Laurent Ferrier founded his eponymous watch brand in 2009. The son and grandson of watchmakers, he went to watchmaking school before commencing work at Patek Philippe, where he worked on the development of the Nautilus. He has become one of the most revered watchmakers of modern times and has won prizes at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) — in 2010 for the Galet Classic Tourbillon Double Spiral, in 2015 for the Galet Square, and in 2018 for the Galet Annual Calendar Montre École.