“It’s that moment in your life when you can look back with no regret. That is why it’s so hard to find happiness”
other brands. It seems, at least to me, that it’s such a perfectionistic brand. Would you call yourself a perfectionist? RD: In my work, I’m surely a perfectionist because I’ve been taught to achieve only the best. But in real life, I’m not quite sure. I just go with the flow. CA: What is the ideal timepiece of Roger Dubuis in your opinion? RD: This one: the Hommage collection. The idea is to pay tribute to all the masters and the people that helped me become this watchmaker that I am, and it’s also why I went for a round classic shape and some typical Geneva watch shapes. Take the lugs as an example. This is a way for me to say a big thank you to the Geneva watchmaking tradition. CA: When you want to design a watch, where do you begin? RD: First, we start with the movement and then the dial and the case. In the former years of watchmaking, it was very often the case. But now the progress of technology has allowed us to go the other way around. So, you can think of an idea of the aesthetics you like and then create the mechanism to go with it. CA: Out of all watch mechanisms, which one do you like the most? RD: The perpetual calendar of Roger Dubuis, because I poured blood, sweat and tears in creating it. CA: Have you ever thought about retiring? RD: Definitely not! Never! I have so many roles. I represent the brand and am someone who gives advice when needed. I’m also a kind of godfather for the young generation; I’m involved in trainings for the watchmakers under the company. All this takes a lot of my time and it makes me very happy. CA: How do you define happiness? RD: It’s that moment in your life when you can look back with no regret. That is why it’s so hard to find happiness, because when you think it’s there and it might just go away in an instant.