Ari, a Watch by Eva Leube

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Eva Leube is an independent watchmaker who has worked for some of the top factories and independents in the world, including Ulysse Nardin and Thomas Prescher as well as a movemment specialist for Rolex. That job brought her to Australia and she ended up settling in Manly, near Sydney in 2004.  At Baselworld 2011 she release her first timepiece, named Ari for her son. The Sydney Tarts, a watch and food blog, interviewed her just recently.

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She built the movement into a dramatic curve to allow the watch to fit the wrist in a manner reminiscent of the Gruen Curvex from the 1920s.

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She created the entire movement and the case, everything except the dial ring and the sapphire crystal pieces.

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