The gesture
A trade handed down, a workshop held
Finishing is not an accessory of the piece: it is what the eye touches first. In Le Locle we treat it as a craft.
The founder
Ergin Fifaj
Ergin grew up in a family where watchmaking was not décor.
In 2006 he began his apprenticeship as a watch-case finisher at Patek Philippe. He learned the craft at the source, then broadened his experience in a multi-brand workshop — after-sales finishes, high-end components, different tempos.
At Breguet he continued on high-quality parts, including high jewellery and after-sales finishing. That path now feeds the atelier: the same standard, at the service of manufactures and independents.
Method
How a part moves through the workshop
- 01
Reading
Specification, metal, series or unique piece. The look is fixed before we touch the metal.
- 02
Preparation
Lapidary, deburring, masking. A good finish starts with an honest surface.
- 03
Finishing
Polished, satin, bevelled, blasted, pearled — by hand and machine, as the drawing asks.
- 04
Control
Raking light, comparison, cleanliness. Nothing leaves if one mark remains.
Means
The right tool — made here if needed
Independent polishing benches, bevelling wheels, preparation machines, a lapidary, a satin machine, a slide finisher, and rooms for hand bevelling, straight graining and perlage.
A small mechanics cell makes our own finishing tools. That is how we stay fast without lowering the hand.
Passing it on
Training the next gesture
Fifaj Polissage is a training company. We take apprentices in the trade of watch-case finisher — the same path that started Ergin.
The house is a family one: the trade passes from hand to hand, in Le Locle.
A specification to read together?
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