Manic Fixie Watches: A Love Letter to Fixed Lug Timepieces
Charles Girardier
Just Imagine! You are in 1780, in Geneva… Charles Girardier is 21 years old and starts his ownpocket watch workshop, the beginning of a very unusual watchmaking course. In 1809, CharlesGirardierbecomes Master Watchmaker.Now we jump into time. 239 years later to be precise. You are in 2019. Patrick A. Ulm, a Swissentrepreneur, discovers in the Agatha Christie’s Museum in London, a pocket watch signed “Girardierthe Elder”, which inspired the famous character of Hercule Poirot.