Year In Review: The #7 Story of ’22: Paying A Visit To O.G. Casemaker Jean-Pierre Hagmann At Akrivia
Rexhepi, who started his career as an apprentice at Patek Philippe, has long been aware of the reverence that surrounds Hagmann’s work. “At 15, I was dreaming that maybe one day I would have one case from him,” he says, laughing. “I never forgot that dream, even after I started [Akrivia] in 2012, I would mention it to friends. In 2019, one of them said, ‘Why haven’t you ever contacted him? You talk about him all the time.'”