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Hands-On: Rexhep Rexhepi Chronometre Contemporain Watch
Rexhep Rexhepi is the type of independent watchmaker you probably want to do business with if you are looking for an elegant handmade dress watch with a lot of effort in aesthetic refinement, as well as movement finishing. This particular watch is an interesting evolution of the still-young watchmaker’s career, which is inspired by his love of military “officers’ watches” from the 1940s. Rexhep has now entered the phase of his “brand” where nothing but his name on the dial will really suit. Welcome the entrance of his eponymous Rexhep Rexhepi watch label. Though Rexhep of course still mainly focuses on his Akrivia brand, I don’t think this Rexhep Rexhepi Chronometre Contemporain is a one-off idea.Let’s be frank that Rexhep is following in the path of others (notable characters like Francois-Paul Journe from his own city of Geneva) who have themselves found success in brands that feature their own name. This isn’t an accident. Outsid
Maurice de Mauriac L1 Watch Designed By Fabian Schwaerzler
Zurich-based watch maker Maurice de Mauriac has just released the new L1 watch designed by the acclaimed (and award-winning) Swiss industrial designer Fabian Schwaerzler. The result is an attractively modern Bauhaus style watch that combines Swiss style with Germanic functionalism – which makes sense given that Zurich is in the German-speaking part of the country.In the future we will investigate what the relationship between Maurice de Mauriac and Fabian Schwaerzler is all about and how they hooked up. Oftentimes, big-name designers end up working with larger brands on special series timepieces with their unique aesthetic stamp. In this situation, Schwaerzler decided to work with a boutique brand, probably because it was a project of passion allowing the two an opportunity to focus on the product versus marketing and less fulfilling commercial matters (well, to artists that is).