Speake Marin

Identity and scope

Speake Marin is an independent Swiss watch manufacture with British design roots.

This guide treats that identity as the starting point. It does not transfer line-level history to an individual watch without matching reference evidence. 1

Historical position

The official maison profile describes the brand's creation by English watchmaker Peter Speake and its later development in Switzerland.

The date and context belong to the event described, not automatically to every object bearing the name. 1

What the source establishes

The cited Speake Marin record is the evidence anchor used here for Speake Marin. Its documented scope is narrower than a complete corporate, calibre, or model archive.

Where the source speaks for the brand, its historical statements remain attributed rather than converted into independent verification. 1

Identify the exact watch

Record every visible dial signature, the complete case-back reference and serial markings, movement or module markings, dimensions, materials, and complications. Compare those details with a dated catalogue, manual, archive extract, or service document for the exact reference.

A shared logo or broadly similar case is an identification lead, not proof of age, originality, or authenticity. 1

Keep entities and dates separate

No specific date is established by this guide. Use only the documented context described above. Names may survive ownership changes, disappear and return, or refer to a founder, historic maker, product line, and present operator at different times.

Build an object-level chronology before making continuity claims. 1

Research a Speake Marin watch

Start with clear photographs of the dial, case back, crown, clasp, and movement where safely accessible. Search the exact markings in primary documentation and retain the document date and page or section.

For authentication, servicing, or valuation, use a qualified specialist and preserve provenance, invoices, and prior service records. 1

Independent research update

Speake Marin is a Geneva-based independent luxury watch brand founded in 2002 by Peter Speake and Daniela Marin.

The brand continued after Peter Speake's founding period under Christelle Rosnoblet's leadership.

WatchTime reports that French entrepreneur Christelle Rosnoblet took over the brand in 2012; current brand material identifies her as CEO.

Speake Marin states that its watches are produced, assembled and controlled at Le Cercle des Horlogers in Neuchâtel, an atelier closely linked through Rosnoblet's shareholding. 234