The Maison
A small house, above Geneva.
We have made aviator's watches since 1911. We still make them by hand.
Our story
A century of quiet work.
We began in 1911, in a workshop above the roofs of Geneva. We made cockpit instruments for the first aviators. Altimeters, chronographs, small dials read at speed and altitude.
We took what we knew from the cockpit and drew it thin enough for the wrist. An instrument dressed for a suit. Precise, quiet, worn every day.
Today we make ninety-nine pieces a year. Each is open-worked and finished by one hand. We do not intend to make more.
One watchmaker. One watch at a time.
What we hold to
Four quiet rules.
Independence
We answer to no group.
The hand
Every finish drawn by hand.
Restraint
Ninety-nine a year, and no more.
Openness
The movement, always in view.
The mark
A pivot, two wings.
Our mark is struck by hand into a bridge of every calibre we finish. A small pivot, two swept wings, drawn from the instruments we made for the cockpit.
Beneath it, a number. One to ninety-nine, and the year. Once struck, never repeated.
By appointment
Visit the atelier.
In Geneva, by appointment, or with our representative in your city.