Vartan sirmakes biography of martin

Co-founded by master watchmaker Franck Muller and Armenian-born business man and watch-case specialist Vartan Sirmakes, Franck Muller Watchland is one of the most acclaimed Swiss watch companies.

Established in 1991, the House of Franck Muller is known for its highly exclusive technical complications, which are proprietary innovations, produced in-house within its Manufacture in Genthod, Geneva.

It was at the end of the 80s, Franck Muller and Vartan Sirmakes met. They shared a passion for watchmaking each of them with vast complementary experience in the field.

At the time, Franck Muller was making his own models under the “Franck Geneva” brand. The notable horological masterpieces created by him during the 1980s were a Tourbillon with jumping hours, a Tourbillon with Minute Repeater and an inverted Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar with Minute Repeater.

As for Vartan Sirmakes, he made cases for several fine watchmaking brands in a workshop he had set up i