The Naked Watchmaker


“The goal of The Naked Watchmaker is and always has been to inspire YOU, to take the next step in YOUR horological journey.” Daniela Marin


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Daniela Marin

IN 1996 I moved to Le Locle, leaving a great job at the BBC, everything and everyone I knew… Thinking I’d only be here for a few years… Youth, a sense of adventure and possibly one glass of wine too many… I embarked upon a journey that lead me to co-found and develop a luxury watch brand (Speake - Marin), We developed an in-house watch movement that would be named after me (Marin 1) and then I walked away from that partnership. Later through the moment that I considered was the hardest in my life ( how naive I was) came my greatest idea… The answer to a simple but desperate question…

“What the hell do I do next…?”

The Naked Watchmaker was born…

TNW was originally developed in collaboration with P.N.Speake who officially left the project 1st July 2022 and is no longer associated with this project.