The day after SIHH, I found myself walking around the cobbled streets of Geneva’s old town. It’s a very different Geneva to the vast, softly furnished halls of the Palexpo, or even the squat monoliths of the famed manufactures, with their clean rooms and airlocks. No, this street was winding, cobbled and, even though the day was sunny, cold. It was a street filled with art galleries and antique stores and, as I was to discover, one of the most exciting watchmakers in the business right now. In many ways, watchmaking is all about light. It’s something that’s incredibly important both in design and construction, and it’s apparent at Akrivia. For one, the facade of Akrivia is dominated by large, wide windows allowing natural light (and more than one curious onlooker) unfettered access to the open workshop, where red-coated watchmakers quietly and intensely work. Before the workshop though, there’s a reception area, and it’s here where I sat down with the prodigy and passionate founder of the brand, Rexhep Rexhepi (Su Jia Xian from WatchesbySJX was also there, but that’s just a coincidence). Initially our conversation was focused on the watches on the trays. The quality of all the pieces…
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