Team

Professor in charge of the Casa Pia School of Watchmaking in Lisbon and Technical Delegate of the Swiss Watchmaking Industry in Portugal.

Author, Editor, Researcher of the History of Time and Watchmaking, Consultant in the area of Watch Collecting.

IPR trainer in the area of restoration of thick wooden watch cases.

Founder and Director of the Portuguese Watchmaking Institute.

A watchmaking technician trained at Casa Pia in Lisbon, he currently works at the Hydrographic Institute of the Portuguese Navy.

Specialist in leather goods and goldsmithing, founder of Atelier da Bracelete in 2020, with a degree in Set Design and extensive experience in performing arts. He has basic knowledge of English and Spanish.

Clarinetist at IPR and student of the Alfaiates do Tempo course. Musician in the GNR Symphonic Band, in the “Clarinetes de Santiago” and in the “Duo Encore”.

Responsible for IPR's communications. Designer. Creator of the DezDez Forum, the only space of its kind in Portugal, and the podcast A Hora Certa.

Director of the Professional Watchmaking Technician Course at Casa Pia in Lisbon. Graduated and postgraduate in Electronic Engineering.

My motto in the world of collecting is:
"A collector is a faithful custodian of stories and history"

IRP administrator and student of the Alfaiates do Tempo Course.

Gonçalo Lopes, founder of MEIA LUA Watches, collector and enthusiast, joins the Portuguese Watchmaking Institute to share his passion, knowledge and history of watchmaking.

Miguel Lino Diogo dos Santos, mechanical engineer at CERN, master's degree from the University of Coimbra. Specialist in chronometry, CAD, FEA and project management. Published on watchmaking and mechanical engineering.

IPR trainer in the area of watchmaking finishing. Specializing in Polishing and Lapidary.