Writer François Chaille is passionate about art history, fashion, jewelry, and horology. Throughout his career he has published some fifteen works, with notable examples including The Book of Ties (Flammarion, 1994), Cartier Creative Writing (Flammarion, 2000), Girard Perregaux (Flammarion, 2005), Audemars Piguet: Master Watchmaker Since 1875 (Flammarion, 2011), The Beauty of Time (Flammarion, 2018), and Coloratura (Flammarion, 2018).