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Jean-Marc Wiederrecht

Jean-Marc Wiederrecht created expressive mechanical complications through collaborations with Hermès, Van Cleef & Arpels and Fabergé. 1

Collaborative work; the source is his associated manufacture.

At a glance

The watchmaking story

Useful places to start with Jean-Marc Wiederrecht's work include Arceau Le Temps Suspendu, Compliquée Peacock, and Harry Winston bi-retrograde perpetual-calendar module with Roger Dubuis. 3

Agenhor is the name recorded for Jean-Marc Wiederrecht's own watchmaking practice. 1234

Jean-Marc Wiederrecht designed, developed or supplied work for Hermès and Van Cleef & Arpels. 1234

Recognition: Prix Gaïa, Craftsmanship-Creation, 2017 2

Scope: Direct watchmaking

Why this person is included

Documented original work

Background and working context

Affiliations and workshops: Agenhor

Geographic ties: Switzerland. Documented workplace / industry location

Brands, workshops, and other relationships

  1. Movement / component supplier or manufacturer · Inherited source-linked record; relationship classification reviewed, sources not reopened

    Agenhor — Own watchmaking practice. Movement and complication creator 1234

    Legacy affiliation: Agenhor. Person-level contribution: Created expressive mechanical complications through collaborations with Hermès, Van Cleef & Arpels and Fabergé.

    Original affiliation wording: Agenhor. No present-day employment or ownership inferred.

  2. Watch brand / watchmaking business · Inherited source-linked record; relationship classification reviewed, sources not reopened

    Hermès — Designed / developed / supplied for. Complication development; collaboration 1234

    Created expressive mechanical complications through collaborations with Hermès, Van Cleef & Arpels and Fabergé.

    Extracted from existing sourced contribution; source not reopened in this pass.

  3. Watch brand / watchmaking business · Inherited source-linked record; relationship classification reviewed, sources not reopened

    Van Cleef & Arpels — Designed / developed / supplied for. Complication development; collaboration 1234

    Created expressive mechanical complications through collaborations with Hermès, Van Cleef & Arpels and Fabergé.

    Extracted from existing sourced contribution; source not reopened in this pass.

  4. Watch brand / watchmaking business · Inherited source-linked record; relationship classification reviewed, sources not reopened

    Fabergé — Designed / developed / supplied for. Complication development; collaboration 1234

    Created expressive mechanical complications through collaborations with Hermès, Van Cleef & Arpels and Fabergé.

    Extracted from existing sourced contribution; source not reopened in this pass.

Evidence and limitations

This dossier connects 4 field-specific evidence records with 4 public sources. Known links only; full career not established

Claim qualifications (4)
  • Noteworthy contribution: Source supports the scoped individual contribution; promotional first/best claims and sole authorship of all house work are not adopted. 1
  • Specific role: Source supports the scoped individual contribution; promotional first/best claims and sole authorship of all house work are not adopted. 1
  • Recognition: The mapping supports this award clause only, not other recognition or biographical fields. Locator: 2017 laureates, Craftsmanship-Creation. 2
  • Representative work: First-person collaborator attribution reported by JX Su. Not an independently established world-first claim. Locator: Wiederrecht account in paragraphs about the Harry Winston collaboration. 3

Sources

  1. Jean-Marc Wiederrecht, lauréat du Prix Gaïa 2017Agenhor · First-party / official · 2025-08-28

    [S0153] Agenhor. "Jean-Marc Wiederrecht, lauréat du Prix Gaïa 2017." 2025-08-28. https://agenhor.ch/prix-gaia-2017/ Accessed 2026-09-13.

    Source context

    Relationship to subject: Subject / successor organization

    How it was checked: Opened and read

    Limitation: Retrospective article about a 2017 award; article date is not the award year. Post-consolidation gap-resolution pass: Original source text inspected; not independent corroboration of every profile clause.

  2. The laureates since 1993Musée international d'horlogerie · Award-organizer record · Not stated

    [S0290] Musée international d'horlogerie. "The laureates since 1993." Not stated. https://www.mih.ch/en/the-laureats/ Accessed 2026-09-13. Locator: Award year and category, individually matched

    Source context

    Relationship to subject: Award organizer's own results list

    How it was checked: Opened and text inspected

    Limitation: Supports named recognition only. Roger Smith (2016 History-research) is not automatically Roger W. Smith the watchmaker.

  3. The True Story of Roger Dubuis (1938-2017)JX Su · SJX Watches · Original interview-based obituary · 2017-10-15

    [S0295] JX Su. SJX Watches. "The True Story of Roger Dubuis (1938-2017)." 2017-10-15. https://watchesbysjx.com/2017/10/the-story-of-roger-dubuis-1938-2017.html Accessed 2026-09-13. Locator: Headline; paragraphs describing Dubuis interview, Wiederrecht collaboration and early collections.

    Source context

    Relationship to subject: Reporter draws on own 2012 interview and an account by collaborator Jean-Marc Wiederrecht

    How it was checked: Opened and text inspected

    Limitation: Headline gives 1938–2017, whereas the body reports age 80. Birth year is explicitly attributed to the headline, not calculated. Shared design attribution and supplied Lemania base are retained; commercial allegations are not imported.

  4. https://agenhor.ch/prix-gaia-2017/ https://www.mih.ch/en/the-laureats/ https://watchesbysjx.com/2017/10/the-story-of-roger-dubuis-1938-2017.htmllinked source

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