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Yosuke Sekiguchi
Primvère
A superb artisanal pink gold wristwatch with black enamel dial, certificate of origin and box
- Estimate
- CHF50,000 - 100,000€53,900 - 108,000$62,800 - 126,000
CHF95,250
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Yosuke Sekiguchi
- Year
- 2025
- Movement No
- 30
- Model Name
- Primvère
- Material
- 18k pink gold
- Calibre
- Manual, Cal. YS-Y01
- Bracelet/Strap
- Alligator
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k pink gold Yosuke Sekiguchi pin buckle
- Dimensions
- 39.5mm diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement and buckle signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by fitted box, Certificate of Origin, travel pouch, polishing cloth and outer packaging
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The story of Le Locle (Switzerland) based, Japanese born Yosuke Sekiguchi is one of resilience and perseverance.
Wanting to be a watchmaker in Switzerland, Sekiguchi left his native Japan at the age of 23 and moved to France to learn the language and then move to Switzerland to manufacture watches. However, obtaining a work visa in Swirtzerland proved impossible for someone with no formal training and therefore he tried to enroll in watchmaking school in Morteau (France) which he could not attend for administrative reasons. Not one to give up, he moved in with one of his friends who was attending the course who passed on the lessons and homework.
After completing the coursework, but not qualified as he did not graduate from the school, he was hired by Manufacture La Joux-Perret on his friend’s recommendation and could finally move to Switzerland. Working mainly on chronographs he later moved to Christophe Claret specializing in assembly and repair of complicated watches.
Sekiguchi set up his ateliers in 2020 and presented his first model, the present “Primvère “ (translating as Primrose). Sekiguchi’s inspiration is clearly rooted in 19th Century horology and most notably by a Jules Jürgensen pocket watch. Whereas visually the Primrose movement may look historical, it is a modern interpretation with painstaking and highly hand finished bridges and components.
The superb black enamel dial is made of two pieces. Black enamel dials are amongst the most difficult and daunting to make as due to the color even the slightest imperfection shows explaining the high rejection rates.
The Sekiguchi Primvère makes its auction debut with the present model, the first from one of the most exciting artisanal watchmakers of the new generation.
Wanting to be a watchmaker in Switzerland, Sekiguchi left his native Japan at the age of 23 and moved to France to learn the language and then move to Switzerland to manufacture watches. However, obtaining a work visa in Swirtzerland proved impossible for someone with no formal training and therefore he tried to enroll in watchmaking school in Morteau (France) which he could not attend for administrative reasons. Not one to give up, he moved in with one of his friends who was attending the course who passed on the lessons and homework.
After completing the coursework, but not qualified as he did not graduate from the school, he was hired by Manufacture La Joux-Perret on his friend’s recommendation and could finally move to Switzerland. Working mainly on chronographs he later moved to Christophe Claret specializing in assembly and repair of complicated watches.
Sekiguchi set up his ateliers in 2020 and presented his first model, the present “Primvère “ (translating as Primrose). Sekiguchi’s inspiration is clearly rooted in 19th Century horology and most notably by a Jules Jürgensen pocket watch. Whereas visually the Primrose movement may look historical, it is a modern interpretation with painstaking and highly hand finished bridges and components.
The superb black enamel dial is made of two pieces. Black enamel dials are amongst the most difficult and daunting to make as due to the color even the slightest imperfection shows explaining the high rejection rates.
The Sekiguchi Primvère makes its auction debut with the present model, the first from one of the most exciting artisanal watchmakers of the new generation.