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Legendary Watchmakers

Beat Haldimann stands in front of his Thun workshop. © Ralf Baumgarten

Watchmaker and curator Dr. Ludwig Oechslin. © Ralf Baumgarten

Felix Baumgartner of Urwerk. © Ralf Baumgarten

François-Paul Journe burns the midnight oil. © Ralf Baumgarten

George Daniels in his Isle-of-Man workshop. © Ralf Baumgarten

Jean-Marc Wiederrecht explains one of his many ideas. © Ralf Baumgarten

Kari Voutilainen poises a balance. © Ralf Baumgarten

Seiko’s Kenji Shiohara listens closely to a Buddhist temple bell. © Ralf Baumgarten

Paul Gerber in his vintage VW van. © Ralf Baumgarten

Philippe Dufour. © Ralf Baumgarten

Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey of Greubel Forsey. © Ralf Baumgarten

Roger Smith at home on the Isle of Man. © Ralf Baumgarten

Thomas Prescher. © Ralf Baumgarten

Vianney Halter blues screws in his Ste-Croix workshop. © Ralf Baumgarten

Volker Vyskocil lives and works in Nettetal, Germany. © Ralf Baumgarten


Most of the portraits in this photo gallery, shot by photographer Ralf Baumgarten, were originally published in the book Twelve Faces of Time, Horological Virtuosos, written in collaboration with Elizabeth Doerr, journalist and editor-in-chief of the English Worldtempus pages.