Alan Birchall spent more than two years designing and making most of the parts for his Pièce d’Essai. Now he is working on a watch for a customer.

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Danièla Dufour, daughter of master watchmaker Philippe Dufour, grew up in her father's workshop in the Swiss mountains, watching him meticulously craft watches from start to finish. Philippe Dufour, ...