Cabestan reflects the image of its creator Jean-François Ruchonnet : different, extreme, unconventional. And above all provocative. Referred to by some as the “Bad Boy“ of luxury watchmaking and described by others as a genius of watch design, Jean-François Ruchonnet never hesitates to challenge what is generally accepted. One thing is certain : he leaves no one indifferent.A rebel. An aesthete. Attracted by exceptional mechanisms, Jean-François Ruchonnet is a truly hyperactive creator with a personality that pushes him to the limit of his dreams and desires. Fascinated by extreme sports, he loves piloting boats and airplanes, but even more so, he has become an accomplished race car driver, most recently competing in the Radical European Masters. He lives his dreams going 250 km/hour on legendary race circuits like Spa, Silverstone and Nürburgring. This passion for mechanics is at the heart of his life, and his work, and this is what has enabled him to successfully create timepieces for the most well-known names in watchmaking over the past 25 years.His insatiable need to create led him to conceive a series of watches inspired by purely mechanical images. The concept revolves around the technological rigor found in a trilogy of mechanical universes : race cars, sailboats and airplanes. The idea rapidly evolved in the incredibly imaginative mind of Jean-François Ruchonnet: that of creating works of mechanical art reserved for the most discerning collectors of exclusive timepieces.