Philippe Dufour opened his own workshop in Le Sentier in 1978, restoring antique pocket watches and finishing sonnerie movements for Audemars Piguet before debuting his first watch under his own name, the Grande et Petite Sonnerie, in 1992. The Duality (1996) and Simplicity (2000) then established him as the hand-finishing reference point for the rest of the independent trade. Fewer than 10 watches a year, every part made and finished by Dufour himself.
Dufour opened his workshop in Le Sentier in 1978, restoring antique pocket watches and finishing sonnerie movements for Audemars Piguet before releasing anything under his own name. The Grande et Petite Sonnerie followed in 1992, then the Duality in 1996 and the Simplicity in 2000, which together made him the hand-finishing reference point the rest of the independent trade measures itself against. Fewer than ten watches a year, every part made and finished by Dufour himself.
top-luxuryneo-vintagePhilippe Dufour in-house, manual-wind: three-hand, 18,000bph, 60h PR; entirely hand-made and hand-finished by Dufour alone; anglage and polishing held as the industry's highest reference standard; fewer than 200 total produced since 200037mm2000–present
top-luxuryneo-vintagePhilippe Dufour in-house, manual-wind: twin-escapement (two complete lever escapements running simultaneously, connected by differential); 18,000bph; entirely hand-made by Dufour; only 9 known examples37mm1996–2006
top-luxuryneo-vintagePhilippe Dufour in-house, manual-wind: two independent gear trains (timekeeping and striking), each with its own barrel, wound in opposite directions from the crown; free-sprung, adjustable-mass balance; grande sonnerie, petite sonnerie, and an on-demand minute repeater activated by a button in the crown; 35 jewels; entirely hand-made and hand-finished by Dufour, each watch taking close to two years to complete; only 8 examples made41mm1992–2016
