The idea of the winders came about in 1990 – one year from the birth of Scatola del Tempo – and it sprang from a personal need of my father’s, who wanted to wind up his Quantièmes Perpétuels effortlessly and without wasting any time. He spent several sleepless nights, thinking the matter over, planning and designing and, in the end, the resulting idea has henceforth changed the way in which automatic watches are wound up. Dad presented his project to Patek Philippe, of which he was a great aficionado and collector. With some help from the technical department, he worked on the winder and put it under a variety of tests for over a year, opting in the end to use it for his own complex watches. It was the beginning of an international success, since up until that moment nothing even slightly similar had ever existed on the market. Taking over my father’s business makes me feel proud. Needless to say his untimely death has inevitably shaken and changed my life and that of my entire family. I miss him so much and there isn’t a single day in which I don’t think about him. During such challenging times, such as this moment of great instability and change, I ask myself what he would have done. However, I treasure among his many teachings the notion of believing in oneself and giving it your best to reach your goals. Those who will, can and I, along with the help of my loved ones, continue to do the job with passion, dedication and the same optimism and self-deprecating spirit. I’m sure that he’s out there somewhere and hasn’t abandoned me, in my heart of hearts I will always be a daughter who wants to make her father proud. My objective is to continue ensuring the brand he created will grow and make sure he will always be remembered as the great man that he was, not purely under a professional point of view but also as a human being. Those
who’ve had the chance to meet him will know what I mean.