But I decided to sell to restart anything

"I have often compared my company to a good horse." "A good horse, either it sells it to a better rider, or it is aging with him, and eventually bring it to the Meadow", says Emile Péquignet, creator of the elegant watches eponymous, in Morteau, in the Doubs. "A beautiful morning, I thought that I didn't put my business in the meadow and I decided to sell it to another rider."That is why in 2004, thirty years after creating his watch company, the business manager has turned the page. He entered in the watch industry somewhat by chance, at the age of fifteen years, and when he had wanted to steal his own wings, in 1973, he had built a French brand (stamped "swiss made") to the style and quality. But, at the time where others that he had decided to go fishing, for this brilliant competitor, the time of retirement had not yet sounded. The corner that he decided to take would allow him to spend more time with his horses, one of his great passions since childhood, while engaging in a new activity, hotel high range, which had always attracted him and which he attended in its business travel. In the 1990s and early 2000, when its collections were the Zenith, Péquignet watches sold 70 export and nobody did better than their own creator... "If he was not riding, I would have continued, he says today." It was the period where I had become credible, I had shown that create a French watch company was possible. I still had a bright future in watchmaking. But I decided to sell to restart anything. "Child of the country, Emile Péquignet had contracted several passions at a younger age: of horses so - it was vintage asses, mules or comtois horses of his village allies-, accordion, and skiing. He pushed to each far enough and at different times of his life, their combined competition. Ski first of all, in its first years of business leader; jumping obstacle, including the useful with the pleasant and by sponsoring the France stable and riders in top flight; as the accordion, the challenge was for him to record two CDs. A first of tango, the second of waltzes, released a few weeks ago and hailed by the press. "I have the daemon of the competition, I work like that, I need me measure to what is being done. It is a motivation for me.

In dropping the watch for this new project, Emile Péquignet also moved the nature and his childhood. "I travel less, but this does not fail me and I'm much busier here, my work is more physical."His change of life is not the consequence of an overflow of stress - well surrounded by, the business manager could be Eclipse a week to participate in a competition - but fatigue. "He had wanted to give a chance to the company providing the new blood," says Laurence, his wife. "We all had two want to receive people", he said simply. Here at 1,000 meters elevation, with mount Chateleu, as of 2004, they are set to create two guest rooms, a suite and a decade of welcoming boxes for the riders of passage in the beautiful farm comtoise as watchmaker acquired in 1976. Other rooms will follow and the home is constantly improved. Riders or not, guests enjoy the talents of the man of the House, which still raises horses and continued competing in international veterans circuit. Much return. Some have even the chance to see out his accordion...