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Calibre 9 · Press

Nine years to make a second tick

The story of Calibre 9, the first movement designed, cut and finished entirely in our own workshop.
Press preview · Geneva · April 2028
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Contents
  1. 01The movementp. 03
  2. 02The handsp. 05
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Chapter 1
01
The movement
212 parts, 31 jewels and a balance wheel that beats four times a second.
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Calibre 9
Small numbers, long hours
212
parts, every one cut in the workshop
72 h
of power reserve from a single barrel
±2 s
a day, tested in six positions for 15 days
41
hours of hand finishing per movement
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Chapter 2
02
The hands
Four watchmakers, one bench, and no movement leaves until each of them has signed it.
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The hands
Why it took nine years

The first drawings for Calibre 9 date from the winter of 2019. The first movement that kept time to our standard was finished in the spring of 2026. Everything between was learning to make parts we had always bought.

The balance spring took three of those years on its own. We now draw and temper it in the workshop, which no house our size had tried.

What you see through the case back is finished by hand on both sides, including the parts nobody will ever see.

Through the case back
Côtes de Genève on the bridges, blued screws, and a gold chaton for the centre wheel jewel.
Calibre 9, prototype 14
Calibre 9
Ninety pieces a year, available to order from June 2028.
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