Welcome to episode 12 of #Humanfriday. Today we meet our watchmaker Kevin Hoffman, who works in service and production and experiments with materials and colours. An introverted mountain lover six years into his watchmaking career, Swiss-American Kevin loves being part of the team at a small, independent watchmaker like Chronoswiss. He loves the problem-solving nature of watchmaking, and he is passionate about chemically achieving patinations and textures – expect experimental unexpected dials in the near future! According to Kevin you cannot judge a dog by its hair, but you can – to a certain extent – judge the owner by his or her watch. What made you pursue a career in watchmaking? “Every job is unique. To me the concept of watchmaking entails being able to find the problems that are in the watch, whether in its conception stage or when a watch comes in for service. This makes it fascinating: the search for the problem, finding it, fixing it. This gives me true satisfaction.” How...