Episode 18: Alexandre Voirin of Longines and Carlingue
Time 2 Calibrate17 Mar 2025

Episode 18: Alexandre Voirin of Longines and Carlingue

The guys talk timepieces with Alexandre Voirin, winner of the GPHG Revival Award for his work on the Longines Avigation BigEye, and now head of Carlingue Watches.

0:00 Intro

0:36 Shoutout to listener Carl of Liverpool

1:03 Introduction to Alexandre Voirin

2:28 Wristchecks

5:14 Alexandre's experience at Alain Silberstein

8:20 Moving to Switzerland from France for Longines

12:45 From graphic design to product design

15:00 Striking a balance between heritage design and contemporary expectations

17:50 The GPHG for the Longines Avigation BigEye

20:15 In a big organization like Longines, who decides what gets made?

23:00 The Spirit Collection

27:25 The time between idea and execution

30:35 The watch that got away

32:00 Leaving Longines to start Carlingue

34:20 Working on your own vs working for a big name brand

38:10 How working with Longines has helped with founding Carlingue

40:30 Describing the Carlingue collections and ethos

49:20 Thanks and outro

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