Born in 1976 in Lima, Peru (South America) Adopted in Switzerland since 1980.

I have never been an exemplary student because I did not like school; after compulsory school and one year of pre-apprenticeship at the CPLN (Neuchâtel, Switzerland) where I discovered the craft of watchmaking, I started working in a movement assembly plant in La Chaux-de-Fonds at the age 15 years. I started at the bottom of the chain by sorting screws, driving in ball bearings on oscillating weights etc…

Three years later I followed a watchmaking training at the Battenberg Foundation in Biel. Several years of line work followed in various businesses including, Sellita, ETA, Longines, BNB Concept, La Confrérie Horlogère (Watchmaking Brotherhood), Officine Panerai. All along this journey of 21 years in the field of watchmaking, life did not spared me.

After the bankruptcy of the company BNB Concept in 2008, my life was a great descent into hell. Job loss, divorce, no more vehicle, and many other misadventures.

Throughout this period I had great difficulty in making ends meet, while unpaid bills, electricity cuts, rental arrears caused the fact that one day I was evicted from my apartment and found myself on the streets. And after two months at a hotel until this famous place in the Foyer du Rocher (a hostel for adults in financial difficulties), I find myself living with several other people like me, in a precarious situation with very different experiences and backgrounds.

The days passed by and links were forged with other residents for many possessed incredible skills hence came the idea of ​​grouping each other with some residents. That is how this adventure  that is dear to our heart took shape and how it proves to ourselves that we are worth something and that if we get together we can accomplish great things.