Atelier Mille?sime was established in 2018 by longtime Singaporean watch collector Benjamin Chee, also the founder of Benjamin Chee Haute Horlogerie.  Atelier Mille?sime translates as ?vintage workshop,? and the brand is a workshop in both a literal and figurative sense – taking design influences from disparate eras and reimagining them in an altogether superior vision. The choice of a Swiss-French name honors the origins of the watches, all of which are handcrafted in a family-owned workshop in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, and their ancestral design tradition.

The company’s concept of ?fantasy vintage? draws design influences from the great classic wristwatches of the Art Deco period as well as the mid-20th century, joining these element together for a sum that is greater than the parts ? combining, for example, teardrop lugs and sector dials ? and at the same time raising the bar higher by improving the build quality and reliability of the movements used as compared with their vintage counterparts.
Atelier Mille?sime takes charming elements of esteemed vintage watches from the 1930s (i.e., sector dials), and the 1950s and ’60s (curvaceous teardrop lugs, multiple types of textures and finishing on the dial), combines them with more contemporary design cues (vivid yet warm dial colors), and significantly improves the final design over the original vintage sources of inspiration (raised rather than printed markers on the dials, intricate case finishin...