About Marco
Marco Tedeschi is a Swiss watch creator and engineer born in Geneva in 1985. His fascination with mechanical watches began by winding watches as a child in his father’s boutique, experiencing the living nature of a mechanical movement.
Trained in Watchmaking and Microtechnical Design at the École Technique de la Vallée de Joux, then at the Geneva School of Engineering, he created, in 2006, his first central tourbillon with a long-power-reserve architecture. A defining decision that shaped every creation that followed and laid the blueprint of his vision.
Form Follows the Movement is Marco Tedeschi’s design philosophy. Style is refined to the purest essentials. A minimalist language designed to serve what matters. Round case, no angles, pure ergonomics. A domed sapphire opening the widest view onto the caliber.
Over the following years, Marco refined his craft at the intersection of engineering, creation and strategy, while completing a Master in Management and Business Administration at HEC Geneva.
In 2020, he began executing the vision he had imagined years earlier: building a fully integrated horological ecosystem. He founded KROSS MANUFACTURE, the industrial backbone and KROSS STUDIO, the collaborative platform that expands creative territory. Together, these structures gave rise to his signature brand: MARCO TEDESCHI. A brand, a horological ecosystem operating as a House of Haute Horlogerie.
1985. THE ORIGIN.
Born in Geneva, Switzerland.
Raised inside watchmaking.
First contact with living mechanics at 8 years old.
Exposure to high jewelry and horology through his father.
Weekends and holidays spent winding mechanical watches.
Discovery of manufacturing departments at Franck Muller’s Watchland.
Design of his first models for Franck Muller at 13 years old.
2001–2004. WATCHMAKING FOUNDATION.
Studies of Watchmaking and Microtechnical Design at the École Technique de la Vallée de Joux (ETVJ).
Design of his first mechanical movement.
Excellence awards from Breguet, Nouvelle-Lémania and Audemars Piguet.
2004–2007. ENGINEERING HIS VISION.
Studies at Geneva School of Engineering. Degree in Microtechnology and Surface Engineering.
Develops a long-power-reserve architecture in 2006 leading to a patented central tourbillon concept: the blueprint for his future House of Haute Horlogerie.
Receives the Wilsdorf Foundation Prize.
His movement concept gains recognition from Jean-Claude Biver.
Joins Hublot’s product committee before graduation.
2007–2018. ENGINEERING MEETS STRATEGY.
Officially joins Hublot in 2007.
Becomes Product Director and Executive Committee member at 22 years old.
Leads product development, production structuring and technical optimization.
Contributes to the creation of the brand’s most iconic models.
Appointed Regional Director Middle East & Africa.
Simultaneously earns a Master in Management and Business Administration from HEC Geneva.
2018-2019. CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
Appointed CEO of Romain Jerome in 2018 at just 33 years old.
Creates a movement integrating a patented moon phase complication.
Transforms the brand into a Manufacture.
Brings case production in-house.
2020. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY.
Start of a creator-led horological ecosystem.
KROSS MANUFACTURE, the engine and structural backbone: a fully integrated industrial platform designed for independence, precision, and long-term expansion.
KROSS STUDIO by MARCO TEDESCHI, a creative and collaborative platform extending the vision beyond traditional watchmaking boundaries.
The Manufacture secures independence and precision.
The Studio drives visibility and expansion.
Together, they serve a single ambition: the emergence of a signature House of Haute Horlogerie.
2025. MAKING TIME IS OWN.
Introduction of the 7 day Tourbillon. The first calibre on a roadmap of 12 reengineered complications. Each built on the same construction principles imagined in 2006.
One philosophy: Form Follows the Movement.
2026. Full Circle
MARCO TEDESCHI: HOUSE OF HAUTE HORLOGERIE
Twenty years after creating his first Central Tourbillon, Marco Tedeschi’s vision comes full circle with MARCO TEDESCHI, an independent House of Haute Horlogerie. More than a brand, a full horological ecosystem.
Introduction of the MT1.1: Le Tourbillon 7 jours, featuring a power reserve displayed at 12 o’clock.