Auffret is part of the new generation of independent watchmakers who are transforming the scene. He apprenticed with French watchmaker Denis Coperchot, and then Jean-Baptiste Viot while studying at the Lycée Edgar Faure in Morteau. One of the winners of the Young Talent Competition sponsored by the FHH and F. P. Journe in 2018, Auffret made waves with his Tourbillon à Paris, which has since become a subscription series.