Peter Speake-Marin
Speake-Marin is an independent Swiss manufacture run by a passionate watchmaker. Its goal is to produce exclusive watches capable of standing the test of time – both technically and aesthetically. The manufacture was created by Peter Speake-Marin, a master watchmaker from Britain, graduate of Hackney Technical College in London and the prestigious WOSEP (Watchmakers of Switzerland Educational Program) in Neuchâtel. Speake-Marin is also a member of Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants (AHCI).
For many years he worked in Somlo Antiques, a company from London specializing in the restoration and selling of historical watches. Speake-Marin cooperated also with well-knowns Swiss manufactures like MB&F, Christophe Clatrt or Roger Dubuis. He has been making his own mechanical watches since 2000. His manufacture is located in a little village of Bursins by Lake Geneva. Speake-Marin has also experimented with the silver screen: in 2014, he was a consultant to Pierce Brosnan who was preparing for the role of a watchmaker in “Survivor”. Nowadays, Brosnan is a brand ambassador of Speake-Marin manufacture, which combining the English classic elegance and Swiss technology.