Michel Nydegger - Inside Greubel Forsey

In most industries, power is measured by growth.
In watchmaking, there are rare exceptions — institutions that derive authority not from expansion, but from refusal. From limiting production. From resisting compromise. From maintaining standards that cannot be scaled.
Michel Nydegger, CEO of Greubel Forsey, leads one of the most uncompromising houses in modern horology at a pivotal moment in its history. As the brand transitions from founder -led stewardship to institutional continuity, the question is no longer just how to preserve excellence — but how to govern it.
In this episode of Watches & Politics, we explore the idea of restraint as power. We discuss what independent watchmaking represents in a global luxury system driven by growth, how succession in ultra-high horology mirrors political transition, and how legitimacy is protected when access is deliberately limited.
This is a conversation about discipline:How standards become authority.How scarcity becomes structure.And how institutions endure when excellence is non-negotiable.

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