FOLLOW UP ON “LE GARDE TEMPS” PROJECT WITH PHILIPPE DUFOUR AND STEPHEN FORSEY
This excellent project shares open source thinking into the watchmaking world: transmission of traditional skills, tools and techniques. We asked Michel Boulenger, the lucky student of these illustrious watchmakers, in what phase of the project he's in and how were things going along as he's moving from the design phase to enter the actual manufacturing phase.
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Presentation of the project with Philippe Dufour during the 2012 SIHH
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