Long-time team member at Greubel Forsey, Didier Cretin inaugurated the Signature series in 2016, for which one watchmaker, chosen for their talent and original approach to watchmaking, creates their own timepiece within Greubel Forsey’s universe and co- signs it with Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey. This project, which aims to showcase watchmaking skills, is reminiscent of the Naissance d’une Montre project, which archives techniques that are starting to disappear. The Signature project intends to further extend this desire to convey our particular vision of ne watchmaking to future generations: that of timepieces primarily designed by visionary men and women, served by excellent technology and expertise, which must be preserved.

Didier Cretin designed a hand-wound watch with three hands, without a tourbillon function, which in- stead features an exclusively designed Greubel Forsey balance wheel. In this new version in platinum, the o -centred placement of its dial in anthracite black-coloured gold forms a contrasting counterpoint to the mechanical contents. The dial, minimal and at, invites the eye to explore the interwoven lines of the watch’s metallic, architectural depths. This is a complex watch creation that is characterised by great restraint. The hour-ring and minute-circle appear in white. An individual number is engraved by hand on the back of the timepiece.

A total of eleven platinum Signature 1 pieces will be produced.