Genus In The Hands Of A Master
Genus co-founder Sébastien Billières through a photojournalistic lens…
The modern watch industry is optimised for quality control and efficiency, meaning that a watch will usually pass through several sets of hands in the process of its production. At Genus, the independent brand founded by Sébastien Billières and Catherine Henry, every watch that emerges from the workbench is personally assembled and adjusted by Billières after an extensive client-brand conversation defining the aesthetic points of each custom creation. WorldTempus photojournalist Sébastien Aubord chronicles the latest timepieces to be completed at the Genus workshop, the GNS1.2, putting the watchmaker himself under our magnifying loupe.
Sébastien Billières working on the new GNS1.2 models © GMT Publishing/Sébastien Aubord
Sébastien Billières working on the new GNS1.2 models © GMT Publishing/Sébastien Aubord
GNS1.2 Dragon © GMT Publishing/Sébastien Aubord
Sébastien Billières working on the new GNS1.2 models © GMT Publishing/Sébastien Aubord
GNS1.2 © GMT Publishing/Sébastien Aubord
Sébastien Billières working on the new GNS1.2 models © GMT Publishing/Sébastien Aubord
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GENUS, a singularity of time. Pushing back the limits of watch display, the brand has established its own watchmaking ethos. It resides upon on the experience of its Master Watchmaker, author of an unheard-of complication and its Manufacture movement, crafted of solid gold and enhanced by state-of-the-art Haute Horlogerie hand-finishings.
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