Work with Manfredi Calamai

I’m open to conversations with watch brands, design teams and recruiters about senior watch-design roles, freelance commissions and selected collaborations. Tell me what you are building, hiring for or trying to resolve.

Your note will be read by a real person—me, usually with coffee and good intentions. If it’s urgent, say so.

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Common Reasons People Write In (A Non-Exhaustive List of Regrets)

  • Custom longboards & peculiar objects
    Things made from other things, things that used to be different things, and things that should probably remain theoretical but won’t.

  • Book-related confusion
    Questions such as “Is this real?”, “Should I be worried?”, and “At what point did this get out of hand?”

  • Collaborations & professional misadventures
    Press inquiries, exhibitions, joint ventures, and projects that sound like a bad idea until you say them out loud, at which point they sound better.

  • Website matters
    Typos, broken links, missing images, or deep existential concerns about fonts, spacing, and whether the button reallywants to be that color.

  • General life interference
    Unsolicited wisdom, helpful distractions, half-formed ideas, and messages that begin with “I don’t know if this makes sense, but…”

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