Marteau & Co watch auctions founder Arthur Touchot

Arthur Touchot.

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Founded by Arthur Touchot and Leonard Pictet, the Geneva-based auction house is testing whether the secondary market for independent watches can be smaller, more curated and more favorable to the people who made them.

Marteau & Co watch auctions founder Arthur Touchot