Jean-François Ruchonnet

Jean-Francois Ruchonnet
Born: 23 July 1965, Cluses, France
Occupation: Watchmaker, designer, creator

Jean-François Ruchonnet (Cluses, 23 July 1965) is a Swiss watchmaker, designer and creator in luxury sector.[1]

Jean-Francois Ruchonnet has started his career in the technical division and R&D at Chopard. After he left Chopard in 1999 he pioneered a number of 3D animations in timekeeping. During his 30 years of experience in luxury sector and watch industry he has designed for such well-known brands as De Grisogono, Breguet, TAG Heuer, etc. In 2004 he launches famous and innovative yachting-influenced watches Cabestan. Among other creations Jean-Francois Ruchonnet gave birth to such well-known watches as: Double Tourbillon Breguet;[2] TAG Heuer Monaco V4;[3] Cabestan Winch Tourbillon Vertical;[4] Scuderia Ferrari One by Cabestan;[5] Cabestan Nostromo;[6] Marvin Malton 160 Ronde;[7] Snyper One Watch.[8] etc.

In 2011 Jean-Francois Ruchonnet (together with naval architect Jean-Jacques Coste) has entered the yachting industry with one of the most revolutionary projects 48m CXL Trimaran,[9] the first sailing trimaran of this size ever to be built with folding hull beams.

References

External links

    This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/2/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.