CHARLES GIRARDIER, THE contemporary independent watch brand founded only a few years ago that picked up an award at the 2020 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG), owes its existence primarily to two people: Patrick Ulm, a Swiss native whose career in wealth management exposed him to the finer things, and, strangely enough, Agatha Christie.
“What I found interesting was that the pocket watch was really
