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30 MANUFACTURING europa star PONT DES AMOUREUX by Van Cleef & Arpels Clearly, it is all Wiederrecht, all Agenhor in this tiniest yet crucial detail, which is purely poetic because, if the two lovers separated one before the other, the story told by this watch would have been quite different. It would have been a stormy separation rather than a lover’s ballad. Only exclusivities Agenhor makes only exclusivities, specifically destined to a precise watch and the story that it wants to tell. Another example demonstrates this very well—the Opus 9 that Agenhor realized in conjunction with the designer Eric Giroud for Harry Winston, and that won the Design cat- DANDY ARTY by Chaumet egory at the 2009 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie in Geneva. Working with Giroud, Wiederrecht developed an original and delicate way of indicating the time thanks to two mobile diamond chains. It was a perfectly suitable way of telling time, in both the literal and figurative senses, since the Harry Winston brand has always been associated with diamonds. On average,Agenhor presents three new movements per year. The rhythm will not increase because, as Jean-Marc Wiederrecht says, “We do not introduce a movement or a mechanism until it is totally reliable, totally developed. This is even more important today than before, during the preceding crazy period.Today, the client OPUS 9 by Harry Winston rightly demands quality. Everything must be quality, the exterior as well as the interior. The same applies to finishing.” From this point of view, Agenhor brings to its finishing, quite often invisible, a rare poetic refinement. Examples are the cams hidden inside the movement of the Pont desAmoureux, which are engraved with the silhouettes of the two figures. This decorative poetry also has a practical side: the parts of each watch are immediately identifiable, thus facilitating the work of the watchmakers. No prototypes Unlike other ‘master mechanics’, Agenhor does not possess a lot of equipment. Everything is made outside,by a network of longstanding and loyal sub-contractors who have been carefully selected for the particular task. The main reason is that, for Jean-Marc Wiederrecht, “all validations must be made on perfect pieces”. Therefore, he does not pass by the traditional step of the prototype but makes the pieces directly in series based on the plans. When it is assembled and the movement functions, then it immediately passes to its production in series. “Sometimes,” he admits,“it is necessary to redo one or two components, but everything else is ready, waiting to be assembled.” Obviousy, Jean-Marc Wiederrecht is as practical and efficient as he is poetic. A winning equation.
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