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Of course you won't become a next Antoine Dufour unless you train hard from year 3 but who the hell cares.

It's based on Dufour and Siegfried maps, which are presented there: [2, 3].

Much of this was thanks to General Dufour afaik, the federalist General.

I would say Dufour is approaching the same legendary status Smith has, especially considering the waiting list (and auctions) for Simplicity models.

Even guys like Dufour and Voutilainen, two of the most respected independents in the watch world, partake in outside work for the big brands like Patek, VC, and AP.

All the work of Dufour (the General of the Swiss Confederation Forces in the Sonderbundskrieg) and his team in measuring, mapping and producing one of the highest quality topographical maps that still holds up today.

Modern flat boats (like the 2017 Dufour I learned on) are highly manouverable at slow speed, we practiced spinning the boat on the spot by using prop wash over the rudder forwards then ticking over in reverse.

While General Dufour (who had commanded the Federal forces in the Sonderbund War) was one of the five-man founding committee, the event that precipitated the founding of the Red Cross was the visit of Henri Dunant to the battlefield at Solferino immediately after the battle.

But Dufour maps use "hachure" [0] lines for relief, not this type of shading, I think.

I don't know if Roger Smith literally makes everything from scratch, but if I recall correctly Philippe Dufour and FP Journe are approximately as "in-house" as he is (though Journe is becoming relatively mainstream these days).

International Committee of the Red Cross and The First Geneva Convention are part of General Dufour's legacy.

I especially recommend the 'Dufour Map' and the 'Siegfried Map' from the 19th century, the earliest official maps of the country.

The market for reselling an independent-made timepiece is also lower (though in the case of someone like Smith or Dufour, this is probably not a concern).