de votre chaîne et celle-ci est probablement l’une que j’ai le plus apprécié. On en redemande sur ces jeunes talents. Pourquoi pas des vidéos avec visite de leur atelier et présentation de leurs pièces ? Encore une fois merci pour votre chaîne.

[@watchestv-com]

Milles mercis et on se réjouit en effet de pouvoir partager ce type de contenu avec vous.

[@IMakeWatches]

Great video! As much as I love history and vintage pieces, without independents the present and future of watchmaking both look dim to me.

[@watchestv-com]

Thanks a lot and nicely said 👍👍

[@rollino71]

Thanks for this great video! Is so emotional to see the future of haute horlogerie!

[@watchestv-com]

Very happy you liked this one and yes the future in front of you! All the best and a great weekend to you

[@tajinu]

Salutations à Julien d'Arafat. Je suis fier de ces moments pour lui. Fier de moi aussi d'avoir participé à la création de son atelier au début de l'époque où il a commencé à être indépendant... Keep it up Viva Watchmaking!

[@watchestv-com]

👍👍👍👍 merci l’ami

[@markpalmer3936]

This is one of the coolest things I’ve watched for such a long time. A kind of Independent Watchmakers 101. I learned a lot. Thanks Watches TV

[@watchestv-com]

That really makes us super happy to read, thanks so much 🙏🙏🙏

[@TheChrisloot]

Thank you Marc & a Merry Christmas to you & your team. Amazing incite into the thoughts of these young independent watchmakers. I can't for more in the New Year. 🙏

[@Michel-ci8ur]

Quel beau moment tu m'a régalé tes invités sont exceptionnels merci beaucoup

[@hoffmancapote]

Really interesting to see a group of watchmakers talking about their trade. Insight into a world that normally outsiders never get to experience. I have had a busy day so watched this video with a friend and a glass of wine so made the experience better watching people who are talking about their craft while drinking wine. The girl who was watching it with me is not into watches but she found it really interesting.

[@watchestv-com]

Thanks for sharing this with us and extremely happy you both had a good time

[@ManVsWatch]

Génial ce genre de vidéo et de moment de partage avec cette jeune génération d’indépendants. 😊

[@watchestv-com]

Milles mercis pour ce commentaire et de très bonnes fêtes à vous

[@ManVsWatch]

@@watchestv-com merci ☺️ Vous aussi et toute votre équipe 😊

[@stevenuk]

every watch shown is brilliant !!

[@zHumanfactor]

Merci beaucoup, Marc André! It is great you are showcasing the independent high-horology watchmakers. Plus s'il vous plait. 😉

[@remigerard5115]

Super émission , bravo à tous !

[@watchestv-com]

Merci beaucoup 🙏🙏 et joyeux Noël

[@johnmoorefilm]

Absolutely wonderful!

[@johnmoorefilm]

Can i just say how MAGNIFICENT it is to see someone smoking?! Fantastic! Liberte!!!!! 🇨🇭 ❤

[@watchestv-com]

Hahaha, felt like an old school ambiance; drinking and smoking in front of the cameras 🤪👍

[@RobHalliganProjects]

Wonderful. Thank you. It's interesting that a video mostly in French has a great mix of English and French comments. I was hoping the video description would have links to the makers' sites or Instagram pages....

[@cesarocon3401]

Ahora sí se volaron la barda, gracias por este increíble video.

[@connorwang3442]

Enjoyed every second of the video.

[@watchestv-com]

Very happy to know this, thanks so much and a joyful Christmas to you

[@5ringsaudits]

Merry Christmas and happy New Year’s

[@watchestv-com]

And a very beautiful festive season to you too, thanks

[@chrisp7050]

This was really fun and cozy

[@watchestv-com]

Very glad you enjoyed this, thanks a lot

[@Phil99330]

I love the Vincent Deprez Tourbillon!🤩🌟🙌

[@watchestv-com]

Oh yes, beautiful piece and best to you

[@macdanciger1732]

Fantastic video :) one for the safe to open up in a decade or two

[@watchestv-com]

Many thanks and very happy you enjoyed this 🙏🙏

[@jeremyestevinho9425]

J’aurais vraiment aimé être avec vous autour de cette table !!!

[@watchestv-com]

Ce fut un merveilleux moment, convivial et plein de sincérité 👍👍

[@Jorj57]

this is utterly exceptional! it's just unreal to see these guys talking together in a group talking about their experience as being a wizard in the watch industry haha. god bless you guys at thewatchestv team!

[@watchestv-com]

Well that really makes us happy, thanks so much and a very merry Christmas to you

[@albertmyers7176]

Merry Christmas to all

[@watchestv-com]

And the very same your way, thanks a lot

[@OscarRPalma]

The future of independent watchmaking

[@LaFritePerreGoat]

One thing is missing. Some women to balance out this table. But it's great to hear so much enthusiasm in French.

[@Fischi4711]

That was an interesting conversation listening to. I am happy that the high demand in their products let them working with a peace of mind. Next time please upgrade the china and silverware, they deserve it. 😄

[@watchestv-com]

Hahaha, very true, we took it easy but dishwashing was easy 😉 and many thanks for your comment

[@12sin8]

Genuine question - is Xhevdet Rexhepi's last name spelled incorrectly... or does he spell it differently from his brother?

[@AntonioLeoni]

Très intéressante discussion! En tout cas, j’ai mes montres pour moi, pas pour revendre ou spéculer. Mais il faut avouer que lorsque une montre monte en reconnaissance publique, ça se reflète aussi sur le prix, par fois, et ça fait du bien à l’ego 😂

[@watchestv-com]

Ca fait toujours du bien de sentir d’avoir raison 😉

[@theJade]

Are you wearing that 3d printed watch?

[@watchestv-com]

I indeed was, a good 16 grams all included ;)

[@theJade]

@@watchestv-com thought I recognized that shape!

[@carzoomies]

Another one please

[@miguelg1370]

Don’t forget humble in the title

[@watchestv-com]

Very true and totally down to earth, which makes it so much more enjoyable

[@johnburgess6572]

This was fabulous , I love seeing the future here in the present. Very creative idea to do this , thank you. So original.

[@watchestv-com]

Extremely happy you had a good time looking at it 👍👍 many thanks

[@dimman77]

What a fantastic informative video you've put together Marc André. I hope you can get this group together again in the future, or regularly as you suggest, to update us on how they are doing. Whether the independents will be reduced to only 8 as they joked or perhaps expand to 18 as newer horologists join them. Thanks again for this video!

[@watchestv-com]

You are most welcome and we really had a blast, so inspiring

[@1T0MMI]

gorgeous 🤩 16:24 passing on the flame to the next generation 😅

[@watchestv-com]

😜😜 thanks a lot and a very joyful Christmas to you

[@1T0MMI]

@@watchestv-com 🙏and a merry christmas to you and your great team 🎅

[@jean-jacqueskaselorganreco6879]

Young Biver wasn't invited?

[@watchestv-com]

I think the format might well be extended 👍 thanks and a very warm Christmas to you

[@gianluigicorna3035]

So, just me was missing! I was joking! Keep going like this!

[@watchestv-com]

Many thanks and who knows, the table is large enough! Best to you

[@dimman77]

I STILL haven't learned how to pronounce Rexhep's brother's name... Also, Bernard, do you remember asking someone on Instagram about a tool for applying perlage? That was me.

[@watchestv-com]

That’s sweet to know 👍👍👍 and don’t worry about the pronunciation ;)

[@georgehiphopforever]

Now im hungry...

[@watchestv-com]

Good ;)

[@jeromepineau]

I’m always surprised to see the lack of women in this group. Why is that?

[@watchestv-com]

True that there isn’t that many girls in the craft which doesn’t mean there aren’t any, good point

[@jeromepineau]

@@watchestv-com may be interesting to rinse and repeat this excellent video with only women watchmakers? :)

[@paulandsueroberts4121]

A very merry Christmas Marc and all the best for the new year.

[@watchestv-com]

And a beautiful and festive holiday season to you too. Many thanks for the comment and support!

[@Javi_C]

The future is bright!

[@watchestv-com]

It sure is and a genuine one 👍👍

[@momokadawi8955]

y a 10 ans ... aujourd hui la differrence c est juste un phenomene de mode . tout et n importe quoi today mais etre passionner c est beau aussi .. 2023'

[@watchestv-com]

La passion comme moteur infatigable. Merci beaucoup pour votre commentaire et belles fêtes à vous

[@thewarhenk]

Marc, bring back the old eyeglasses, much better look for you than these, mon ami!

[@AntonioLeoni]

Pas de femmes ? 🤔

[@dimman77]

Who is there for young independent women horologists? Fiona Kruger maybe? But she's not a horologist, she's a designer that outsources everything to do with manufacturing (and arguably the Mexican skull designs too). I can't think of any up and coming woman that is an independent watch manufacturer.

[@YoungBrando]

Daniela Dufour.

[@watchestv-com]

Il y en a moins c’est clair mais il y en a 💪👍

[@oovlocityoo2671]

Si Mr Pages voit ce message, j'ai vu son premier automate tortue au Ambassadeurs il y a 12 ans a Genève. 600k pour une tortue qui ce déplace sur 10 cms. Heureux que vous fassiez vos montres maintenant..