Maison fondée 1891 · Vallée de Joux
The Méridien Calibre A-91.
Hand-finished. One watchmaker, start to end.
We make fewer than four hundred watches a year. Each one passes through a single pair of hands, takes eleven weeks to finish, and is meant to outlast the person who first wears it.
Machined from a single block of grade 5 titanium, then brushed and polished by hand across 64 separate facets. It sits 9.8 mm on the wrist, slim enough to slip under a cuff.
Each dial is fired in a kiln at 800°C until the enamel settles into a depth no print can copy. Roughly one in three survives inspection. The rest are destroyed.
An in-house automatic movement with a free-sprung balance and twin barrels for 72 hours of reserve. Every bridge is bevelled and polished by hand, including the ones you will never see.
Cut from a single hide in Tuscany, saddle-stitched with waxed linen, and fitted with a titanium pin buckle. Swap it in seconds with the tool-free quick release.
Watchmaker per watch, from first part to final regulation
Components in the A-91 calibre, every one finished by hand
Weeks from the first cut to the first tick
Watches made last year, and not one more
Our atelier sits above a bakery in Le Brassus, as it has since 1891. There is no production line. Each watchmaker builds a watch from loose parts, signs the movement, and services it for life.
“When a watch comes back to us in forty years, the hands that open it will know exactly who closed it.” Élise Marchand, Master Watchmaker
“The quietest watch at the fair, and the one everyone came back to.”
“Finishing that would embarrass watches at three times the price.”
“An heirloom from the day it leaves the box.”
Book an unhurried appointment at one of our three boutiques. A watchmaker will walk you through the collection over coffee, with no obligation.