Old School by Massena LAB and Luca Soprana

"There is a loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock." - Charles Bukowski

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Old School by Massena LAB and Luca Soprana

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Massena LAB is proud to announce the release of Old School, our first collaboration with independent watchmaker Luca Soprana.

Old School is a concept watch that began as both an experiment and a study of an aspect of watchmaking previously unexplored by Massena LAB — the montre d’école. A traditional montre d’école, translating literally to “school watch”, is a watch that is designed and crafted by an apprentice watchmaker at the conclusion of their studies. The finished montre d’école is then evaluated to determine whether or not the apprentice may call themselves a true watchmaker. Some montres d’école are finished so elaborately that they require a full year of work to complete, and the most talented apprentice-watchmakers create their own movements. It is this attention to detail, dedicatio

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Name Old School by Massena LAB and Luca Soprana
Movement Caliber LS01 hand-wound movement
Functions Hours, minutes, and seconds
Features Stepped, sector dial made from German silver and plated with rhodium and gold, movement by independent watchmaker Luca Soprana, anti-glare sapphire crystal with display back, exclusive watch strap made for Massena LAB by Jean Rousseau Paris.
Case 41.5mm stainless steel, 11mm thickness
Crystal Sapphire crystal front and display back
Bracelet Midnight blue alligator strap, made in France by Jean Rousseau Paris, with stainless steel tang buckle
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Stepped, sector dial from maillechort with rhodium and gold plating and midnight blue markings Hand-wound movement by independent watchmaker Luca Soprana 41.5mm stainless steel case Anti-glare, flat sapphire crystal on dial and display back

ABOUT THE WATCHMAKER


Luca Soprana was born in Valdagno, Italy, where his family has owned and operated a watch repair shop for four generations. Growing up in and around the family shop, where he would work during the school holidays, Soprana developed a keen interest in everything mechanical — especially the movements of highly precise marine chronometers.

At 26, Soprana relocated to Switzerland to take study at WOSTEP, where he was a contemporary of Kari Voutilainen and studied under Stephen McDonald. Later, Soprana would become a teacher at the same school.

After leaving WOSTEP, Soprana worked for various manufactures and watchmakers in Switzerland including Vulcain and Vianney Halter, where he worked on the TRIO and the Janvier N˚1. Later, at BNB Concept, a manufacture of highly complicated watch movements, Soprana worked as the head of its prototyping workshop where he helped develop the Concord Tourbillon Gravity. Soprana then went to work for Patek Philippe, and then for Rolex, before deciding to establish his own, independent atelier, 7h38, in the castle of Vaumarcus.

Most recently, Soprana has worked to develop the Astronomia Tourbillon for Jacob & Co.and the DPW 01 for Derek Pratt, along with other, confidential projects.

Soprana lives near Neuchâtel, Switzerland with his wife and three children. When he is not in his workshop, you may find him out skiing or sailing around Lake Neuchâtel.

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