A Bridge Between Historic Innovation and Modern Craft

Legare is a watch brand created by Guillaume Tetu and me to create the type of watches that we've always wanted to wear. Over my past 25 years as a watch journalist, I've found it most rewarding to rediscover old timepieces of immense technical significance, tucked away in the hidden corners of history. These timepieces were the subject of my conversations with Guillaume on many a late night at Brasserie Cardinal in Neuchâtel. We loved that the individuals behind these creations wanted to advance the story of horology by fearlessly breaking new ground; they pushed the horological envelope like Chuck Yeager over the Mojave Desert, blasting their way past Mach 1...