About

Roland Baptiste has been an engraver for over thirty years.

 

 From the start, he never stopped perfecting his work in order to master his Art to the highest degree.

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Originally from the city of Liège in Belgium and son of an engraver, it is naturally that his work was oriented towards engraving on hunting weapons given the gunsmith past of this city.

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His quality of execution leads him to work for the biggest brands in this field all over the world and more mainly in England where the most prestigious and historic Houses are gathered.

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His desire to preserve his freedom of expression and his creativity led him to refuse to comply with the constraints of mass production, sometimes for well-known brands. 

 

Passionate about watches since his adolescence, R.Baptiste has always kept an eye on 

the watch industry.

The meticulousness and the precision of execution are qualities which share the trade of watchmaker and that of engraver as understood by R.Baptiste.

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The idea of making a timepiece becomes clearer year after year...

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Keeper of know-how.

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For R. Baptiste, it is time to act. For many years there has been a domination of machine work to such an extent that less experienced amateurs no longer know how to distinguish between machine and hands.

Admittedly the machine can do a perfect job but this perfection provides a rendering that is cold and soulless and it shows!

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The concept.

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"Originality must be in order but without being excessive or ostentatious".

R. Baptiste wants to keep "workshop smells" in his creations.

They must have a space dedicated to engraving and be recognizable.

The unique and personalized sides will be essential! It is necessary to touch the amateurs of beautiful objects and essentially to share the love of the beautiful work through the know-how of each Craftsman participating in its realization.