In 2012, an independent watchmaker from Kosovo named Rexhep Rexhepi wowed Baselworld with his first timepiece, the Tourbillon Chronographe Monopoussoir. The then 26-year-old, who started his career as an apprentice at Patek Philippe, had struck out on his own and founded Geneva-based Akrivia, which means “precision” in Greek.
Fast forward to 2018, and the