Clemence Photic Diver

"A digital Mickey Mouse first sparked my interest in watches, but that was the early 90s and I was still running around in light-up trainers and swinging off trees. Growing up, Dad would tell me stories about my late Grandfather, Poppa Tom. He had passed away 30 years earlier but Dad always kept several mementos of him close by; Poppa Tom’s war medals, a photo of him looking lovingly at Nanna, and his watch, a gold Universal Genève. A child of curiosity, I remember being fascinated by this timepiece, trying it on next to Micky. As the loose strap slipped down my scrawny forearm, Dad would recall stories of Poppa Tom riding his motorbike through the Lake District and the two of them restoring a Mk1 Mini together. The watch was, and still is, a time machine to these moments. This is how I fell in love with watches. A few decades later and Poppa Tom’s watch now fits, snuggly in the same notch he wore it. Imbued by those early memories, my vision is to create watches that will go the distance, with a spirit of adventure and legacy."