Best of Web • 09 Nov 2018
Why Rexhep Rexhepi Needs To Be On Your Watch Radar
Shortlisted at this year’s Grand Prix d’Horlogerie De Geneve for his sublime Akrivia Chronomètre Contemporain, the new kid on the Genevois watchmaking block is a one-man tornado of traditional skills – and he may just have created the timepiece of 2018.
By the end of day three at Baselworld each year, most watches start to blend into one another – the first watch you saw looks a lot like the last one you have just clapped eyes on. But occasionally, in this night sky of watch stars, you catch a glimpse of a comet. And this year, Rexhep Rexhepi’s Akrivia Chronomètre Contemporain was one of those comets.