How do Watchmaking and jewelry intertwine? | INHORGENTA 2026

Presenter: Scarlett Baker, International watch journalist, UK Speakers: - Jean-Bernard Forot, Senior Manager Heritage, Piaget, Switzerland - Francesca Grima, Artistic Director, Grima Jewellery, UK - Scott Wempe, Limited Partner and Co-Head of Business Development, Wempe, Germany Scarlett Baker is a London-based writer and editor working at the intersection of horology, fashion, and culture. Alongside her role as Managing Editor of heist-out, an independent concept magazine challenging the storytelling around watchmaking, she is a contributor to GQ, Esquire, and Highsnobiety. Through her work, she advocates for a broader, more inclusive perspective on watch culture, expanding who and what the industry speaks to. Jean-Bernard Forot was born in craftmanship. His father, a carpenter and a woodworker, was both an artisan and a craftsman. In his village of the French mountain region of Isère, Forot grew up around his father’s workshop and his parents’ clients. He was still in Junior High when the family took a trip to the capital to visit the Louvre’s Galerie d’Apollon. Still a teenager, Forot was struck by the magnificence of the French Crown Jewels. “I was so in awe of it, I think this is where my fascination with the world of high jewellery originated”, he says. Eager to sublimate, assist and encourage artists’ vision, Forot studied business with the firm intention of integrating the word of luxury jewelry. He got a Master’s degree in Marketing and Business at Grenoble École d