1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:16,470 --> 00:00:18,432 (sirens wailing distantly) 4 00:00:19,342 --> 00:00:21,022 (heavy traffic noise) 5 00:00:28,476 --> 00:00:30,726 I've always been really intrigued by watches. 6 00:00:30,726 --> 00:00:32,976 At first, it was a cool way of telling time 7 00:00:32,976 --> 00:00:35,166 and then my Mom, she had mentioned something 8 00:00:35,166 --> 00:00:38,016 about, you know, tell-tale sign of a businessman, 9 00:00:38,016 --> 00:00:40,266 good shoes, good suit, and a good watch. 10 00:00:40,266 --> 00:00:41,916 Watches were something else, you know? 11 00:00:41,916 --> 00:00:43,666 I couldn't always afford the watch. 12 00:00:44,526 --> 00:00:47,496 I came into a mindset of saying if I wanted it 13 00:00:47,496 --> 00:00:49,596 and I couldn't afford it, I would make it. 14 00:00:51,867 --> 00:00:54,617 (train chugging) 15 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,646 (train whistle blowing) 16 00:01:05,646 --> 00:01:08,256 How do you measure a year? 17 00:01:08,256 --> 00:01:10,446 How do you measure a life? 18 00:01:10,446 --> 00:01:11,559 What comes to mind? 19 00:01:13,295 --> 00:01:18,009 Seasons, political events, a global pandemic? 20 00:01:23,208 --> 00:01:25,320 Or do you think of calendars, months, and dates? 21 00:01:27,789 --> 00:01:30,176 (gentle string music) 22 00:01:30,176 --> 00:01:32,259 Horologists study time. 23 00:01:33,306 --> 00:01:35,795 Their job lies in the calculation, measurement, 24 00:01:35,795 --> 00:01:37,476 and the sure prediction of time passing 25 00:01:37,476 --> 00:01:39,279 in hours, minutes, and seconds. 26 00:01:53,076 --> 00:01:55,929 Our ancestors kept time by measuring the seasons. 27 00:01:58,265 --> 00:02:01,149 Dates of eclipses and the movement of celestial bodies. 28 00:02:04,626 --> 00:02:07,026 Yet none of these things truly indicate 29 00:02:07,026 --> 00:02:08,859 the inevitable passing of time. 30 00:02:20,676 --> 00:02:22,296 From a baby's first breath 31 00:02:22,296 --> 00:02:24,339 to the last beat of a loved one's heart. 32 00:02:25,266 --> 00:02:26,856 From the moment you are present tense 33 00:02:26,856 --> 00:02:28,359 to the moment you are past. 34 00:02:29,786 --> 00:02:32,699 The more we study time, the more ethereal it becomes. 35 00:02:34,805 --> 00:02:37,539 To be alive is to feel time passing. 36 00:02:40,746 --> 00:02:43,506 We humans know that one day we will die 37 00:02:43,506 --> 00:02:46,206 and against this knowledge comes the need for purpose. 38 00:02:47,436 --> 00:02:49,336 How will we use the time we are given? 39 00:02:51,576 --> 00:02:54,336 This is the story of the rebels of horology, 40 00:02:54,336 --> 00:02:57,726 who push the boundaries of the timekeeping invention 41 00:02:57,726 --> 00:02:59,346 and use time to create meaning 42 00:02:59,346 --> 00:03:00,896 from the pieces of their lives. 43 00:03:07,348 --> 00:03:12,348 (watches ticking) (heart beating) 44 00:03:22,396 --> 00:03:24,076 (metal shutter opening) 45 00:03:34,829 --> 00:03:35,949 (door opening) 46 00:03:38,646 --> 00:03:40,716 I definitely feel like an anomaly 47 00:03:40,716 --> 00:03:42,849 in this world we live in. 48 00:03:43,805 --> 00:03:45,066 Early on, I'd describe myself 49 00:03:45,066 --> 00:03:47,139 as a mechanic from the 17th century. 50 00:03:49,026 --> 00:03:51,426 When clients come into this workshop, 51 00:03:51,426 --> 00:03:54,606 they often feel as though they've stepped into another era 52 00:03:54,606 --> 00:03:56,829 and it definitely feels that way. 53 00:03:58,146 --> 00:04:01,269 The work that I do is all from eras past. 54 00:04:05,620 --> 00:04:08,203 (gentle music) 55 00:04:29,586 --> 00:04:32,106 The displays of all of my special things 56 00:04:32,106 --> 00:04:36,666 were under my bed, my kind of safe space. 57 00:04:36,666 --> 00:04:39,369 It was kind of dark, very quiet. 58 00:04:40,716 --> 00:04:44,316 I hung little mirrors from strings. 59 00:04:44,316 --> 00:04:45,491 Those would catch the light 60 00:04:45,516 --> 00:04:47,516 and you'd see little reflections and things. 61 00:04:48,546 --> 00:04:51,876 I had a large collection of music boxes, magnets, 62 00:04:51,876 --> 00:04:55,386 compasses, mirrors, old springs. 63 00:04:55,386 --> 00:04:58,806 You know, anything I found, a little sparkly thing. 64 00:04:58,806 --> 00:05:00,369 I would just keep those things. 65 00:05:01,916 --> 00:05:02,921 (music box chiming) 66 00:05:03,041 --> 00:05:08,741 Music boxes, they clearly have a very delicate set of pieces, 67 00:05:08,766 --> 00:05:12,759 and there's very specific rules that make them work. 68 00:05:14,766 --> 00:05:17,646 Something that, every time, it was repeatable, 69 00:05:17,646 --> 00:05:19,236 it was predictable. 70 00:05:19,236 --> 00:05:21,091 And, you know, when I wound it up, 71 00:05:21,116 --> 00:05:24,186 as long as I didn't impose on it 72 00:05:24,186 --> 00:05:28,176 or break any of the rules, it always functioned the same. 73 00:05:28,176 --> 00:05:30,759 And that to me had a lot of significance. 74 00:05:36,396 --> 00:05:39,789 My mother suffers from mental illness. 75 00:05:41,886 --> 00:05:43,359 That made things hard. 76 00:05:45,876 --> 00:05:48,966 There was a lot going on within my home 77 00:05:48,966 --> 00:05:51,669 and my family dynamic that I didn't really understand. 78 00:05:52,986 --> 00:05:57,249 There wasn't much that I knew for certain. 79 00:06:00,216 --> 00:06:03,936 That's why the mechanical things made much more sense to me. 80 00:06:03,936 --> 00:06:05,976 They were predictable. 81 00:06:05,976 --> 00:06:10,056 They basically never failed to repeat the same thing 82 00:06:10,056 --> 00:06:15,056 as long as all the components and pieces were in place. 83 00:06:15,096 --> 00:06:16,496 But people aren't like that. 84 00:06:17,796 --> 00:06:19,246 And my home wasn't like that. 85 00:06:20,585 --> 00:06:22,879 (lathe scraping) 86 00:06:23,736 --> 00:06:26,946 I think one thing about the work that I do and horology 87 00:06:26,946 --> 00:06:28,926 is, it takes grit. 88 00:06:28,926 --> 00:06:32,196 It is probably one of the most difficult things 89 00:06:32,196 --> 00:06:34,236 that you can decide to do with your life, 90 00:06:34,236 --> 00:06:37,686 and if I didn't have all of my childhood 91 00:06:37,686 --> 00:06:41,019 to kind of prepare me, I don't think I would've made it. 92 00:06:42,116 --> 00:06:43,796 (manual machine winding) 93 00:06:44,705 --> 00:06:46,385 (distant pulsing machine sound) 94 00:06:51,516 --> 00:06:53,199 (footsteps on forest floor) 95 00:06:57,816 --> 00:07:00,116 I feel very free in the forest. 96 00:07:01,146 --> 00:07:03,246 When I was three, four years old, 97 00:07:03,246 --> 00:07:05,109 I used to come with my parents. 98 00:07:06,396 --> 00:07:09,789 The nature gives you quietness. 99 00:07:11,046 --> 00:07:14,569 When you are ready to explode, you come here 100 00:07:14,569 --> 00:07:16,069 and you cool down. 101 00:07:19,276 --> 00:07:20,871 (distant traffic) 102 00:07:30,806 --> 00:07:33,704 (crowd conversations) 103 00:07:39,916 --> 00:07:41,783 Hi Philippe, happy birthday. 104 00:07:42,004 --> 00:07:43,004 Thank you. 105 00:07:43,396 --> 00:07:44,831 Hello, young man. 106 00:07:48,956 --> 00:07:52,626 It goes too fast. Time goes too fast. 107 00:07:54,456 --> 00:07:58,728 Suddenly you are here at 71, you went too fast. 108 00:08:00,721 --> 00:08:05,721 (fireworks crackling) (crowd cheering) 109 00:08:07,694 --> 00:08:10,444 (wind whistling) 110 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,469 I was born here, in the Vallee de Joux. 111 00:08:20,469 --> 00:08:23,649 We have a lot of space, a lot of forest. 112 00:08:25,386 --> 00:08:28,179 You live with the nature and the season. 113 00:08:30,756 --> 00:08:33,818 Watchmaking arrived here around 1750. 114 00:08:35,226 --> 00:08:37,025 You have to realise that in winter, 115 00:08:37,025 --> 00:08:38,976 the Vallee de Joux was really closed. 116 00:08:38,976 --> 00:08:41,859 So they were stuck in the snow in the winter. 117 00:08:42,936 --> 00:08:45,096 Beside milking the cow morning and night, 118 00:08:45,096 --> 00:08:46,159 was nothing to do. 119 00:08:48,096 --> 00:08:50,915 And they organized, little by little, 120 00:08:50,915 --> 00:08:53,649 in every farm you had a workshop. 121 00:08:54,756 --> 00:08:56,286 That's why we say Vallee de Joux 122 00:08:56,286 --> 00:08:58,779 is a cradle of complicated watchmaking. 123 00:08:59,988 --> 00:09:02,571 (gentle music) 124 00:09:07,086 --> 00:09:08,919 I never invented anything. 125 00:09:10,536 --> 00:09:13,959 I took inspiration from what was done before me. 126 00:09:16,501 --> 00:09:21,326 My idea was to carry this nice way of making watches. 127 00:09:27,846 --> 00:09:29,246 I think he's the greatest, 128 00:09:30,126 --> 00:09:35,126 if you want to meet 350 years of Swiss watchmaking art, 129 00:09:35,286 --> 00:09:37,956 you just have to meet Philippe Dufour. 130 00:09:37,956 --> 00:09:41,556 He's the accumulation of 350 years of knowledge. 131 00:09:41,556 --> 00:09:45,636 He works in the quality, in the speed, 132 00:09:45,636 --> 00:09:47,379 like in the 16th century. 133 00:09:48,516 --> 00:09:53,516 Who can afford to work today like in the 16th century? 134 00:09:54,186 --> 00:09:56,556 I mean, it's just genius. 135 00:09:56,556 --> 00:09:58,869 There's only one. It's Philippe Dufour. 136 00:09:59,996 --> 00:10:02,376 At the beginning, when I explained 137 00:10:02,376 --> 00:10:03,936 to some watchmaker friends 138 00:10:03,936 --> 00:10:05,646 what I was planning to do, 139 00:10:05,646 --> 00:10:07,446 they were laughing at me, saying, 140 00:10:07,446 --> 00:10:09,966 we don't do that anymore, polish by hand 141 00:10:09,966 --> 00:10:11,886 and beveling, we don't do that anymore. 142 00:10:11,886 --> 00:10:13,986 In factory now, it's machine and everything. 143 00:10:13,986 --> 00:10:15,956 I said, no, no, this is my line. 144 00:10:17,307 --> 00:10:18,681 (gentle music) 145 00:10:28,236 --> 00:10:32,592 To make one watch, it's about 2,000 hours. One year. 146 00:10:36,726 --> 00:10:39,759 I always say, the cemetery are full of secret. 147 00:10:41,496 --> 00:10:44,496 Every time you have a retired watchmaker, 148 00:10:44,496 --> 00:10:48,186 it's a page of the watchmaking book which are missing. 149 00:10:48,186 --> 00:10:50,019 And you will never replace it. 150 00:10:52,196 --> 00:10:53,828 (music continues) 151 00:10:57,594 --> 00:11:01,177 (sirens wailing distantly) 152 00:11:03,257 --> 00:11:04,772 (gentle music) 153 00:11:15,396 --> 00:11:17,796 I was a strange child. 154 00:11:17,796 --> 00:11:20,646 People thought I was slow because I didn't speak 155 00:11:20,646 --> 00:11:23,226 and it's primarily because I wasn't really big on people, 156 00:11:23,226 --> 00:11:24,996 I didn't like people, I like to observe, 157 00:11:24,996 --> 00:11:27,636 but I didn't trust people at a very young age. 158 00:11:27,636 --> 00:11:29,649 And it's because of what I had seen. 159 00:11:30,806 --> 00:11:32,006 (traffic noise) 160 00:11:34,026 --> 00:11:38,000 As a child, your situation is what it is. 161 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,219 That's all you know. 162 00:11:40,476 --> 00:11:41,676 (traffic noise) 163 00:11:43,731 --> 00:11:45,634 (music continues) 164 00:11:53,706 --> 00:11:56,106 He stood up, 12 months old, 165 00:11:56,106 --> 00:11:59,886 and he drew from one end of the wall 166 00:11:59,886 --> 00:12:01,926 to the other end of the wall. 167 00:12:01,926 --> 00:12:05,439 And I thought, somebody's gonna get a spanking, but, 168 00:12:06,426 --> 00:12:09,336 when I looked at it, I thought, 169 00:12:09,336 --> 00:12:11,616 you know, there's something here. 170 00:12:11,616 --> 00:12:15,039 There's something about this child that's special. 171 00:12:16,056 --> 00:12:20,826 Very quiet, very focused, always thinking, 172 00:12:20,826 --> 00:12:22,899 trying to figure out things. 173 00:12:27,096 --> 00:12:28,236 I was too young to remember 174 00:12:28,236 --> 00:12:30,216 a lot of the struggle that my Mom went through 175 00:12:30,216 --> 00:12:32,559 but I saw it and I remember certain things. 176 00:12:33,457 --> 00:12:35,706 (flames crackling) 177 00:12:35,716 --> 00:12:36,996 I think the first time we were homeless 178 00:12:37,010 --> 00:12:39,966 was 'cause somebody burned down our house. 179 00:12:39,966 --> 00:12:41,150 With us in it. 180 00:12:43,656 --> 00:12:46,056 We were going through a lot, you know, 181 00:12:46,056 --> 00:12:50,949 homelessness here and there, and it was just a lot. 182 00:12:51,126 --> 00:12:52,126 (fireball) 183 00:12:55,073 --> 00:12:56,401 (tense music) 184 00:12:58,415 --> 00:12:59,736 I mean, racism was sort of 185 00:12:59,736 --> 00:13:02,186 one of those regular things growing up, you know. 186 00:13:05,916 --> 00:13:07,446 When we lived in our car, my Mom slept 187 00:13:07,446 --> 00:13:09,596 on top of my brother and I to keep us warm. 188 00:13:10,716 --> 00:13:13,176 And my Mom made it digestible 189 00:13:13,176 --> 00:13:14,706 because she always made us feel 190 00:13:14,716 --> 00:13:18,649 like we were taken care of and protected. 191 00:13:22,710 --> 00:13:24,491 (music continues) 192 00:13:29,796 --> 00:13:32,616 In those times, I did what a mother had to do 193 00:13:32,616 --> 00:13:34,836 to take care of my kids. 194 00:13:34,836 --> 00:13:38,346 It's okay, you know, because they ate. 195 00:13:38,346 --> 00:13:41,046 I didn't eat, but they ate, so. 196 00:13:41,046 --> 00:13:43,326 You know, and then we played games. 197 00:13:43,326 --> 00:13:45,696 Everything was a game because 198 00:13:45,696 --> 00:13:48,879 all I wanted them to do was smile. 199 00:13:50,586 --> 00:13:54,096 Raising an African American boy to try to be a man, 200 00:13:54,096 --> 00:13:56,165 it's really hard. 201 00:13:56,165 --> 00:13:59,229 I wanted better for my boys, I wanted more. 202 00:14:02,346 --> 00:14:04,446 Intelligence and intellect was not readily 203 00:14:04,446 --> 00:14:07,086 or normally associated with black skin. 204 00:14:07,086 --> 00:14:09,846 It pissed me off then, it pisses me off to this day. 205 00:14:09,846 --> 00:14:14,466 And I basically said I'm going to be an engineer 206 00:14:14,466 --> 00:14:15,669 out of rebellion. 207 00:14:17,166 --> 00:14:18,819 Rebellion against the stereotype. 208 00:14:22,356 --> 00:14:25,086 I was very adept at playing chess when I was a child. 209 00:14:25,086 --> 00:14:28,569 That's how I understand life strategy and people. 210 00:14:30,096 --> 00:14:32,646 What does this move get to this move, to this move? 211 00:14:36,665 --> 00:14:38,796 I live in the future, never the present, 212 00:14:38,796 --> 00:14:40,446 but I realise I have to live in the present 213 00:14:40,446 --> 00:14:41,603 to get to the future. 214 00:14:45,035 --> 00:14:47,618 (gentle music) 215 00:15:05,036 --> 00:15:07,052 Although in some sense I create time 216 00:15:07,348 --> 00:15:10,081 I've never really felt the notion of time. 217 00:15:11,196 --> 00:15:13,729 Since I was little it's been like that. 218 00:15:14,024 --> 00:15:15,890 Time passed without passing. 219 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:21,771 My mind was elsewhere, 220 00:15:22,232 --> 00:15:23,592 always elsewhere. 221 00:15:25,676 --> 00:15:27,276 That hasn't changed. 222 00:15:27,549 --> 00:15:31,130 The philosophy in my watches is the same one I live by. 223 00:15:31,556 --> 00:15:34,111 To live in the present moment. 224 00:15:35,396 --> 00:15:36,692 (gentle music) 225 00:15:52,196 --> 00:15:55,855 My life started aged 30 with Eveline 226 00:15:56,314 --> 00:15:59,492 because, until then, I was surviving 227 00:16:00,876 --> 00:16:03,543 The years were going by without me living. 228 00:16:05,716 --> 00:16:08,118 That's how I met Eveline, through my work 229 00:16:08,396 --> 00:16:13,117 because she was working for a big watchmaking firm in Geneva 230 00:16:15,737 --> 00:16:19,955 And there was something which can't be touched, 231 00:16:20,026 --> 00:16:21,340 can't be seen, 232 00:16:21,365 --> 00:16:22,805 can't be imagined. 233 00:16:24,219 --> 00:16:26,019 So, what's happening today? 234 00:16:29,556 --> 00:16:32,275 This is what I'm going to say 235 00:16:35,832 --> 00:16:39,399 Eveline, will you marry me? 236 00:16:40,902 --> 00:16:45,380 She was stable, unlike me, who was completely unstable. 237 00:16:46,893 --> 00:16:49,586 I was missing that stability. 238 00:16:49,935 --> 00:16:54,009 And she was missing the instability I had. 239 00:16:55,396 --> 00:16:58,825 I think everyone awakens something in others. 240 00:17:00,196 --> 00:17:01,781 Yes, yes! 241 00:17:04,144 --> 00:17:05,652 Say it louder! 242 00:17:07,116 --> 00:17:08,116 Louder! 243 00:17:10,728 --> 00:17:12,259 Yes, yes! 244 00:17:13,955 --> 00:17:15,455 Yes! 245 00:17:15,761 --> 00:17:18,511 (crowd cheering) 246 00:17:20,836 --> 00:17:25,330 We knew immediately that it was forever, 247 00:17:25,356 --> 00:17:27,839 because it was forever. 248 00:17:29,824 --> 00:17:32,158 And four years later, we were married. 249 00:17:37,276 --> 00:17:40,430 Unfortunately, five years after meeting, 250 00:17:40,796 --> 00:17:44,381 we found out she had cancer. 251 00:17:50,753 --> 00:17:55,753 (glass smashing) (metal clattering) 252 00:17:56,909 --> 00:17:59,406 I had a very, very bad accident 253 00:17:59,406 --> 00:18:00,966 when I was 22 years old. 254 00:18:00,966 --> 00:18:04,416 Hit the curb, rolled over, I was thrown out of the Jeep 255 00:18:04,416 --> 00:18:08,466 and the Jeep, three tonnes, ended its roll on my back. 256 00:18:08,466 --> 00:18:09,576 I should've died. 257 00:18:09,576 --> 00:18:13,026 There is no reason at all I should be alive. 258 00:18:13,026 --> 00:18:15,276 And I always remember when, many hours later, 259 00:18:15,276 --> 00:18:17,406 I arrived at the hospital 260 00:18:17,406 --> 00:18:18,456 and my parents were there 261 00:18:18,456 --> 00:18:19,806 and that's when I broke down crying, 262 00:18:19,806 --> 00:18:21,126 up till then, I was not. 263 00:18:21,126 --> 00:18:25,926 And... Mum just looked at me and she said, 264 00:18:25,926 --> 00:18:26,976 "It was not your time." 265 00:18:28,596 --> 00:18:29,870 It was not time. 266 00:18:30,464 --> 00:18:33,047 (gentle music) 267 00:18:39,006 --> 00:18:42,039 My childhood lasted an eternity. 268 00:18:43,626 --> 00:18:46,926 I was a very shy boy. 269 00:18:46,926 --> 00:18:48,756 I didn't know how to interact 270 00:18:48,756 --> 00:18:51,159 with people around me, of my age. 271 00:18:52,416 --> 00:18:54,396 I'm an only child. 272 00:18:54,396 --> 00:18:56,196 I was always with adults when I was a kid, 273 00:18:56,196 --> 00:18:57,696 I didn't want to be with them. 274 00:18:58,656 --> 00:19:00,496 I was a super creative kid 275 00:19:01,566 --> 00:19:02,746 who didn't fit in 276 00:19:03,756 --> 00:19:05,679 and desperately wanted to fit in. 277 00:19:06,610 --> 00:19:08,050 (reflective music) 278 00:19:10,206 --> 00:19:12,456 My father was of that upbringing 279 00:19:12,456 --> 00:19:16,269 where children are there to be seen but not heard. 280 00:19:17,916 --> 00:19:19,836 He would never do anything with me. 281 00:19:19,836 --> 00:19:24,276 He wouldn't talk to me, he wouldn't ask me questions, 282 00:19:24,276 --> 00:19:25,826 he wouldn't tell me, "I love you." 283 00:19:29,736 --> 00:19:33,426 And I was overachieving all the time 284 00:19:33,426 --> 00:19:36,459 to get his attention, and I never got it. 285 00:19:37,974 --> 00:19:39,774 (reflective music continues) 286 00:19:43,986 --> 00:19:47,739 Then he passed away on the 31st of December, 2001. 287 00:19:49,656 --> 00:19:51,916 And I cried 12 seconds 288 00:19:53,046 --> 00:19:54,996 because I was a big boy, I was successful, 289 00:19:54,996 --> 00:19:56,316 I was making money. 290 00:19:56,316 --> 00:19:59,409 I was where I'd never even expected to be in my life. 291 00:20:01,926 --> 00:20:04,866 I was about to enter a big multinational company 292 00:20:04,866 --> 00:20:07,296 like my Dad, I was interviewing with Nestlé, 293 00:20:07,296 --> 00:20:09,246 I was interviewing at Procter & Gamble. 294 00:20:09,246 --> 00:20:11,406 That's what normal people do, 295 00:20:11,406 --> 00:20:15,426 you get a career and you work your butt off 296 00:20:15,426 --> 00:20:17,649 to try and get that next promotion. 297 00:20:18,558 --> 00:20:22,021 And luckily for me, I fell into watchmaking. 298 00:20:24,509 --> 00:20:26,562 Watchmaking saved my life. 299 00:20:26,716 --> 00:20:28,396 (surging pensive music) 300 00:20:42,956 --> 00:20:44,156 Horologists study and work 301 00:20:44,166 --> 00:20:46,389 with mechanisms that catalogue time. 302 00:20:47,496 --> 00:20:51,876 We first discovered time through looking at the sky. 303 00:20:51,876 --> 00:20:54,699 The sun, the moon, the movements of celestial bodies. 304 00:20:56,646 --> 00:20:58,266 So you have your first sun dial, 305 00:20:58,266 --> 00:20:59,646 just a stick in the ground, 306 00:20:59,646 --> 00:21:01,536 that you could observe the shadow 307 00:21:01,536 --> 00:21:03,156 as the sun went across the horizon. 308 00:21:03,156 --> 00:21:05,496 And that's where that dial idea comes from, 309 00:21:05,496 --> 00:21:07,986 this is the rotation of the Earth's axis. 310 00:21:07,986 --> 00:21:09,186 You're watching that shadow fall, 311 00:21:09,186 --> 00:21:10,566 it's falling in a circle. 312 00:21:10,566 --> 00:21:13,746 This uninterrupted idea of time, full of time. 313 00:21:14,636 --> 00:21:16,092 (music continues) 314 00:21:27,546 --> 00:21:30,666 Time tells us we're trying to hold on to something. 315 00:21:30,666 --> 00:21:33,636 We're trying to process, catalogue, 316 00:21:33,636 --> 00:21:36,939 understand our existence here, account for it. 317 00:21:38,784 --> 00:21:40,144 (music continues) 318 00:21:48,126 --> 00:21:50,016 I'm an antiquarian horologist 319 00:21:50,016 --> 00:21:51,726 and I specialize in the conservation 320 00:21:51,726 --> 00:21:54,816 and restoration of antique automata mostly. 321 00:21:54,816 --> 00:21:57,156 An automaton is a self-operating machine. 322 00:21:57,156 --> 00:22:00,156 The kind that I work on are mechanical, 323 00:22:00,156 --> 00:22:02,766 they're clock- or watch-based driven objects 324 00:22:02,766 --> 00:22:05,616 so instead of having this equal interval oscillations 325 00:22:05,616 --> 00:22:09,186 for regulating time, you'd have that same energy 326 00:22:09,186 --> 00:22:12,097 transmitted to movements of the object. 327 00:22:13,296 --> 00:22:15,963 (bird chirping) 328 00:22:16,436 --> 00:22:18,131 (ethereal music) 329 00:22:29,256 --> 00:22:30,456 He's running out of air. 330 00:22:33,786 --> 00:22:36,756 My job is definitely about being a steward 331 00:22:36,756 --> 00:22:38,356 and a caregiver to these things. 332 00:22:39,216 --> 00:22:41,766 Putting back a bird beak, re-feathering, 333 00:22:41,766 --> 00:22:45,066 giving them eyes again, restoring their lungs. 334 00:22:45,066 --> 00:22:47,196 This is reversing time in a way, you know? 335 00:22:47,196 --> 00:22:48,876 These are the degradation, 336 00:22:48,876 --> 00:22:51,936 the natural aspects of the world falling apart, 337 00:22:51,936 --> 00:22:53,589 which repeat through time. 338 00:22:55,511 --> 00:22:58,571 Objects facilitate and elicit empathy. 339 00:22:58,596 --> 00:23:00,486 I think about this object now, 340 00:23:00,486 --> 00:23:03,456 I'm having a direct and tangible connection 341 00:23:03,456 --> 00:23:05,106 to those craftsmen in the past, 342 00:23:05,106 --> 00:23:08,256 and I'm actively working within this lineage, 343 00:23:08,256 --> 00:23:10,749 this thread that exists throughout time. 344 00:23:17,616 --> 00:23:21,876 I'm very interested in how we used these objects 345 00:23:21,876 --> 00:23:24,996 as a way to interpret and decipher 346 00:23:24,996 --> 00:23:27,009 the big problems in our universe. 347 00:23:28,896 --> 00:23:30,546 What is the nature of God? 348 00:23:30,546 --> 00:23:32,499 What is the nature of our existence? 349 00:23:34,536 --> 00:23:39,536 This, to me, really is probably one of the most fragile 350 00:23:39,666 --> 00:23:44,666 and vulnerable windows into the human spirit. 351 00:23:47,291 --> 00:23:50,041 (strident music) 352 00:24:00,633 --> 00:24:03,306 I was an angry kid. 353 00:24:03,306 --> 00:24:08,306 The insult was the fact that the world expected me 354 00:24:08,466 --> 00:24:11,116 to be less and was not gonna give me help to be more. 355 00:24:12,098 --> 00:24:13,698 (loud train passing) 356 00:24:14,826 --> 00:24:19,719 I was angry, but I used that anger as motivation. 357 00:24:21,836 --> 00:24:24,369 (cameras clicking) (people calling out) 358 00:24:25,056 --> 00:24:26,136 - Tell me how it feels 359 00:24:26,136 --> 00:24:28,516 to be receiving the Virtuoso Award 360 00:24:28,516 --> 00:24:29,856 for the Santa Barbara... 361 00:24:29,856 --> 00:24:32,466 - This is awesome, I mean, look, as an actor, 362 00:24:32,466 --> 00:24:35,337 one of the big things that you grow up thinking about is... 363 00:24:35,706 --> 00:24:37,206 Acting is taking care of itself 364 00:24:37,206 --> 00:24:39,036 in a grand way right now but also, 365 00:24:39,036 --> 00:24:41,286 I have to keep my finger on the pulse because it can slip 366 00:24:41,286 --> 00:24:43,596 and I'm at a monumental moment in my career 367 00:24:43,596 --> 00:24:48,156 where it can be the game-changing year. 368 00:24:48,156 --> 00:24:49,179 Yeah, man. 369 00:24:50,976 --> 00:24:52,896 Your next job could be your greatest hit 370 00:24:52,896 --> 00:24:54,246 or your greatest flop. 371 00:24:54,246 --> 00:24:56,829 There's no sense of just ease there, right? 372 00:24:57,726 --> 00:25:02,706 But I also am used to hardships far more than ease. 373 00:25:02,706 --> 00:25:05,016 So I don't know anything else. 374 00:25:05,016 --> 00:25:06,759 Yeah, man! 375 00:25:07,866 --> 00:25:09,516 So why choose this pathway? 376 00:25:09,516 --> 00:25:13,536 Because just that, I choose it, it's mine to choose. 377 00:25:13,536 --> 00:25:15,186 There's a bigger mission. 378 00:25:15,186 --> 00:25:17,136 Acting and being on TV, that's cool, 379 00:25:17,136 --> 00:25:18,516 but what are you doing with it? 380 00:25:18,516 --> 00:25:21,456 If you're only out to get something for yourself, 381 00:25:21,456 --> 00:25:22,746 I'm not interested. 382 00:25:22,746 --> 00:25:25,510 So with watchmaking, I'm still very much on my journey 383 00:25:25,516 --> 00:25:26,596 of trying to figure out 384 00:25:26,609 --> 00:25:30,216 what I can contribute to the world of horology. 385 00:25:30,216 --> 00:25:32,766 But at the same time, establish the legacy 386 00:25:32,766 --> 00:25:34,416 that contributes something back, 387 00:25:34,416 --> 00:25:37,446 not only just to me and my family, but to Black culture. 388 00:25:37,446 --> 00:25:39,666 I found something I could attach myself to 389 00:25:39,666 --> 00:25:46,552 that could help me walk down the path of the bigger mission. 390 00:25:47,190 --> 00:25:48,738 And, you know, there's something more important 391 00:25:48,763 --> 00:25:50,409 than just catching a buck at the end of the day. 392 00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:53,943 (gentle music) 393 00:25:55,176 --> 00:25:58,056 He was 14 when he graduated high school, 394 00:25:58,056 --> 00:26:00,216 that's when he started to pursue 395 00:26:00,216 --> 00:26:01,959 his interest in the watches. 396 00:26:03,486 --> 00:26:07,476 He would just go to his room and sit on the floor 397 00:26:07,476 --> 00:26:11,046 and just draw and draw in this book he has. 398 00:26:11,046 --> 00:26:12,489 I call it the Bible. 399 00:26:14,556 --> 00:26:16,476 Every time he had a free moment, 400 00:26:16,476 --> 00:26:19,326 he would just go in his room, shut his door, 401 00:26:19,326 --> 00:26:21,396 he's just drawing, drawing. 402 00:26:21,396 --> 00:26:25,386 And when he came out one day with this amazing book, 403 00:26:25,386 --> 00:26:28,146 he said, "Look, Mom, this is what I've been working on." 404 00:26:28,146 --> 00:26:30,219 I said, "You have got to be kidding." 405 00:26:31,206 --> 00:26:33,666 From then on, we're just trying 406 00:26:33,666 --> 00:26:36,369 to figure this watch game out. 407 00:26:39,156 --> 00:26:43,596 I hope that this thing comes to fruition for him. 408 00:26:43,596 --> 00:26:45,396 Within the next two years 409 00:26:45,396 --> 00:26:50,396 he can look at his wrist and say, this is Hodge. 410 00:26:51,006 --> 00:26:54,126 You know, I want him to say, this is Hodge. 411 00:26:54,126 --> 00:26:58,506 I wanna be wearing one and say, "My baby did this." 412 00:26:58,506 --> 00:27:00,039 "This is my baby." 413 00:27:01,386 --> 00:27:03,756 This is a very difficult, arduous task 414 00:27:03,756 --> 00:27:06,306 and it's something that is near impossible to a degree, 415 00:27:06,306 --> 00:27:07,746 especially since I'm American, like 416 00:27:07,746 --> 00:27:09,546 I'm not in Switzerland 417 00:27:09,546 --> 00:27:11,706 with access to everything right around the corner, 418 00:27:11,706 --> 00:27:15,636 I gotta piece it together, but I don't really care. 419 00:27:15,636 --> 00:27:17,916 This is about proving something to myself. 420 00:27:17,916 --> 00:27:20,319 This is fully rooted in passion for me. 421 00:27:21,366 --> 00:27:23,016 I need to get this thing going 422 00:27:23,016 --> 00:27:25,266 because I'm frustrated with being patient. 423 00:27:25,266 --> 00:27:28,209 I'm tired of looking at my designs. I wanna hold them. 424 00:27:29,140 --> 00:27:30,340 (pensive music) 425 00:27:33,599 --> 00:27:35,852 A watch... is a piece of art. 426 00:27:36,775 --> 00:27:38,515 Art has a soul. 427 00:27:38,586 --> 00:27:43,326 The soul only can come from the fingers of man 428 00:27:43,326 --> 00:27:48,326 and the finger get commands from the head. 429 00:27:48,636 --> 00:27:52,716 The head is influenced by the heart. 430 00:27:52,716 --> 00:27:57,156 So if the watchmaker, and to do this job, 431 00:27:57,156 --> 00:27:59,136 he must be passionate about it, 432 00:27:59,136 --> 00:28:03,486 if he's passionate, passion is love. 433 00:28:03,486 --> 00:28:07,206 All this positive thinking goes into the watch 434 00:28:07,206 --> 00:28:09,249 and then it is inside. 435 00:28:10,386 --> 00:28:13,746 And when you have it on the wrist, it comes out. 436 00:28:13,746 --> 00:28:16,569 The vibration. That's the art. 437 00:28:18,876 --> 00:28:21,396 Philippe, he is the purest artist. 438 00:28:21,396 --> 00:28:24,669 And he produces, I don't know, five watches per year. 439 00:28:25,866 --> 00:28:30,336 I have a watch from Philippe, which is called Simplicity. 440 00:28:30,336 --> 00:28:32,856 And I love the name Simplicity. 441 00:28:32,856 --> 00:28:34,179 Because it's not simple. 442 00:28:35,046 --> 00:28:38,676 It's extraordinarily complex, but it looks simple. 443 00:28:38,676 --> 00:28:41,169 And that's the real quality. 444 00:28:42,231 --> 00:28:45,064 (watches ticking) 445 00:28:48,069 --> 00:28:49,869 (people talking in background) 446 00:28:55,326 --> 00:28:57,936 My way of working, my life, 447 00:28:57,936 --> 00:28:59,649 I've been completely different. 448 00:29:01,746 --> 00:29:03,080 I'm a black sheep. 449 00:29:04,776 --> 00:29:07,176 And the people that don't like it, 450 00:29:08,374 --> 00:29:10,324 there is a lot of jealousy 451 00:29:11,406 --> 00:29:13,656 because everybody knows each other, you know? 452 00:29:14,851 --> 00:29:17,434 (gentle music) 453 00:29:19,956 --> 00:29:22,989 To mesh with other people isn't easy. 454 00:29:24,636 --> 00:29:28,835 Especially in this watch world, you know? 455 00:29:29,379 --> 00:29:33,126 Because it's a world with so much arrogance 456 00:29:33,126 --> 00:29:36,099 and I don't follow that. 457 00:29:41,046 --> 00:29:42,816 Just over a month ago it was announced 458 00:29:42,816 --> 00:29:47,136 that Philippe Dufour will do a Simplicity Anniversary model 459 00:29:47,136 --> 00:29:50,139 with a brand new case back design. 460 00:29:51,306 --> 00:29:55,656 I have the privilege of selling the absolutely first, 461 00:29:55,656 --> 00:29:59,856 number 00, Philippe Dufour Simplicity Anniversary 462 00:29:59,881 --> 00:30:01,756 at one million, one hundred thousand, 463 00:30:01,781 --> 00:30:04,881 going once, going twice... 464 00:30:05,156 --> 00:30:06,800 (gavel banging) 465 00:30:06,839 --> 00:30:08,772 (gentle applause fading away) 466 00:30:11,996 --> 00:30:14,516 I receive one or two mails per week. 467 00:30:14,526 --> 00:30:16,296 They want to put a down payment and I say, 468 00:30:16,296 --> 00:30:18,336 "Thank you very much for the interest 469 00:30:18,336 --> 00:30:21,816 but actually I don't have anything available." 470 00:30:21,816 --> 00:30:23,566 It's sad, but that's the way it is. 471 00:30:24,906 --> 00:30:27,786 But commercially, everything is marvelous, you know. 472 00:30:27,786 --> 00:30:30,369 I still keep some orders for my next life. 473 00:30:33,042 --> 00:30:36,249 The negative is that I'm still alone, you know? 474 00:30:38,076 --> 00:30:41,169 Since many years, I try to be the team and I fail. 475 00:30:42,996 --> 00:30:44,196 With a mechanic problem, 476 00:30:44,196 --> 00:30:47,346 you can always find a way to solve the problem, 477 00:30:47,346 --> 00:30:50,228 but human problem, it's very difficult. 478 00:30:50,888 --> 00:30:52,521 (mournful music) 479 00:30:57,796 --> 00:31:01,956 He must transmit so that he doesn't die. 480 00:31:01,986 --> 00:31:06,156 And he can only not die if somebody takes over 481 00:31:06,156 --> 00:31:10,629 and maintains the soul, the philosophy of him. 482 00:31:14,313 --> 00:31:16,896 (gentle music) 483 00:31:25,386 --> 00:31:26,436 People know that they have 484 00:31:26,436 --> 00:31:28,116 a finite time on Earth. 485 00:31:28,116 --> 00:31:30,639 What do you do with that short time you're given? 486 00:31:34,279 --> 00:31:36,193 (music continues) 487 00:31:41,376 --> 00:31:43,746 Some people wanna live for the moment, 488 00:31:43,746 --> 00:31:46,326 some people wanna change the world, 489 00:31:46,326 --> 00:31:49,836 some people wanna make one thing, one beautiful thing 490 00:31:49,836 --> 00:31:51,846 and leave that behind to be appreciated. 491 00:31:51,846 --> 00:31:54,953 Not for them necessarily, but for the future. 492 00:31:57,067 --> 00:31:58,427 (music continues) 493 00:32:03,328 --> 00:32:05,531 (music continues) 494 00:32:10,635 --> 00:32:14,385 I think for 10 years we lived more than 495 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:17,443 most couples do in a lifetime. 496 00:32:24,476 --> 00:32:29,721 It was the worst moment of our lives. 497 00:32:29,869 --> 00:32:33,453 At the same time, it made us live for the best moments. 498 00:32:35,330 --> 00:32:37,264 For 10 years it was phases of 499 00:32:37,676 --> 00:32:43,358 chemotherapy, hellish treatments, operations. 500 00:32:45,476 --> 00:32:50,877 I have a great ability for not remembering the worst moments. 501 00:32:52,661 --> 00:32:54,341 (distant bird calling) 502 00:32:54,936 --> 00:32:56,799 We were not counting the days. 503 00:32:56,940 --> 00:33:00,524 We took things as they came, for as long as they lasted. 504 00:33:04,716 --> 00:33:07,299 (somber music) 505 00:33:09,196 --> 00:33:11,103 It changes the way you see the world. 506 00:33:11,156 --> 00:33:12,836 It changes everything. 507 00:33:16,412 --> 00:33:18,946 I couldn't let go, I had to be strong, 508 00:33:19,036 --> 00:33:21,367 whatever was going on outside. 509 00:33:24,676 --> 00:33:29,501 A big brand approached me to ask if I would 510 00:33:29,589 --> 00:33:33,661 develop a movement for them, very complicated. 511 00:33:34,601 --> 00:33:36,642 It was a huge amount of work. 512 00:33:36,861 --> 00:33:39,807 I stopped my own work. 513 00:33:40,069 --> 00:33:42,438 I stopped everything to work for this big brand. 514 00:33:43,804 --> 00:33:48,277 We worked heart and soul for a year. 515 00:33:49,316 --> 00:33:52,275 The moment we were going to get paid, 516 00:33:52,673 --> 00:33:55,453 we were told, "Ah, well, listen... 517 00:33:55,535 --> 00:33:59,140 you've done the work, we don't need you anymore. 518 00:33:59,676 --> 00:34:02,125 We will take your plans, we will take your name 519 00:34:02,489 --> 00:34:04,226 and we'll make the watches ourselves." 520 00:34:07,156 --> 00:34:10,428 They wanted their name on the watch 521 00:34:10,821 --> 00:34:12,197 plus all the plans for the watch, 522 00:34:12,266 --> 00:34:13,266 for nothing. 523 00:34:17,196 --> 00:34:19,592 And a war began, 524 00:34:19,703 --> 00:34:22,215 a war which led me to bankruptcy. 525 00:34:24,257 --> 00:34:26,074 That went on for three years. 526 00:34:26,116 --> 00:34:28,097 I was stuck with a... 527 00:34:28,835 --> 00:34:32,708 with a watchmaking firm who wanted my blood. 528 00:34:33,690 --> 00:34:36,366 The cancer wanted my wife's blood. 529 00:34:38,534 --> 00:34:39,972 Having been at the top, 530 00:34:39,996 --> 00:34:41,577 I was now at the bottom. 531 00:34:43,476 --> 00:34:44,476 No salary. 532 00:34:44,716 --> 00:34:45,716 No nothing. 533 00:34:48,428 --> 00:34:50,592 Only death all around. 534 00:34:51,379 --> 00:34:52,976 Death everywhere. 535 00:34:55,795 --> 00:34:59,747 I spoke to Eveline about what I should do. 536 00:35:00,732 --> 00:35:03,599 I'd always dreamed of becoming independent. 537 00:35:04,757 --> 00:35:08,231 Should I now become an independent watchmaker? 538 00:35:09,156 --> 00:35:12,165 I spoke to her a lot about what I should do; 539 00:35:12,203 --> 00:35:13,326 I wanted her support. 540 00:35:13,351 --> 00:35:14,544 She said, "Listen, 541 00:35:14,638 --> 00:35:16,318 we only have one life..." 542 00:35:20,577 --> 00:35:21,857 (stifling tears) 543 00:35:24,045 --> 00:35:25,612 (somber music) 544 00:35:32,647 --> 00:35:34,534 She said, "Go for it. 545 00:35:34,959 --> 00:35:39,139 Pursue your dream because we don't have our whole lives 546 00:35:39,366 --> 00:35:42,242 to realise our dreams." 547 00:35:43,254 --> 00:35:44,614 (music continues) 548 00:35:50,596 --> 00:35:52,116 (water lapping) 549 00:35:55,276 --> 00:35:57,526 It was devastating when my Dad passed away. 550 00:35:59,432 --> 00:36:02,646 And then a year later, I would see any movie 551 00:36:02,646 --> 00:36:04,656 where a son would lose his Dad 552 00:36:04,656 --> 00:36:07,959 and I would start sobbing in front of the screen. 553 00:36:08,904 --> 00:36:10,498 (water lapping) 554 00:36:15,396 --> 00:36:18,906 I thought I was angry with my father 555 00:36:18,930 --> 00:36:22,386 and I realised that I actually was sad for him. 556 00:36:23,646 --> 00:36:26,466 He didn't have the upbringing, he didn't have the keys. 557 00:36:26,466 --> 00:36:28,626 Had no idea how to communicate 558 00:36:28,626 --> 00:36:30,966 and I was just pushing back and angry. 559 00:36:30,966 --> 00:36:34,899 And so it just flared up and went on for years. 560 00:36:36,336 --> 00:36:39,606 And if I have one regret in life, it's that one. 561 00:36:39,606 --> 00:36:41,736 I can't do anything about it. 562 00:36:41,736 --> 00:36:42,819 I can't go back. 563 00:36:44,376 --> 00:36:46,536 I didn't have the keys myself. 564 00:36:46,536 --> 00:36:47,746 I am... 565 00:36:50,226 --> 00:36:54,609 Yeah, I'm really sorry about that. 566 00:36:56,378 --> 00:36:57,658 (ethereal music) 567 00:36:57,728 --> 00:36:59,408 (distant church bells) 568 00:37:05,316 --> 00:37:08,616 That's when the notion of regret emerged. 569 00:37:08,616 --> 00:37:10,806 Because before I was living the life 570 00:37:10,806 --> 00:37:14,946 I thought people would think was successful. 571 00:37:14,946 --> 00:37:17,856 And that was completely pointless 572 00:37:17,856 --> 00:37:20,889 because I just, I hated my life. 573 00:37:22,146 --> 00:37:24,576 I had no empathy in those days. 574 00:37:24,576 --> 00:37:27,816 To protect myself, I'd surrounded myself 575 00:37:27,816 --> 00:37:31,359 with an ironclad wall around me. 576 00:37:32,286 --> 00:37:35,379 I was this cold son of a bitch. 577 00:37:39,066 --> 00:37:41,196 The little boy who was super creative 578 00:37:41,196 --> 00:37:42,699 had become a marketeer. 579 00:37:44,256 --> 00:37:47,376 And I met these incredible independent watchmakers 580 00:37:47,376 --> 00:37:51,697 who were penniless and happy and proud. 581 00:37:51,697 --> 00:37:53,649 And I thought, I wanna be like them. 582 00:37:54,996 --> 00:37:56,769 I have to create what I believe in. 583 00:37:59,946 --> 00:38:02,459 And I'm supposed to go for a board meeting to New York 584 00:38:02,459 --> 00:38:06,006 where I'm actually going to defend the budget 585 00:38:06,006 --> 00:38:08,196 of the whole new manufacturer for Harry Winston, 586 00:38:08,196 --> 00:38:10,389 which was a very big budget. 587 00:38:11,826 --> 00:38:14,886 And I realise it's now. That's it. 588 00:38:14,886 --> 00:38:16,866 I have to take the leap. 589 00:38:16,866 --> 00:38:20,046 And so I basically tendered my resignation 590 00:38:20,046 --> 00:38:22,516 before the board meeting to everybody's shock 591 00:38:23,976 --> 00:38:27,066 and told them, "You gave me a contract I can't sign, 592 00:38:27,066 --> 00:38:28,806 I was planning to leave at some point. 593 00:38:28,806 --> 00:38:30,546 I cannot sign that contract. 594 00:38:30,546 --> 00:38:33,246 So I'm actually gonna leave way earlier than I planned 595 00:38:35,226 --> 00:38:37,149 and you're gonna have to let me free." 596 00:38:40,116 --> 00:38:42,816 I needed that emotional part. 597 00:38:42,816 --> 00:38:46,896 I needed that human part, I needed that romantic part. 598 00:38:46,896 --> 00:38:50,586 And that's what I found in watchmaking. 599 00:38:50,586 --> 00:38:52,269 It was the history of humanity. 600 00:38:53,826 --> 00:38:56,496 Imagine, 700 years ago, 601 00:38:56,496 --> 00:38:59,466 some geniuses took some steel and brass 602 00:38:59,466 --> 00:39:01,086 and transformed it into a machine 603 00:39:01,086 --> 00:39:02,589 which actually counted time. 604 00:39:04,356 --> 00:39:07,176 The energy was transformed into a beat 605 00:39:07,176 --> 00:39:09,939 and that beat was transformed into timekeeping. 606 00:39:11,462 --> 00:39:15,712 (components clicking rhythmically) 607 00:39:22,686 --> 00:39:25,296 A watchmaker is God. 608 00:39:25,296 --> 00:39:32,493 A watchmaker assembles three, four, five, 600 tiny components, 609 00:39:32,916 --> 00:39:34,419 takes weeks to do that, 610 00:39:35,406 --> 00:39:39,516 and at some point, when the barrel is armed, 611 00:39:39,516 --> 00:39:42,999 he will let it go and suddenly the heart starts beating. 612 00:39:43,926 --> 00:39:47,376 We are all creating creatures 613 00:39:47,376 --> 00:39:49,471 which come to life in our hands. 614 00:39:54,246 --> 00:39:56,466 The skills that it took to create these things 615 00:39:56,466 --> 00:39:58,806 in the past, it would take a person a lifetime 616 00:39:58,806 --> 00:40:01,476 to perfect those skills and it took several people 617 00:40:01,476 --> 00:40:02,826 perfecting several skills 618 00:40:02,826 --> 00:40:04,866 to make something so beautiful 619 00:40:04,866 --> 00:40:07,296 that would last centuries later. 620 00:40:07,296 --> 00:40:10,266 There's definitely this feeling, this desire 621 00:40:10,266 --> 00:40:12,966 that you will make something that will be utilized 622 00:40:12,966 --> 00:40:14,646 and enjoyed into the future, 623 00:40:14,646 --> 00:40:16,799 past your finite time on Earth. 624 00:40:18,704 --> 00:40:20,384 (gentle machine sounds) 625 00:40:31,938 --> 00:40:34,799 I remember when I was very small, 626 00:40:34,854 --> 00:40:38,456 when I came into the workshop I couldn't make a sound 627 00:40:38,503 --> 00:40:40,237 because he needed silence. 628 00:40:40,716 --> 00:40:43,476 (lively, but obscured orchestral music) 629 00:40:44,276 --> 00:40:46,531 I could see he was stamping his feet and saying, 630 00:40:46,556 --> 00:40:47,592 "No, it's no good." 631 00:40:47,636 --> 00:40:53,078 Or he sighed a little and said, "Good, I've managed it." 632 00:40:54,836 --> 00:40:58,909 There was the smell of the pipe and classical music. 633 00:41:01,156 --> 00:41:04,600 He's really in a trance until he succeeds at his piece. 634 00:41:04,624 --> 00:41:05,956 He stops breathing. 635 00:41:06,060 --> 00:41:10,433 Then he adjusts something and then... (sighs). 636 00:41:10,716 --> 00:41:14,126 He breathes, he relaxes. 637 00:41:16,062 --> 00:41:19,023 Most of my childhood was spent in Beavais 638 00:41:19,556 --> 00:41:22,235 60 or 70 kilometers from Paris. 639 00:41:23,596 --> 00:41:27,654 Then everything got turned upside down in a good way, 640 00:41:28,005 --> 00:41:31,338 because my Mum met the Dad I have today. 641 00:41:32,715 --> 00:41:39,076 My Mum and I missed our metro exit, 642 00:41:39,137 --> 00:41:42,611 so we came out late and we took the lift to get 643 00:41:42,636 --> 00:41:44,636 out of the metro station 644 00:41:44,658 --> 00:41:45,910 and we bumped into him. 645 00:41:47,176 --> 00:41:49,927 I was 3 and turned to him and said... 646 00:41:51,126 --> 00:41:53,619 "You're handsome! Do you want to be my Dad? 647 00:41:53,636 --> 00:41:58,009 Because I don't have a kind one and all my friends have a Dad." 648 00:41:58,716 --> 00:42:01,396 And she was high like that and she say, 649 00:42:02,226 --> 00:42:03,966 "Do you want to be my father?" 650 00:42:03,966 --> 00:42:07,213 You know. I say, "Yes, why not?" 651 00:42:08,076 --> 00:42:09,505 And then. 652 00:42:10,190 --> 00:42:12,743 And he looked at me and then said, 653 00:42:13,716 --> 00:42:15,599 "If that's what your Mum wants." 654 00:42:15,636 --> 00:42:17,542 And then my Mum got annoyed and said, 655 00:42:17,556 --> 00:42:20,106 "Daniella, we don't say things like that." 656 00:42:22,236 --> 00:42:27,668 We moved here, then I carried on my schooling in Switzerland. 657 00:42:27,716 --> 00:42:30,020 But it wasn't very easy because... 658 00:42:32,171 --> 00:42:34,081 it was a bit like... 659 00:42:34,147 --> 00:42:36,695 the two black women who've come to steal 660 00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:38,435 Philippe Dufour's fortune. 661 00:42:39,916 --> 00:42:42,784 In fact, in La Vallée it's a bit like a cult, 662 00:42:42,808 --> 00:42:45,486 meaning everything is said and 663 00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:47,414 everything is known and if you aren't from La Vallée, 664 00:42:47,439 --> 00:42:49,240 you're not in the clan. 665 00:42:49,476 --> 00:42:54,930 A foreigner who comes to live here, has to integrate. 666 00:42:54,955 --> 00:42:58,156 I've lived through it and so has my Mum. 667 00:42:58,836 --> 00:43:00,591 You can't hide yourself away. 668 00:43:00,636 --> 00:43:02,478 I am mixed-race, my Mum is black 669 00:43:02,516 --> 00:43:05,396 and I've experienced racism here. 670 00:43:06,756 --> 00:43:10,318 It was a battle to find our place 671 00:43:10,343 --> 00:43:12,000 and now they accept us. 672 00:43:12,596 --> 00:43:14,224 (crowds talking in background) 673 00:43:18,796 --> 00:43:20,156 (distant traffic) 674 00:43:21,696 --> 00:43:24,336 I came in yesterday from Los Angeles, 675 00:43:24,336 --> 00:43:27,036 I'm still a little jet lagged because right about now 676 00:43:27,036 --> 00:43:30,906 in LA I'm pretty sure it's nine or 10 o'clock, 677 00:43:30,906 --> 00:43:32,256 something like that. 678 00:43:32,256 --> 00:43:34,219 What's happening, everybody, this is Aldis Hodge 679 00:43:34,219 --> 00:43:39,219 reporting live from Dubai Watch Week in Dubai. 680 00:43:39,396 --> 00:43:41,196 This is the best place to come to learn, 681 00:43:41,196 --> 00:43:43,566 to understand because you'll see how watches... 682 00:43:43,566 --> 00:43:46,926 I've been living on planes for the last few months. 683 00:43:46,926 --> 00:43:49,449 I'm kind of working on autopilot at this point. 684 00:43:51,191 --> 00:43:53,801 My Mom and my sister are out here on this journey, 685 00:43:53,826 --> 00:43:56,226 this horological journey with me. 686 00:43:56,236 --> 00:43:57,626 Brianna. 687 00:43:58,866 --> 00:44:01,059 Brianna. Come here real quick. 688 00:44:02,466 --> 00:44:07,056 So... this is the little sister right here, this is Brianna. 689 00:44:07,056 --> 00:44:08,217 Say hello to the people. 690 00:44:08,217 --> 00:44:09,249 - Hello! 691 00:44:09,276 --> 00:44:10,276 (laughing) 692 00:44:11,561 --> 00:44:12,945 - Here, Mom, can I give you this? 693 00:44:12,945 --> 00:44:14,171 - Yes. - Thank you. 694 00:44:14,171 --> 00:44:15,171 Oh, it's cold! - You got this. 695 00:44:15,196 --> 00:44:16,249 - Oh, Jesus, it's cold. 696 00:44:16,274 --> 00:44:17,274 Yeah, Mom, I'm not worried. 697 00:44:17,299 --> 00:44:19,711 - I know. I'm so proud of you. 698 00:44:20,350 --> 00:44:23,011 - Mom, come on! - I am proud of you. 699 00:44:23,516 --> 00:44:24,549 - Hi, how are you? 700 00:44:24,574 --> 00:44:26,171 - [Interviewer] Talk about what you're doing, 701 00:44:26,196 --> 00:44:28,361 sketching watches and designing. 702 00:44:28,716 --> 00:44:34,091 - When I was 21, 22, I started sketching concepts 703 00:44:34,176 --> 00:44:36,426 and you know, concepts for different companies, 704 00:44:36,426 --> 00:44:38,316 so I would reach out. 705 00:44:38,316 --> 00:44:42,576 And I kept trying to design for other people 706 00:44:42,576 --> 00:44:45,486 and I kept getting nos, a lot of nos. 707 00:44:45,486 --> 00:44:47,946 So I said, you know what? 708 00:44:47,946 --> 00:44:50,106 I'm going into business for myself. 709 00:44:50,106 --> 00:44:54,516 So it's a very difficult industry to enter into. 710 00:44:54,516 --> 00:44:58,506 But I think the difficulty is what carves out innovation. 711 00:44:58,506 --> 00:44:59,676 It's supposed to be difficult 712 00:44:59,676 --> 00:45:01,056 so we can think differently, 713 00:45:01,056 --> 00:45:03,096 so we can give you a completely new experience, 714 00:45:03,096 --> 00:45:04,266 that's our job. 715 00:45:04,266 --> 00:45:05,919 To challenge the difficulties. 716 00:45:06,656 --> 00:45:07,992 (city noise) 717 00:45:11,616 --> 00:45:14,196 What's happening, everybody, this is Aldis Hodge, 718 00:45:14,196 --> 00:45:15,396 I'm out here of course 719 00:45:15,396 --> 00:45:18,276 working on the fantastic "Black Adam." 720 00:45:18,276 --> 00:45:21,336 I get to play Hawkman, who is fantastic, 721 00:45:21,336 --> 00:45:23,859 but this brother is ripped. 722 00:45:24,911 --> 00:45:27,251 You know, preparing for "Black Adam," it's crazy, 723 00:45:27,276 --> 00:45:31,086 like, training and getting swole up and eating. 724 00:45:31,086 --> 00:45:32,766 It's a heavy schedule for the rest of the year 725 00:45:32,766 --> 00:45:35,889 but you know, it's all manageable. 726 00:45:37,806 --> 00:45:39,606 Still maintaining the watch production, 727 00:45:39,606 --> 00:45:41,466 I still have things to design. 728 00:45:41,466 --> 00:45:44,019 And with watches there's just so many things that, 729 00:45:45,096 --> 00:45:48,186 so many little minute things that are big things. 730 00:45:48,186 --> 00:45:49,236 That you have to address 731 00:45:49,236 --> 00:45:54,069 in order to make it synergistic, so. 732 00:45:55,213 --> 00:45:57,049 (fork clattering) 733 00:45:58,196 --> 00:46:02,759 Nine damn eggs, nine eggs. It's a lot of food. 734 00:46:03,506 --> 00:46:04,626 (plate clinks) 735 00:46:06,252 --> 00:46:07,292 (bag zipping) 736 00:46:10,576 --> 00:46:11,856 (light switches) 737 00:46:12,156 --> 00:46:13,296 I designed my packaging, 738 00:46:13,296 --> 00:46:15,576 I designed the ins and outs and everything 739 00:46:15,576 --> 00:46:19,239 so finding somebody to make my packaging is difficult. 740 00:46:20,706 --> 00:46:22,806 It should be representative of your product, 741 00:46:22,806 --> 00:46:24,006 wholly and fully. 742 00:46:24,006 --> 00:46:25,086 The quality has to speak 743 00:46:25,086 --> 00:46:26,976 to the quality of the watch inside, you know? 744 00:46:26,976 --> 00:46:30,096 So, finding artisans to do that kind of work 745 00:46:30,096 --> 00:46:31,746 hasn't been the easiest process 746 00:46:31,746 --> 00:46:34,266 but this one guy I'm really, really excited 747 00:46:34,266 --> 00:46:36,456 about working with who decorates wood 748 00:46:36,456 --> 00:46:39,056 and makes wood furniture and he's a freaking genius. 749 00:46:40,596 --> 00:46:43,059 So we are working old school today. 750 00:46:43,645 --> 00:46:45,801 (indistinct) 751 00:46:46,218 --> 00:46:47,766 'Cause I know last time we were talking about 752 00:46:47,766 --> 00:46:49,686 either this or talking about the drawer. 753 00:46:49,686 --> 00:46:54,246 - What I was getting at here is just, like, a mechanical lock. 754 00:46:54,246 --> 00:46:57,696 It's a little bit like finicky, but see it's got that pop? 755 00:46:57,696 --> 00:46:59,226 - The way you've even done this, 756 00:46:59,226 --> 00:47:02,916 to me it's like I see this and it's just interesting. 757 00:47:02,916 --> 00:47:05,354 - This is part of why I copied that. 758 00:47:05,354 --> 00:47:08,344 'Cause I was thinking, like, can we do that thing? 759 00:47:08,369 --> 00:47:09,480 You know? 760 00:47:09,480 --> 00:47:11,894 - 'Cause it was becoming so that... 761 00:47:11,916 --> 00:47:14,916 - I see what you did there! 762 00:47:16,199 --> 00:47:19,206 I was like, well, that's an opportunity, you know? 763 00:47:19,206 --> 00:47:21,846 - See, the man is smart, he took my logo. 764 00:47:21,846 --> 00:47:24,756 He took my logo, he worked it into the... 765 00:47:24,756 --> 00:47:28,596 So here, if this right here was actually the component, 766 00:47:28,596 --> 00:47:31,506 it can be a latch under here, that is holding... 767 00:47:31,506 --> 00:47:35,196 My logo is a skeleton key because skeleton key 768 00:47:35,196 --> 00:47:37,806 was devised to bypass any lock 769 00:47:37,806 --> 00:47:40,236 and that's what this entire company is for me. 770 00:47:40,236 --> 00:47:41,826 I want it to stand as a representation 771 00:47:41,826 --> 00:47:45,366 to any child who has a dream that people are deferring 772 00:47:45,366 --> 00:47:47,526 to say, "I can use my mind, that's all I need 773 00:47:47,526 --> 00:47:49,986 to bypass any of the world's locks." 774 00:47:49,986 --> 00:47:51,636 Do what you wanna do 775 00:47:51,636 --> 00:47:54,883 in spite of all of the difficulties in your way. 776 00:47:55,365 --> 00:47:57,045 (interior of car driving) 777 00:47:58,276 --> 00:48:00,009 (very distant dog barking) 778 00:48:05,076 --> 00:48:07,516 We survive for the people who are having a hard time, 779 00:48:07,796 --> 00:48:09,671 which was my wife. 780 00:48:10,116 --> 00:48:11,396 (mournful music) 781 00:48:12,156 --> 00:48:15,781 She needed someone strong by her side. 782 00:48:17,633 --> 00:48:19,443 I wanted to protect her. 783 00:48:19,901 --> 00:48:21,718 But it was impossible to protect her. 784 00:48:21,956 --> 00:48:24,996 either from the cancer or the bankruptcy. 785 00:48:25,667 --> 00:48:29,499 You can't do anything and if you think you can, 786 00:48:29,594 --> 00:48:31,727 it will haunt you day and night. 787 00:48:32,996 --> 00:48:34,356 (music continues) 788 00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:41,281 Life is love. 789 00:48:42,836 --> 00:48:44,131 Life is love. 790 00:48:45,596 --> 00:48:46,956 (music continues) 791 00:48:55,876 --> 00:49:00,533 When your other half dies 792 00:49:03,156 --> 00:49:06,133 you die with her. 793 00:49:08,876 --> 00:49:10,236 (music continues) 794 00:49:22,036 --> 00:49:25,492 That's when I realised the present moment is important 795 00:49:25,620 --> 00:49:28,063 and that's how it all began. 796 00:49:29,862 --> 00:49:31,542 (dramatic music fades in) 797 00:49:32,436 --> 00:49:34,686 - The markets down by almost half... 798 00:49:34,686 --> 00:49:36,006 - It's gotten bad. - And if you thought 799 00:49:36,006 --> 00:49:37,236 the markets couldn't get any worse, 800 00:49:37,236 --> 00:49:39,216 you may be in for a rude awakening. 801 00:49:39,216 --> 00:49:42,126 - Overseas indexes plunged this morning, 802 00:49:42,126 --> 00:49:43,888 Japan down nearly 10%. 803 00:49:43,971 --> 00:49:46,796 It was 2008, during the financial crisis, 804 00:49:46,836 --> 00:49:51,208 and in the newspapers, on the radio, on television, 805 00:49:51,276 --> 00:49:52,928 they were always talking about the stock markets, 806 00:49:52,956 --> 00:49:54,636 numbers, just numbers. 807 00:49:56,156 --> 00:49:59,532 And then I thought, it's not serious, because 808 00:49:59,556 --> 00:50:04,631 if just one number holds fast and stays up, life continues. 809 00:50:05,556 --> 00:50:08,628 And that's what my Upside Down watch represents. 810 00:50:09,396 --> 00:50:11,551 (tense music) 811 00:50:15,996 --> 00:50:19,196 There's only one message I want my watches to have: 812 00:50:19,756 --> 00:50:21,689 "Live in the present moment." 813 00:50:24,727 --> 00:50:26,087 (music continues) 814 00:50:38,892 --> 00:50:41,559 (watch ticking) 815 00:50:52,584 --> 00:50:54,384 The face of the Upside Down 816 00:50:54,876 --> 00:50:58,540 shows the time in its current place. 817 00:51:00,516 --> 00:51:05,582 So, in fact, you can only read the current time 818 00:51:06,396 --> 00:51:11,191 and if you see the past and future time, 819 00:51:11,584 --> 00:51:13,428 they're upside down. 820 00:51:13,996 --> 00:51:16,989 The past is there, the future is there, 821 00:51:17,436 --> 00:51:21,844 but we pay them less attention. 822 00:51:28,396 --> 00:51:29,756 (music continues) 823 00:51:43,717 --> 00:51:45,162 (music becomes more positive) 824 00:51:51,309 --> 00:51:56,139 I think craft is really what makes us human. 825 00:51:58,086 --> 00:52:02,436 We've become so far removed from tactile, tangible craft 826 00:52:02,436 --> 00:52:05,886 that it's hard for us to actually understand 827 00:52:05,886 --> 00:52:07,329 how things work. 828 00:52:08,946 --> 00:52:11,916 I'm working on a series of 10 automata, 829 00:52:11,916 --> 00:52:13,686 it's based on medieval bestiaries 830 00:52:13,686 --> 00:52:15,279 and illuminated manuscripts. 831 00:52:17,886 --> 00:52:22,356 What's interesting is, when I did the snail automaton, 832 00:52:22,356 --> 00:52:26,046 people were more fascinated with the shell off, 833 00:52:26,046 --> 00:52:28,326 of actually seeing the mechanism working, 834 00:52:28,326 --> 00:52:30,786 I think because we don't have a relationship 835 00:52:30,786 --> 00:52:32,049 to those mechanics. 836 00:52:34,386 --> 00:52:36,396 The most fascinating thing is actually knowing 837 00:52:36,396 --> 00:52:38,976 that it's all just brass and steel 838 00:52:38,976 --> 00:52:40,576 which actually makes it magical. 839 00:52:45,186 --> 00:52:48,546 The overlap between magic and horology, 840 00:52:48,546 --> 00:52:49,809 it goes back a long way. 841 00:52:53,076 --> 00:52:58,076 With automata, there's this reflection of our desire, 842 00:52:58,146 --> 00:52:59,859 you know, to live on. 843 00:53:00,726 --> 00:53:03,606 We have this, I think, vulnerability to wish 844 00:53:03,606 --> 00:53:07,686 that things will last forever and they won't, 845 00:53:07,686 --> 00:53:09,939 it's part of our human condition. 846 00:53:11,449 --> 00:53:14,032 (music continues) 847 00:53:23,316 --> 00:53:24,863 (rushing jet sounds) 848 00:53:25,476 --> 00:53:27,876 There's something weird which happens in the world. 849 00:53:27,876 --> 00:53:31,806 When you start oscillating on a very specific wavelength, 850 00:53:31,806 --> 00:53:33,636 most people don't hear it, 851 00:53:33,636 --> 00:53:35,916 and then suddenly, you don't know why, 852 00:53:35,916 --> 00:53:37,236 somebody will pick up on it 853 00:53:37,236 --> 00:53:40,689 because he or she has got the same wavelength. 854 00:53:42,006 --> 00:53:44,829 I'm just sending my sonar out. 855 00:53:49,116 --> 00:53:51,879 The HM4 Thunderbolt is inspired by my childhood. 856 00:53:52,986 --> 00:53:54,999 Most of all my HMs are my childhood. 857 00:53:56,916 --> 00:53:59,586 I used to make model aeroplanes a lot when I was a kid. 858 00:53:59,586 --> 00:54:03,216 So it's basically two reactors of a plane 859 00:54:03,216 --> 00:54:04,476 held together in the center, 860 00:54:04,476 --> 00:54:06,326 you've got the balance wheel working. 861 00:54:07,416 --> 00:54:10,656 It looks like more or less a plane on your wrist. 862 00:54:10,656 --> 00:54:15,656 It was the most crazy piece I'd ever done in my life. 863 00:54:17,406 --> 00:54:19,476 I remember holding the prototype in my hand 864 00:54:19,476 --> 00:54:22,116 six months before we presented to anybody, going, 865 00:54:22,116 --> 00:54:24,846 "Nobody's ever gonna buy this, guys." 866 00:54:24,846 --> 00:54:27,696 And now I'm gonna commit suicide, basically, 867 00:54:27,696 --> 00:54:30,579 with a product which I think nobody's gonna buy. 868 00:54:31,566 --> 00:54:36,006 I go to Basel Fair, present it to our retailers, 869 00:54:36,006 --> 00:54:37,626 exactly what I expected happened, 870 00:54:37,626 --> 00:54:40,271 meaning they're all looking at it, they're, 871 00:54:40,296 --> 00:54:42,819 "Wow, do you have something else?" 872 00:54:43,716 --> 00:54:45,816 And then a miracle happens. 873 00:54:45,816 --> 00:54:49,146 The media talk about it, luckily the internet exists, 874 00:54:49,146 --> 00:54:52,686 the blogs talk about it because it's completely nuts. 875 00:54:52,686 --> 00:54:55,056 Then suddenly emails start coming in, 876 00:54:55,056 --> 00:54:56,556 the phone starts ringing. 877 00:54:56,556 --> 00:54:59,676 Retailers who had not ordered the piece going, 878 00:54:59,676 --> 00:55:04,146 "Do you still have that weird, plane-looking watch?" 879 00:55:04,146 --> 00:55:05,886 I'm like, "Yes." 880 00:55:05,886 --> 00:55:08,679 "There's actually a guy in the store wants to buy it." 881 00:55:09,876 --> 00:55:13,566 And the piece which the most terrified me 882 00:55:13,566 --> 00:55:15,579 is actually our biggest success. 883 00:55:16,866 --> 00:55:20,736 Most watch collectors or most any normal person 884 00:55:20,736 --> 00:55:24,096 would look at it and go, you must be insane. 885 00:55:24,096 --> 00:55:26,976 But I just needed 25 people a year 886 00:55:26,976 --> 00:55:29,859 who had the means and were as crazy as me. 887 00:55:32,646 --> 00:55:35,073 In the middle of these billions of people 888 00:55:35,073 --> 00:55:37,236 who don't understand what we're doing, 889 00:55:37,236 --> 00:55:39,846 there will be one person who will resonate. 890 00:55:39,846 --> 00:55:43,389 That's incredible. When somebody gets what you're doing. 891 00:55:49,446 --> 00:55:52,029 (ethereal music) 892 00:56:06,413 --> 00:56:08,913 (cows mooing) 893 00:56:11,436 --> 00:56:14,444 Because my father was a watchmaker 894 00:56:14,526 --> 00:56:16,946 I would often see him at work concentrating. 895 00:56:17,009 --> 00:56:19,799 I could see his passion which he would try to convey to people 896 00:56:19,847 --> 00:56:22,885 and I said to myself, "Yes, I want to do this job." 897 00:56:23,853 --> 00:56:25,295 He tried to dissuade me, 898 00:56:25,350 --> 00:56:27,548 saying, "No, it's not the job for you." 899 00:56:29,256 --> 00:56:31,656 I said, "Come on, it's not for you. 900 00:56:31,656 --> 00:56:34,566 It's an old profession, blah, blah, blah." 901 00:56:34,566 --> 00:56:38,256 And during two years where I was pushing her 902 00:56:38,256 --> 00:56:42,992 to see if it's really what she wanted to do, you know? 903 00:56:42,992 --> 00:56:45,396 And after two years I say, "Okay, 904 00:56:45,396 --> 00:56:48,079 if you really want to do that, let's do it." 905 00:56:50,116 --> 00:56:52,711 I was not prepared to accept his "no" because I knew 906 00:56:52,736 --> 00:56:54,279 that it was what I wanted to do 907 00:56:54,307 --> 00:56:57,505 and nothing else, so I was determined. 908 00:56:58,718 --> 00:57:01,326 I'm not an easy character either. 909 00:57:03,246 --> 00:57:05,076 Already in this world 910 00:57:05,076 --> 00:57:07,404 of independent watchmakers, 911 00:57:07,404 --> 00:57:11,316 it's one or two women, not many. 912 00:57:11,316 --> 00:57:15,132 Of course, that's first difficulties, then, second, 913 00:57:16,296 --> 00:57:18,309 she's not white, okay. 914 00:57:19,196 --> 00:57:23,529 But I think every problem she has to solve 915 00:57:24,906 --> 00:57:27,936 make her stronger, you know? 916 00:57:27,936 --> 00:57:31,533 And she has a strong character to do that. 917 00:57:33,876 --> 00:57:37,691 I see him as a man and at school they see him 918 00:57:37,716 --> 00:57:40,070 more as a living god! 919 00:57:40,316 --> 00:57:46,675 Many people use the word "god" in terms of watchmaking. 920 00:57:49,147 --> 00:57:51,699 Sometimes it's a bit hard because 921 00:57:51,907 --> 00:57:54,348 I get the impression they think, 922 00:57:54,405 --> 00:57:57,208 as I'm his daughter, I should know how to do 923 00:57:57,233 --> 00:57:59,049 all the things he does. 924 00:57:59,152 --> 00:58:04,311 But I'm in school to learn just like everyone else. 925 00:58:08,946 --> 00:58:13,716 Yeah, my hope is that I can still work 926 00:58:13,716 --> 00:58:19,841 so I can be beside her to follow what I have started, 927 00:58:19,866 --> 00:58:21,628 it's all I need. 928 00:58:21,956 --> 00:58:24,676 And we can change the brand 929 00:58:24,696 --> 00:58:27,726 with Philippe Dufour and Daughter. 930 00:58:27,726 --> 00:58:29,000 Probably, why not? 931 00:58:32,138 --> 00:58:33,666 (pensive music) 932 00:58:38,516 --> 00:58:40,076 There are many times that I wanted to stop 933 00:58:40,086 --> 00:58:42,276 my pursuit of this. 934 00:58:42,276 --> 00:58:44,166 Not because I actually wanted to stop, 935 00:58:44,166 --> 00:58:46,686 because I feared embarrassment of not being able 936 00:58:46,686 --> 00:58:50,199 to do what I said I was gonna do. 937 00:58:51,810 --> 00:58:53,946 Greubel Forsey was one of the first companies 938 00:58:53,946 --> 00:58:56,889 that I started studying, which inspired me to design. 939 00:58:57,726 --> 00:59:00,876 Robert Greubel is literally the first watchmaker 940 00:59:00,876 --> 00:59:03,456 that ever expressed any support 941 00:59:03,456 --> 00:59:05,856 and belief in me in this industry. 942 00:59:05,856 --> 00:59:07,896 So honestly, I kind of carried that 943 00:59:07,896 --> 00:59:09,576 with me through the years. 944 00:59:09,576 --> 00:59:11,856 Everybody told me no for all these years 945 00:59:11,856 --> 00:59:14,406 and then the first person to tell me yes 946 00:59:14,406 --> 00:59:16,236 is from the very first company 947 00:59:16,236 --> 00:59:18,519 that inspired me to do what I wanted to do. 948 00:59:19,896 --> 00:59:22,266 I'm sorry, but hello, that's the universe 949 00:59:22,266 --> 00:59:24,666 trying to knock you on your head, saying, 950 00:59:24,666 --> 00:59:25,794 the hell with these other people, 951 00:59:25,819 --> 00:59:26,869 do what you gotta do. 952 00:59:28,465 --> 00:59:31,267 (tense music) 953 00:59:45,784 --> 00:59:47,807 (music continues) 954 00:59:52,966 --> 00:59:55,116 We're headed to the Greubel Forsey factory 955 00:59:55,116 --> 00:59:57,639 to go meet with Robert's business partner Stephen. 956 00:59:58,436 --> 00:59:59,921 (hopeful music) 957 01:00:02,226 --> 01:00:04,836 It's like a kid growing up who loves basketball 958 01:00:04,836 --> 01:00:06,930 and then all of a sudden he's got, like, 959 01:00:08,337 --> 01:00:10,070 you know, Magic Johnson 960 01:00:10,446 --> 01:00:13,386 giving him a tour of the Staples Center, 961 01:00:13,386 --> 01:00:14,611 you know what I'm saying? 962 01:00:14,636 --> 01:00:15,836 It's that kind of deal. 963 01:00:16,716 --> 01:00:17,838 (vehicle door closing) 964 01:00:18,666 --> 01:00:21,867 It is cold... Very cold. 965 01:00:24,186 --> 01:00:26,646 - You know, Aldis, his passion, his energy, 966 01:00:26,646 --> 01:00:29,586 is fantastic because for him it's totally consuming. 967 01:00:29,586 --> 01:00:32,226 Often with watchmakers it is. 968 01:00:32,226 --> 01:00:34,836 You know, some people say it's a bit like a virus. 969 01:00:34,836 --> 01:00:37,656 Once you get in, it's something you can't leave it alone 970 01:00:37,656 --> 01:00:40,656 because there are so many aspects to it. 971 01:00:40,656 --> 01:00:42,168 - Bonjour. - Bonjour. 972 01:00:42,611 --> 01:00:44,117 What other new things can I see? 973 01:00:44,636 --> 01:00:46,003 - So, let's see, I don't know if... 974 01:00:46,276 --> 01:00:47,596 - And then you can see the passion, 975 01:00:47,616 --> 01:00:48,876 it's the passion that's driving. 976 01:00:48,876 --> 01:00:52,351 It's not just to make a business. 977 01:00:52,376 --> 01:00:53,736 - Good to see you. - How are you doing? 978 01:00:53,736 --> 01:00:56,071 Very good, yeah? Good to see you. 979 01:00:56,071 --> 01:00:58,167 It's been a while since we've had... 980 01:00:59,526 --> 01:01:01,026 You've been busy. 981 01:01:01,026 --> 01:01:02,046 - Yeah, I stay busy. 982 01:01:02,046 --> 01:01:04,209 - Mm, yeah. - Between this. 983 01:01:05,046 --> 01:01:07,299 - He contacted Robert with some idea 984 01:01:07,299 --> 01:01:09,006 for a design of a watch 985 01:01:09,006 --> 01:01:11,916 and then Robert picked up on that, thought, 986 01:01:11,916 --> 01:01:13,716 you know, there's something here. 987 01:01:13,716 --> 01:01:16,266 He's not copying something existing. 988 01:01:16,266 --> 01:01:17,706 There's really something different, 989 01:01:17,706 --> 01:01:19,956 there's a creative angle there 990 01:01:19,956 --> 01:01:22,716 which would be really interesting to work with. 991 01:01:22,716 --> 01:01:24,694 - This is primarily where we're at. 992 01:01:24,694 --> 01:01:25,717 - Mhmm. 993 01:01:26,466 --> 01:01:27,522 I see it, yeah. 994 01:01:30,156 --> 01:01:31,316 Force constant... 995 01:01:31,356 --> 01:01:33,516 - Yeah, okay, so yeah. 996 01:01:34,518 --> 01:01:35,555 So you're taking it easy, then, 997 01:01:35,580 --> 01:01:36,657 for the first piece, then? 998 01:01:36,682 --> 01:01:39,335 - Yeah, exactly. - Nothing too complicated. 999 01:01:40,473 --> 01:01:43,109 His allyship is priceless. 1000 01:01:43,109 --> 01:01:45,036 His boost of confidence 1001 01:01:45,036 --> 01:01:48,006 is a big part of why I am where I am today. 1002 01:01:48,006 --> 01:01:51,546 You know, part of it was like, if he believed in me, 1003 01:01:51,546 --> 01:01:53,169 you couldn't tell me nothing. 1004 01:01:53,952 --> 01:01:55,201 (city noise) 1005 01:01:57,014 --> 01:01:59,886 You know me, I'ma just be honest, I'm tired. 1006 01:01:59,886 --> 01:02:03,786 I mean, we just wrapped up production on "Black Adam." 1007 01:02:03,786 --> 01:02:06,516 Back into the third season on "City on a Hill" right now, 1008 01:02:06,516 --> 01:02:07,926 we're shooting this week. 1009 01:02:07,926 --> 01:02:09,726 We got WatchTime New York this week, 1010 01:02:09,726 --> 01:02:10,989 so it's a work weekend. 1011 01:02:11,826 --> 01:02:14,649 To say I'm tired is an understatement, as you see. 1012 01:02:14,779 --> 01:02:15,779 (laughs) 1013 01:02:16,866 --> 01:02:20,646 I finally have a non-working prototype in my hands 1014 01:02:20,646 --> 01:02:23,289 of two years' worth of work now, I think. 1015 01:02:24,966 --> 01:02:26,053 Let's see. 1016 01:02:27,808 --> 01:02:28,983 All right. 1017 01:02:33,546 --> 01:02:34,645 She's a beauty. 1018 01:02:36,796 --> 01:02:38,036 Look, it's my baby. 1019 01:02:39,022 --> 01:02:40,031 As you can see. 1020 01:02:41,046 --> 01:02:44,196 The piece unique dial, the motif that I chose, 1021 01:02:44,196 --> 01:02:45,996 there's this thing, it's called 1022 01:02:45,996 --> 01:02:47,706 the Egyptian "Book of the Dead." 1023 01:02:47,706 --> 01:02:51,366 And I saw a page as I was going through the book 1024 01:02:51,366 --> 01:02:53,949 that for me, it was just pure art. 1025 01:02:55,476 --> 01:02:58,506 I love African history. 1026 01:02:58,506 --> 01:03:00,126 So when it comes to this, 1027 01:03:00,126 --> 01:03:03,366 for me it is a standing representation of elegance 1028 01:03:03,366 --> 01:03:07,386 and class and eloquence in art, theory, academia. 1029 01:03:07,386 --> 01:03:10,146 All of these things that are tied to my culture 1030 01:03:10,146 --> 01:03:11,856 that we don't get credit for, 1031 01:03:11,856 --> 01:03:13,743 we don't get publicly acknowledged for. 1032 01:03:13,743 --> 01:03:16,986 And the whole point of watchmaking for me 1033 01:03:16,986 --> 01:03:18,246 is to represent what I believe 1034 01:03:18,246 --> 01:03:20,949 is the beautiful truth of my people. 1035 01:03:22,146 --> 01:03:24,249 It's storytelling through the wrist. 1036 01:03:25,980 --> 01:03:27,581 You know, a lot of people told me, "Don't do it, 1037 01:03:27,606 --> 01:03:29,436 it's gonna be hard." 1038 01:03:29,436 --> 01:03:31,386 You want me to not do something 1039 01:03:31,386 --> 01:03:33,159 because it's going to be hard? 1040 01:03:34,026 --> 01:03:35,706 That is the dumbest thing in the world! 1041 01:03:35,706 --> 01:03:37,836 Like, everything is hard 1042 01:03:37,836 --> 01:03:42,306 but that's where you find yourself, in the challenge. 1043 01:03:42,306 --> 01:03:43,986 It's more than just making a product to me, 1044 01:03:43,986 --> 01:03:48,366 it's a vehicle that I use 1045 01:03:48,366 --> 01:03:52,356 to travel through my life 1046 01:03:52,356 --> 01:03:53,919 and understand what life is. 1047 01:03:55,676 --> 01:03:57,703 (gentle string music) 1048 01:04:02,476 --> 01:04:05,484 I've always been fascinated by things which fly. 1049 01:04:05,953 --> 01:04:07,980 I'm drawn to the sky. 1050 01:04:09,156 --> 01:04:10,956 I think I'm drawn to things 1051 01:04:11,298 --> 01:04:12,978 which others are not. 1052 01:04:13,756 --> 01:04:16,108 I notice the imperceptible. 1053 01:04:19,116 --> 01:04:22,828 I think I've had a lucky star above my head 1054 01:04:22,836 --> 01:04:24,316 which has protected me. 1055 01:04:27,556 --> 01:04:30,500 I had the incredible fortune of meeting Flavia 1056 01:04:30,871 --> 01:04:35,306 and the meeting was almost premeditated. 1057 01:04:35,756 --> 01:04:38,153 Before passing away, Eveline said, 1058 01:04:38,178 --> 01:04:39,801 "You're going to meet someone. 1059 01:04:39,849 --> 01:04:42,419 Maybe even someone who will give you a child." 1060 01:04:47,204 --> 01:04:49,995 I didn't believe her, especially given the disastrous state 1061 01:04:50,218 --> 01:04:52,868 I saw myself heading towards. 1062 01:04:53,875 --> 01:04:55,921 But life is like that. 1063 01:05:01,516 --> 01:05:03,349 I'm 45 years old 1064 01:05:03,526 --> 01:05:04,982 and the idea of becoming a mother, 1065 01:05:05,014 --> 01:05:07,732 because I hadn't met the right person by that point, 1066 01:05:07,756 --> 01:05:09,489 I wasn't dreaming about it. 1067 01:05:10,630 --> 01:05:13,734 And then all of a sudden I meet Ludovic, 1068 01:05:13,765 --> 01:05:17,711 who was coming through a very difficult time in his life. 1069 01:05:19,436 --> 01:05:22,275 We got on so well that we said to each other 1070 01:05:22,276 --> 01:05:26,205 the only thing that would make it more perfect is a baby. 1071 01:05:29,596 --> 01:05:33,355 We let nature take its course 1072 01:05:33,356 --> 01:05:34,607 and it happened. 1073 01:05:41,476 --> 01:05:44,347 For me it’s really a miracle of the universe. 1074 01:05:45,661 --> 01:05:49,460 I’m sure there is a mystical energy 1075 01:05:49,556 --> 01:05:52,035 which follows, it follows people. 1076 01:05:52,036 --> 01:05:56,097 Everything is planned, already programmed. 1077 01:06:00,490 --> 01:06:02,331 Her friend gave her two 1078 01:06:02,356 --> 01:06:04,274 gynecologists’ addresses in Geneva. 1079 01:06:06,799 --> 01:06:11,515 Flavia calls them and one of them proposes an appointment. 1080 01:06:11,516 --> 01:06:13,193 And she says to her, "I have an 1081 01:06:13,218 --> 01:06:16,461 appointment for you on 13 March 2018." 1082 01:06:17,076 --> 01:06:21,350 And that was the date of the anniversary of Eveline’s death. 1083 01:06:22,796 --> 01:06:25,195 We went to the gynecologist 1084 01:06:25,196 --> 01:06:30,755 and we found ourselves in the road and the building 1085 01:06:30,756 --> 01:06:33,719 of the famous doctor who took care of Eveline. 1086 01:06:35,316 --> 01:06:38,075 And, as if it wasn’t enough to find ourselves on the same floor 1087 01:06:38,076 --> 01:06:41,515 we were in the same corridor with two doors. 1088 01:06:41,516 --> 01:06:43,995 The door on the right was the oncologist 1089 01:06:43,996 --> 01:06:47,550 and the door on the left was the gynecologist. 1090 01:06:48,119 --> 01:06:49,861 On the right is the door to death, 1091 01:06:49,876 --> 01:06:51,679 on the left the door to life. 1092 01:06:54,076 --> 01:06:56,078 And we chose the door to life. 1093 01:06:57,417 --> 01:07:01,084 (sweeping orchestral music) 1094 01:07:20,876 --> 01:07:22,275 I work for myself, 1095 01:07:22,276 --> 01:07:23,759 to my rhythm. 1096 01:07:25,796 --> 01:07:28,995 In the morning I am happy to go to work 1097 01:07:28,996 --> 01:07:33,645 and I’m happy to go back to my wife and child. 1098 01:07:36,716 --> 01:07:37,913 It’s wonderful. 1099 01:07:46,626 --> 01:07:48,279 I never expected to be here, 1100 01:07:49,116 --> 01:07:51,039 either professionally or personally. 1101 01:07:51,876 --> 01:07:55,146 And now for the first time in my life, I'm scared. 1102 01:07:55,146 --> 01:07:57,456 I never used to be scared. 1103 01:07:57,456 --> 01:07:59,616 There was no boundary, I just pushed 1104 01:07:59,616 --> 01:08:02,649 and I could die, it's okay. 1105 01:08:04,266 --> 01:08:08,196 And now it's like, now I'm scared of losing what I have. 1106 01:08:08,196 --> 01:08:09,549 In every sense. 1107 01:08:12,572 --> 01:08:13,772 (rolling waves) 1108 01:08:18,888 --> 01:08:22,116 I found a place where I'm good at 1109 01:08:22,116 --> 01:08:26,289 and it just makes me feel good, it makes me feel alive. 1110 01:08:32,076 --> 01:08:35,106 This more or less unhappy childhood 1111 01:08:35,106 --> 01:08:37,629 is fueling an incredible adulthood. 1112 01:08:38,466 --> 01:08:41,009 And that's what I'm realizing, what's happening now. 1113 01:08:47,435 --> 01:08:51,396 Life was so much easier and simpler 1114 01:08:51,396 --> 01:08:53,049 before I had a family. 1115 01:08:54,306 --> 01:08:55,509 But I was a machine. 1116 01:08:57,816 --> 01:08:59,706 What Tiffany and the family brought me 1117 01:08:59,706 --> 01:09:03,129 is that I feel human for the first time. 1118 01:09:05,616 --> 01:09:07,716 - It was already one of his great strengths, 1119 01:09:07,716 --> 01:09:11,196 is to be genuine, as in, he's not gonna lie. 1120 01:09:11,196 --> 01:09:12,746 He doesn't know how to do that. 1121 01:09:13,896 --> 01:09:15,036 But it's a great thing, 1122 01:09:15,036 --> 01:09:17,439 it's always going to be straightforward. 1123 01:09:19,206 --> 01:09:22,986 I think now he has the empathy to go with it 1124 01:09:22,986 --> 01:09:25,761 which make him look less of... 1125 01:09:27,396 --> 01:09:30,216 an asshole? 1126 01:09:30,216 --> 01:09:33,246 And more of somebody who's willing to share his ideas 1127 01:09:33,246 --> 01:09:34,956 with a lot of generosity. 1128 01:09:34,956 --> 01:09:36,966 And that's who he is, actually, 1129 01:09:36,966 --> 01:09:39,068 a very, very generous person. 1130 01:09:39,951 --> 01:09:42,714 (gentle orchestral music) 1131 01:09:52,356 --> 01:09:54,104 - I shall give you this. 1132 01:09:54,236 --> 01:09:55,329 - Okay. 1133 01:09:55,356 --> 01:09:59,596 - And close your eyes, keep them closed 1134 01:09:59,616 --> 01:10:02,023 'cause you have a tiny wrist. 1135 01:10:02,916 --> 01:10:04,118 Let's see. 1136 01:10:05,630 --> 01:10:07,740 (humming) 1137 01:10:11,286 --> 01:10:13,746 Yes. Perfect. 1138 01:10:13,746 --> 01:10:15,443 - Is this the final reveal? 1139 01:10:15,443 --> 01:10:18,653 - Yes, so this is just a prototype, but... 1140 01:10:18,737 --> 01:10:19,925 - It's okay. 1141 01:10:20,160 --> 01:10:23,660 (Aldis singing a fanfare) 1142 01:10:26,116 --> 01:10:27,296 Yes. 1143 01:10:28,956 --> 01:10:30,070 Here we go. 1144 01:10:32,616 --> 01:10:37,616 Oh my God. The detail is amazing. 1145 01:10:37,726 --> 01:10:39,906 - How does it feel for you 1146 01:10:39,906 --> 01:10:43,478 to finally have something to hold? 1147 01:10:45,755 --> 01:10:48,871 - I see my baby, I see Aldis. 1148 01:10:48,871 --> 01:10:52,175 I see 18-month-old Aldis here. 1149 01:10:52,175 --> 01:10:57,175 I see, I see that wall he was scribbling on 1150 01:10:57,201 --> 01:11:01,389 and I see the artwork. 1151 01:11:01,596 --> 01:11:04,956 Aldis kept pursuing what he wanted to do 1152 01:11:04,956 --> 01:11:06,456 and he's doing it. 1153 01:11:06,456 --> 01:11:11,456 And he did it on his own, and so we, you know, I, 1154 01:11:11,706 --> 01:11:17,018 I was so happy for my baby because he did it, you know? 1155 01:11:17,043 --> 01:11:18,710 I'm sorry, but he... 1156 01:11:18,716 --> 01:11:19,755 - You okay, Mom? 1157 01:11:19,787 --> 01:11:23,376 - Yeah, I'm okay but, you know, it's sad 1158 01:11:23,376 --> 01:11:26,046 because nobody helped him, you know? 1159 01:11:26,046 --> 01:11:27,966 Nobody would help and they just kept 1160 01:11:27,966 --> 01:11:29,766 shutting them doors on you. 1161 01:11:29,766 --> 01:11:32,796 So we kept pushing and pushing and pushing 1162 01:11:32,796 --> 01:11:34,386 and we're here now. 1163 01:11:34,386 --> 01:11:36,786 We're here, world, and he's here. 1164 01:11:36,786 --> 01:11:43,088 So, you know, welcome my son A. Hodge Atelier. 1165 01:11:43,276 --> 01:11:46,396 Here it is. Save up your coins 'cause we're here. 1166 01:11:46,406 --> 01:11:47,564 - Mom! 1167 01:11:48,409 --> 01:11:49,575 Really, Mom? 1168 01:11:49,575 --> 01:11:52,749 - Yes, save them coins! 1169 01:11:53,978 --> 01:11:58,493 Yes, so I'm proud. I'm just really proud, you know. 1170 01:11:59,652 --> 01:12:02,235 (gentle music) 1171 01:12:12,242 --> 01:12:13,442 (rolling waves) 1172 01:12:21,516 --> 01:12:23,434 Now life is beautiful. 1173 01:12:23,636 --> 01:12:28,791 And I appreciate it all the more after what I have been through. 1174 01:12:30,556 --> 01:12:33,359 I lost one love, I found two more. 1175 01:12:36,396 --> 01:12:42,235 I’ve got a strong belief in the beauty of things 1176 01:12:42,236 --> 01:12:44,026 and the power of human beings. 1177 01:12:51,476 --> 01:12:54,356 I still have a lot of pleasure doing what I'm doing. 1178 01:12:54,366 --> 01:12:56,458 You know, every time a watch is finished 1179 01:12:56,458 --> 01:12:58,433 it's like a buzz, you know? 1180 01:12:58,433 --> 01:13:01,686 And if that watch can give pleasure at end of the world, 1181 01:13:01,686 --> 01:13:03,077 the circle is closed. 1182 01:13:03,276 --> 01:13:04,636 (music continues) 1183 01:13:06,556 --> 01:13:09,516 I'm making something that, with the intended purpose 1184 01:13:09,516 --> 01:13:12,606 of it outliving me, outlasting me. 1185 01:13:12,606 --> 01:13:16,416 So that it can continue to have the conversation 1186 01:13:16,416 --> 01:13:17,891 that I started today. 1187 01:13:22,476 --> 01:13:25,296 And we measure our lives by numbers, 1188 01:13:25,296 --> 01:13:28,419 accomplishments, milestones in our life. 1189 01:13:32,406 --> 01:13:34,716 Timekeeping gives us a tactile way 1190 01:13:34,716 --> 01:13:37,626 to measure our existence here. 1191 01:13:37,626 --> 01:13:39,036 Everything we make and everything we do 1192 01:13:39,036 --> 01:13:41,556 is really a reflection of what we've been through 1193 01:13:41,556 --> 01:13:43,089 and what we have learned. 1194 01:13:44,876 --> 01:13:48,744 The journey of why we do what we do 1195 01:13:48,876 --> 01:13:51,309 is actually more important than what we do. 1196 01:13:52,656 --> 01:13:55,356 The decisions we've taken in life, 1197 01:13:55,356 --> 01:13:59,679 the stands we've taken, the dreams we have, and we've had. 1198 01:14:01,026 --> 01:14:04,063 Everything we've sacrificed to get there. 1199 01:14:05,120 --> 01:14:06,532 (music builds) 1200 01:14:07,195 --> 01:14:08,395 (pumping sound) 1201 01:14:10,996 --> 01:14:12,356 (watch mechanics) 1202 01:14:18,096 --> 01:14:22,085 If you die and 10 minutes before you die, 1203 01:14:22,085 --> 01:14:27,085 you can look in the back and see two traces. 1204 01:14:28,716 --> 01:14:30,755 One trace of love 1205 01:14:30,755 --> 01:14:33,519 and one trace of passion in your job, 1206 01:14:34,686 --> 01:14:39,516 then you have the impression, wow, I did something. 1207 01:14:39,516 --> 01:14:45,284 That means I have given back what life has given me. 1208 01:14:46,056 --> 01:14:49,779 And before leaving, I give back! 1209 01:14:51,096 --> 01:14:52,386 That's success! 1210 01:14:52,436 --> 01:14:53,630 (sweeping orchestral music)