“I often think that sometimes I wish things didn’t work. Because in this business, the production of parts is almost always in a hurry. You know that yourself! And therefore, urgency means that there is little time to finalise the parts and get them out. Hence my initial thought, sometimes I wish I didn’t have the resources to find the solution, but every time, it works! And I have to say that it makes me angry, smile too but still angry! I have come to the conclusion that this job involves suffering and that this suffering is almost beneficial. I did say almost! “
D., jeweller for 35 years
Totally “marteau”
My father was a gem setter, I am a gem setter, a bit by obligation. I used to come to the workshop as a child after school. I did my homework there because my mother worked at night, so it was my father who brought me home. I started...