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Christophe Guérin, guardian of time

2022-08-31T13:39:48.195Z


PORTRAIT - This expert in old clocks exhibits his most beautiful models in his three Parisian galleries. The last one opened just before the summer, rue de la Paix.


With him, the politeness of kings is a principle.

A duty.

A rule that cannot be broken

.

And, although accuracy is sometimes likened to a form of rigidity, with Christophe Guérin it simply flows naturally.

He is indeed an expert and antique dealer of old clocks.

The "specialist" in XVIII and early XIX models, from the end of the reign of Louis XIV to the end of the First Empire.

One of the most famous in Europe.

It is therefore useless to specify that, on the day of our meeting, he is expecting us at 4 p.m. sharp on the forecourt of his new gallery, rue de la Paix (Paris 1st).

A chewing-gum green suit and a big striped tie, the man has a little hipster side.

Between the Gucci fashion icon of the seventies and the kitsch of the disco years.

Ready to go back in time like the Doc from the

Back to the Future

trilogy .

His own hands got stuck on the golds of royalty.

He is madly in love with it.

An absolute fan.

In my own way, I repatriate French heritage

Christophe Guerin

That day, therefore, it is not the hook he has...

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Source: lefigaro

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