Peter Speake-Marin joins Chris and Jon for a conversation about life as an independent watchmaker and his most recent endeavour, The Naked Watchmaker Project. This is part one of two.
The Naked WatchmakerSpeake-Marin Watch BrandSt. John’s Comprehensive School The school young Peter Speake attended before Hackney Technical CollegeHackney Technical College The institution where Peter first learned the craft of horology; the horology program at Hackney College closed down in the late 1990sPhilippe DufourMaximilian Büsser Founder of MB&FWOSTEP The Watchmakers of Switzerland Training and Education ProgramAntoine SimoninPiagetSomlo AntiquesIan SkellernRolexBexleyheathMamiya Medium Format Camera The style of camera that Peter initially used to capture the process behind some of the many historic timepieces he restored, equipped with a Polaroid casebackPiccadilly Circus The location where Peter helped establish a watch restoration workshop for George SomloAsprey Somlo’s closest competitor at the timeSteven Hale One of the watchmakers who worked alongside Peter at SomloJules JürgensenPatek PhilippeOmegaHans WilsdorfTopping ToolTheWatches.tv Tools Episode Peter Speake-Marin shares a look into the historic collection of watchmaking tools that have been lovingly restored by André LéchotLes Petites Machines d’André LéchotFoundation Watch The pocket watch that kickstarted Peter’s career as a watchmakerSchaublin Lathes A lathe maker favoured by many independent watchmakersPointeuse A coordinate based drilling machineJig Borer Video of a Hauser M1 jig borer in actionRenaud & Papi Where Peter worked as a complications specialistElephant & CastleBaselworld FairKees Englebarts A master engraver who first introduced Peter Speake-Marin to Philippe DufourPoker & Beetle Hands An image from an article Peter wrote for the BHI’s Horological Journal in 2001 showing part of the process he used to create the hands for his Foundation WatchDerek PrattGentianRolle The village Peter was working in when his Foundation Watch first sprang to lifeStephen McGonigleMary Shelley Author of FrankensteinDufour SimplicitySpeake-Marin SM2 An in-house caliber with German silver mainplate & bridgesGerman SilverCartierLeCoultreA. Lange & SöhneTungstenRoswell 08 DeconstructionVianney HalterAntoine PreziusoAHCI The Académie Horlogère des Créateurs IndépendantsSven AndersenVincent Calabrese
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