In this episode of The Luxury Prescription Show, Dr. Vinay Chopra sits down with Yosuke Sekiguchi, the Japanese-born independent watchmaker behind La Primevère. They get into the mentor who shared his own bench, the Jules Jürgensen pocket watch that shaped his eye in 2006, Yosuke’s account of Philippe Dufour asking him to make a watch, and why he wants every owner to receive a piece of his soul with the watch.

Yosuke’s answers are translated through an interpreter.

Yosuke describes making around 15 watches a year. What would you ask him about that process? Tell me in the comments.

00:00 His First Tourbillon
01:02 His First Job in Watchmaking
01:24 Leaving Everything Behind
02:26 The Movement Test
03:01 A Mentor's Bench
04:12 His Own Pocket Watch
04:58 Why Switzerland
06:12 Japanese, French and Swiss Influences
07:29 Lessons From the Big Houses
09:30 Imagining a Wristwatch 150 Years Ago
10:12 Watchmaking as Self-Expression
11:07 Going Independent in 2020
11:53 The Meaning of La Primevère
13:36 Three Hearts in the Logo
13:49 A Tribute to Jules Jürgensen
16:48 Making and Finishing by Hand
17:34 Meeting Philippe Dufour
22:11 A Mission for Life
22:40 The Human Touch
24:05 The Next 10 Years
26:52 Around 15 Watches a Year
28:00 Trying On the Red Dial
28:51 A Surprise Drawing
30:45 The Legacy He Wants to Leave
32:38 Passing It On

Watch Part 1: Inside the Atelier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ7OougvIKo

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