THE CREATOR
GILLES ROBERT 11TH GENERATION
Gilles Robert has watchmaking in his genes and creativity in his blood. He works instinctively, intuitively, guided not by method but by the object itself, shaping and feeling his way, attuned to a quiet certitude, an inner voice that can no more be explained than ignored – his gaze.
HISTORY
ROBERT & FILS 1630
Gilles Robert rarely arrives anywhere without a case in his hand. For this teller of stories, there is no other way to travel. Wherever he goes, his objects, images, sketches and notebooks go with him. They are the reality from which these stories grow and which precedes all his creations.
FRIEND OF THE BRAND
JACQUES DUBOCHET
NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY IN 2017
The paths of time can meet where least expected. Off the beaten track — literally. High in the Valais mountains, between forest and sky, Gilles Robert signposted the way to his mayen, inviting nature lovers to spend a quiet moment in this stone and timber hut, a typical feature of the Alpine landscape, and inscribe their thoughts in a simple notebook he left there.