The people who sign the dossier.

— Founder

Founder & Senior Authenticator

Founded Maison Montres in 2026. The founder personally signs off on every authentication dossier above CHF 100,000 and on every engagement letter the firm undertakes.

Areas of personal scholarship: vintage Patek Philippe (1518, 2499, 3970, the early Nautilus), the Audemars Piguet archive (Genta-era Royal Oak, A-series), F.P. Journe early production (brass-movement era and the transition to steel), and independent watchmaking from the Akrivia, MB&F, and De Bethune ateliers.

— Head of Authentication

Senior Watchmaker & Head of Authentication

Areas of scholarship: vintage chronograph movements (Cal. 13 and Cal. 27, Lemania-based), the Patek Cal. 240 micro-rotor architecture, vintage Rolex movements (Cal. 1530, 1565, 1570 series, including the 6263 Daytona Cal. 727), and the F.P. Journe brass-movement era (Cal. 1300 to Cal. 1304 transition).

— Independents specialist

Senior Advisor — Independent Watchmaking

Direct working relationships with the contemporary independent ateliers — Akrivia (Rexhep Rexhepi), MB&F (Maximilian Büsser), and the Geneva F.P. Journe atelier. Manages allocation introductions for Maison Montres' family-office clients across the contemporary independent community.

Areas of scholarship: F.P. Journe across all references and production eras; the Akrivia atelier; MB&F Legacy Machine and Horological Machine series; De Bethune resonance and tourbillon work; Greubel Forsey inclined-tourbillon family.

— External specialist network

Two-tier review — independent specialists.

For vintage references and complications above CHF 50,000, Maison Montres' twelve-point dossier is reviewed by an independent external specialist with no commercial interest in the transaction. The external review network includes:

• A Geneva-based vintage Patek Philippe specialist with thirty-plus years of auction-cataloguing experience;
• A Le Brassus-based Audemars Piguet historian with personal relationships at the AP archive and museum;
• A Geneva-based F.P. Journe scholar with documented standing in the early-production scholarship community;
• A vintage Rolex specialist based in Geneva and Florence with auction-house provenance.

Names of external specialists are disclosed in the engagement letter for the specific transaction and remain confidential between the parties to the transaction.