How To Craft a Milanese Bracelet Or Any Types of Chains
Hello to all,
In today’s video we had the great opportunity of visiting the pretty surprising workshop of Laurent Jolliet, the last chain maker still in business here in Switzerland, crafting bracelets by hand and we got to find out how Milanese bracelets were made. There is unfortunately a lot at stake, since this craft is no longer being taught an unfortunately we could well lose this expertise if no one takes over.
Laurent was trained as a jeweller, at the time chain making was part of the training, and he showed us the different techniques enabling to create almost endless possibilities of metal bracelets.
We hope you will enjoy this video and by the way you may ask him to craft any type of bespoke bracelet. If you’re interested, don’t hesitate to contact us and we will pass it on to him.
All the very best & Viva Hand Made Crafts!!
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This art doesn't have to fade away. I too love chain making but have no avenue to learn. If he starts a channel I will be his first and biggest supporter.
Really so mesmerising to see his art in making each item salute to him looking forward for more videos. Thank you Sir 👌
My favorite watch channel just overdid itself. I never thought my jaw would drop to the floor because of a watch strap. Just incredible. Thanks for sharing.
Oh, that's super nice to read, thanks so much 🙏🙏🙏
Chain links are my favourite jewellery type, I loved this video, thank you guys for sharing I would love to see more thing like this.
Amazing pieces indeed! I would really love to get that training! Thank you for sharing!
I absolutely agree! This craft should be preserved. Thank you for this great interview.
Very welcome and thanks for the comment
This was the widest selection of chain design, all in one place! Thank you for sharing your ideas.♥️
You are very welcome and thanks a lot for your comment, highly appreciated, very happy you liked it!!
Fascinating! True craftsmanship like that is an art! Thank you for another great video
Very welcome and thanks for the kind comment
Beautiful. Greatness
What a joy it is to watch a master craftsman at work. I will, in future, give the Milanese bracelet the respect it deserves. Great video, thanks.
Thank you very much!
Fascinating, and a lost art....thank you for sharing!!
Glad you enjoyed it
I love you guys for this sort of videos! Thanks again!!
Thanks so much for this very appreciated comment 🙏🙏
Good content! Really enjoy that you look at the craftsmanship. I wish the chain maker all the best so his craft won´t be forgotten.
We hope so too 🙏🙏
Thank you for making this video. I am in awe. Laurent is a master, and so young. I want to make most of the chains in the video. If I can't find instructions, I'll figure it out, which will obviously be difficult for some. I have the utmost respect and admiration for Mr. Jolliet.
Um dos melhores ourives do mundo e com humildade pra mostrar seus conhecimentos de forma tão generosa! Parabéns aos idealizadores do vídeo, foi uma aula!
This is so lovely!
Great craftsmanship.
Increíble, magnífico trabajo.
What charming, honest talented Artist. I’ll be giving these chain making techniques a try in one of the Lapidary Club classes, this year. Thank-you very much.
You are very welcome and thanks so much for your comment, always very appreciated! Happy new Year
Absolutely gorgeous and amazing to watch the process
Thanks so much and very happy you enjoyed it! Best to you
These works he makes are absolutely beautiful! I think it'd be wonderful if we could get more programs to bring back the love of chainmaking back out there around the world. Much love friends from a chainmaker to you
Excellent and we hope to contribute to this indeed!!! All the best
Incredible
Super clean studio!!!
Your scream 😱, me too 😂. What a wonderful craftsman. Thanks , Marc Andre 👍.
Very happy you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching
What an amazing video. Thank you so much for sharing. I had no idea these straps could be done entirely by hand. It is also nice to see you promoting Swiss artisans we didn’t even know existed.
Most welcome, makes us happy too 🙏🙏
So many beautiful bracelet choices!
They are!
Beautiful, this guy is a true caftsman. Viva Chainmaking!
Totally is, thanks 🙏
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Fascinating, I really want one 😁 Viva watchmaking and thanks for sharing !
Very welcome and that would be great
I love these fine fluid milanaise bracelets, hope his craft stays alive. The simple milanaise and the beads of rice bracelet had some sort of comeback it seems but they are mostly made in industrial quality but even they are fun to wear so I can only imagine how such a bracelet in handmade quality must feel in the hands and on the wrist...
Extremely nice, I confirm you this ;) All the very best to you
I’d like to start selling chains/bracelets in the near future. Gold, silver, titanium. I have a Milanese loop Apple Watch and I very much want to learn the Milanese chain. Also got them Italian roots so keep an eye out for an Italian name brand :)
Fantastic. Great to see an artisan at work 👍🏻
Many thanks for this
This exactly what I've been looking for, thank you.
Very happy to hear it! Thanks for watching
4:38 and the award for "most satisfying moment" goes to....
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Absolutely extraordinary video to watch
That's very nice of you, thanks so much and we're really happy you enjoyed it! Best to you
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Very cool! Please more videos of manufacturers of any kind, very interesting!
Excellent Marc....Thank you...Vive.
Many thanks
Oh wow!
I hope this guy gets customer, amazing work. I'm drooling over that milanese strap.
super beautiful
Beautiful!
Thank you!
Great vid thanks for doing all that was necessary .. really good information . Thank you
Very welcome, your comment makes us extremely happy 🙏🙏
Beautiful Craft that should be supported to last .
Marc Andre: "How classy is it to have your own chain bracelet made by hand only for you!!!" Me: Oh, oh, ... price alert!!!
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This video is very interesting. One of the most informative I've seen. I don't understand why the industry and country of Switzerland would let this great tradition fade away. Thanks for making this.
Unfortunately good question! Thanks for the comment and best to you
Most excellent
Great craftsmanship
Sure is 👍👍
wonderful episode. Great to recognize and be able to watch grand artisan "peripheral" producers!
Watchmaking is a big ecosystem and we love to show all these behind the scene artisans 👍👍🙏
Wonderful
good idea👍💪💪
hermoso trabajo
Fascinating
🙏🙏
J’adore qu’est-ce que vous faites🥰
Amazing work
Thanks a lot for the comment 😊
I really hope this craftsmanship is not lost!
Un trabajo espectacular y un gusto exquisito para lograr tan maravillosos diseños. Felicidades!
8:09 cette chaîne est incroyable!!! bravo!!
En effet!!
Omg i finally find that video respect guys
Excellent content
Wonderful story, thank you
Very welcome
WOnderful! Thank you!
Our pleasure!
I have been doing some things with wire chain mail and various other things with copper wire I do enjoy these ideas of creative concepts i have seen some stuff done by other artists who speak Russian showing off skills of this nature and yours by far more interesting if you have any video on how to make nice chains like those you showed us i am all ears awesome work thank you for sharing
Amazing 🤩 I want to learn
Muy. Interesante. Excelente
C'est très joli travail
Great video. Thanks!
Very welcome and thanks for watching 👍👍
Hi. I am a goldsmith and I have always wondered how the milanese bracelet is made. Truly beautiful. I would like to learn how to introduce this craft into my designs. Now the fun begins.
Some of these bracelets would look great on a luxury watch. Especially with the hand finished polishing that high end watchmakers do. You'd think his business would be booming in Switzerland.
One would hope so, but bot really so i really hope things will go in the right direction, both for him and for the craft in itself.
I love this . I would love to learn this skill too. I can make some types of chains . I'm a jeweller too. I learn from what I see other jewellers do
I had no idea how these chains and bracelets were made, really interesting handcraft and prowess. cool video, Keep rocking the mullet I see :) Marc, cheers
Hahahaha, definitely going that direction 🤪
It’s a shame. There used to be so many of them. Patek, Chopard and all these brands used to use them. Now it’s so rare. Merci Marc-André for covering this! It’s incredible!❤️
Happy you like this different one 👍🙏
IF Laurent Jolliet would put together a set of DVD's showing the chain making process, the art wouldn't be lost. Maybe there isn't enough interest locally, but on a global scale I'm sure there would be a market for the DVD's. Just the views on this video are currently at 72,910 views. I would love to see this art form kept alive.
Like i did last time too. Liked your video before watching it 🙃. Amazing to see the craft. 💗💖
Makes us happy, thanks 🙏
Amazing work! Thanks for sharing Marc. One thing I love about milamese bracelets is that they never show scratches ;)
And they are so comfortable!!!
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I'm all about the internals ..i thought lets see one of the other artisan crafts which make up the whole piece ....and WOW ...just wow...i was amazed. What a guy. ..his work is immense ..like so many in watchmaking.
Thanks for the appreciative comment 🙏🙏
When I heard that he was the last chainmaker, I felt sorry for all those unknown and underestimated amazing craftsmen who create beautiful and spectacular things (including chains) with ordinary pliers and files in their hands, not machines for several hundred thousand euros. Kudos to them!
Hey Marc, definitely give him feedback to upgrade the website, I would love to see his work, get an idea of cost and timelines and maybe even design a necklace, it's tough when not knowing even the baseline cost
Will tell him so 😉👍👍
Love this.. Please make videos of every chain... I want to learn..
Ok, we hear you
Wonderful craft...
And surprising too
@@WATCHESTVcom really good video
Very fantastic your work look like designs my purchase fancy bracelet 👌
Really nice and very hard 👌😊
Fascinating video. So you but him in such with some one like Parmigiani Fleurier.
Im very interesting this chainmaker sir
awesome.
Thank you! Cheers!
Отличный обзор, спасибо вам 👍
hypnotically beautiful
Cool 👍👍👍👍
Thanks for video. Hope will new video related to chain
Excellent craftsmanship! Can he work with exotic materials like titanium? I see Citizen has their Super Titanium, and Tissot uses it also.
How do I contact him to Commission a piece of jewelry. Also how do I stay informed on his progress with an apprenticeship program. Would love to learn his craft.
If I was 15 years younger I would definitely go into this looks cool
I would really love to learn from this expertise.
بسیار بسیار عالیست....
I'd love to apprentice w someone like him.
Very cool, specs frame, may I ask which brand is it? :)
فيديو. روعة رائع جدا. انا احب ذلك الستراب
I am so happy to see someome else with less than perfect finger nails! I feel so much better about ione now. Also wondering oif my Sharks mesh (Omega) bracelet is hand made?
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@@WATCHESTVcom Yes, i n retrospect, I thought that to be a silly question.
Don’t worry i was referring to the nails ;) but yes most probably machine made for the Omega version 👍
There is any archive of the coin craft shown at this video !? Would be amazing if it’s possible to recreate this handcraft chain
КРАСИВО!!! И СТАНКИ КЛАССНЫЕ НАМ БЫ ТАКИЕ))) А ТО ВСЁ РУКАМИ ДЕЛАЕМ((( . ПРИВЕТ ИЗ МОЛДАВИИ!!!
Grazie mille
Very welcome!
Video bạn chia sẻ rất hay chúc bạn thành công trong cuộc sống nhé
This gentleman is a treasure. I always wanted a watch with nice Milanese bracelet. I wonder if there are watches that comes with great Milanese bracelet of this great craftsmanship or if there is any bracelet ready to purchase from him without making custom order.
He doesn’t have any stock since he really adapts for each situation