Olivier, the great-grandson of Edward Auguste Piguet, one of the founders of the luxury watch brand, gave Options an exclusive interview at the Audemars Piguet boutique at Liat Towers while on a visit to Singapore recently. Audemars Piguet was founded in 1875 and is still in the hands of the founding family.
Olivier Audemars, vice-chairman of the board at Audemars Piguet, on how he is but a steward of the luxury watch company, and why it wants to stay independent
How many people can say that as a seven-year-old, they had already observed a watchmaker put a complicated watch together? Or that their grandfather had explained the movement of a watch to them? Well, Olivier Audemars had this privilege, as he grew up in the Vallée de Joux — the heart of the Swiss Jura and the birthplace of Audemars Piguet.
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