An Afternoon with Antoine Preziuso: The Watchmaker Who Refused a Signature

Antoine Preziuso has spent forty-five years making watches without settling into a single recognisable design code. What looks like inconsistency may be the most consistent thing about him.

Antoine Preziuso, 2026

Last spring, I spent an afternoon with Antoine Preziuso at his home atelier near Geneva. It is the kind of place in which the distinction between workshop, archive and living space has become largely academic. Watches appear in drawers, on benches and in conversation. Old movements sit beside newer experiments. Tools share space wi…