AURUM & NOIR

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Genève — Haute Horlogerie

AURUM & NOIR

The Eclipse — Tourbillon Chronograph

Time, kept in the dark.

Eleven months in the making.

Never twice.

Most watches ask to be seen. The Eclipse prefers to be found.

I — Provenance

Crafted in Darkness

Beneath Geneva, in a workshop without windows, one watchmaker builds each Eclipse — from first screw to final seal.

Eleven months. One pair of hands. Nothing leaves before it is worthy.

II — Detail

Closer.

Indices of solid gold, applied by hand.

The tourbillon breathes — 21,600 beats an hour.

Sapphire, front and back. Nothing to hide.

IV — Architecture

217 components.
One intention.

01 Case42 mm — grade-5 titanium
02 Reserve72 hours, fully wound
03 Movement217 components, assembled once

V — In Numbers

The arithmetic of restraint.

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Pieces, worldwide

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Components

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Hours of reserve

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Months to build

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Beats an hour

VI — The Making

Eleven months. Four acts.

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Machining

Three months inside a single billet of grade-5 titanium.

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The movement

Six months. One watchmaker. No assistants.

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Assembly

Six weeks in a room without windows.

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Regulation

Twenty-one days of listening to it breathe.

VII — The Edition

Edition of 88

$48,000

Each piece numbered by hand. None repeated.

VIII — Allocation

The list is private.

88 pieces worldwide. One per client.

Received. You will hear from us.