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BY TOMAS ROSPUTINSKY
DECEMBER 30, 2019
9 MIN READ
https://www.fratellowatches.com/an-i...nder-of-artya/
Let’s get back when it all started when you left the corporate world ten years ago
Anybody that wanted to hire me found about lawsuits hanging on my head from my former partners at Romain Jerome. They told me that I am unemployable and that I will probably end up in jail. Actually, the only guy that trusted me, was already in jail. It was the founder of Jacob & Co. He called me from jail and asked: ‘Could you run my company for me?’ Imagine telling this to my wife.
Dominique: I had no fear. If I was afraid, I would have said something. But I said to myself that it will be okay. It’s strange, but I felt it will work. When Yvan worked for big corporates, he was not himself. He was talented, but he was often frustrated. And he was difficult to manage.
Yvan: With all the lawsuits people looked down to me, my friends were turning their backs to me. But as Bushido says, when you get a kick in the face, you can’t stay on the ground complaining. I had no other choice than starting my own company.
Photo: Mario Gaspar, www.artya.sk
To buy one of your first creations, the Black Belt Watch, customers needed to attach a copy of their black belt award certificate. Has anybody tried to cheat?
(Big laugh) No kidding, we were the first manufacturer that could count how many watches we DID NOT sell. I tell you, it was crazy. So many people submitted fake certificates just to get the watch. But for us, it was easy to check through the worldwide federation. There are 17 million black belts around the world, so I still think that the concept was good. But the way I was managing it, that was weak. If I carried on, we would have gone bankrupt. So, I had to stop and come up with something new.
http://www.totaldesignreviews.com/20...pe-motorcycle/
ArtyA has its own manufacture, something very few Swiss Brands have. The Brand and its manufacture are based in central Geneva. Its indefinable, uncategorizable, innovative and trendsetting collections can be divided into six different families, housed in seven different watch cases, ranging from 38 mm up to 47 mm.
https://www.artya.com/
DECEMBER 30, 2019
9 MIN READ
https://www.fratellowatches.com/an-i...nder-of-artya/
Let’s get back when it all started when you left the corporate world ten years ago
Anybody that wanted to hire me found about lawsuits hanging on my head from my former partners at Romain Jerome. They told me that I am unemployable and that I will probably end up in jail. Actually, the only guy that trusted me, was already in jail. It was the founder of Jacob & Co. He called me from jail and asked: ‘Could you run my company for me?’ Imagine telling this to my wife.
Dominique: I had no fear. If I was afraid, I would have said something. But I said to myself that it will be okay. It’s strange, but I felt it will work. When Yvan worked for big corporates, he was not himself. He was talented, but he was often frustrated. And he was difficult to manage.
Yvan: With all the lawsuits people looked down to me, my friends were turning their backs to me. But as Bushido says, when you get a kick in the face, you can’t stay on the ground complaining. I had no other choice than starting my own company.
Photo: Mario Gaspar, www.artya.sk
To buy one of your first creations, the Black Belt Watch, customers needed to attach a copy of their black belt award certificate. Has anybody tried to cheat?
(Big laugh) No kidding, we were the first manufacturer that could count how many watches we DID NOT sell. I tell you, it was crazy. So many people submitted fake certificates just to get the watch. But for us, it was easy to check through the worldwide federation. There are 17 million black belts around the world, so I still think that the concept was good. But the way I was managing it, that was weak. If I carried on, we would have gone bankrupt. So, I had to stop and come up with something new.
http://www.totaldesignreviews.com/20...pe-motorcycle/
ArtyA has its own manufacture, something very few Swiss Brands have. The Brand and its manufacture are based in central Geneva. Its indefinable, uncategorizable, innovative and trendsetting collections can be divided into six different families, housed in seven different watch cases, ranging from 38 mm up to 47 mm.
https://www.artya.com/
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Thanks for posting this, Mike. 
Thanks for adding this post, Mike.