INAUGURAL TIMEPIECE: Photo shows Chapter One, the inaugural timepiece from Maitres du Temps. It is the first wristwatch to ever feature a tourbillon with mono-pusher column wheel chronograph, retrograde date, and retrograde GMT, as well as moon phase and day of the week on separate rolling bars.
KUCHING: It comes as no surprise that the world of luxury watches is dominated by players who strive to offer the best not only in performance but also in appearance and appeal.
Maitres du Temp serves exactly to do that here in the country, having opened its first Malaysian boutique in Starhill Gallery, Bukit Bintang about a year ago in conjunction with last year’s instalment of ‘A Journey of Time’, Southeast Asia’s largest luxury watch and jewellery showcase held annually.
Maitres du Temps has its origin in a determination to transform a dream into reality – a dream of bringing together contemporary watchmaking’s greatest creative geniuses in unique collaborations.
“Our goal is to create and develop products that have never been done before. We design shapes for movements which are not orthodox, for example, putting a rectangular movement in a round case,” explained chief executive officer Christophe Viguerie in an interview with The Borneo Post.
“By utilising the rollers as a way to cement the DNA of the brand in an ever changing landscape, we have set ourselves apart.”
Maitres du Temp experienced a breakthrough for its watches when its founder Steven Holtzman – who has always been fascinated by the combination of rolling bars and clocks – saw the possibility of someday being able to incorporate rolling bars into a mechanical timepiece.
This gave birth to Chapter One – the inaugural timepiece from Maitres du Temps.
It is the first wristwatch to ever feature a tourbillon with mono-pusher column wheel chronograph, retrograde date, and retrograde GMT, as well as moon phase and day of the week on separate rolling bars.
“Because of the high level of devotion for the timepiece, the Chapter One collection continues to grow,” Viguerie explained.
“Since the original tonneau-shaped masterpiece, we have seen two variations. Chapter One Round was introduced at Baselworld in 2010 and this year we are extremely excited to introduce the sapphire dial Chapter One Round Transparence.”
With the challenge of creating something that has never been done before and a great deal of attention to research and development, the CEO said there will always be new and exciting advances in watchmaking.
“With Maitres du Temps, each team of watchmakers will work on new developments using their individual expertise and creativity.
“Maitres du Temps is not about an independent watch manufacturer; it’s about collaboration, taking the best ideas from a group of people and putting them into one really special creation. In our case, each Chapter represents a piece of the concept.”
Viguerie went on to highlight that each Chapter is truly blended through a representation of a group of living watchmakers, with different generations work together in coming up with solutions.
“As the Chapters are introduced, we hope to be able to write a few more pages of our own story. That is what Maitres du Temps is,” he added.
This year, the group will officially launch its Chapter One Transparence at A Journey Through Time VII, Kuala Lumpur this month. Seeing as A Journey Through Time is a meeting place for all watch and jewellery aficionados, Viguerie noted that this was the perfect platform to share with the world the creation of Maîtres du Temps.
“I am impressed to see that A Journey Through Time has grown bigger and better every year with the level of luxurious watches and jewellery pieces. This event has evolved into Southeast Asia’s largest and most decadent luxury watch and jewellery showcase which has continued to elevate and reinforce the country’s status as a global destination for high-end shopping,” he opined.
“The showcase is well on its way to be the Baselworld Fair in Asia and I’m pleased to have our boutique in Starhill Gallery,” he concluded.
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