Since nineteen eleven
A hundred years, kept slowly.
The maison has changed owners once and its mind never. What follows is the short version, told in five dates.
1911
A bench above a bakery
Henri Aevum sets up a single bench in Geneva and signs his first movement on a Sunday, when the workshop below is quiet.
1948
The Calibre takes its name
After two decades of revisions, the house freezes a design. It loses less than a second a day and is still the basis of every watch we make.
1969
We decline to make a quartz
While the industry turns to batteries, the maison keeps to the mainspring. The decision nearly closes the doors, and is the reason they are still open.
1994
The archive is opened
Every watch ever sold is recorded by hand. An owner may send a piece back across three generations and have it returned as it left.
2026
Fifty a year, no more
Production is capped on purpose. One watchmaker can finish only so much by hand, and we will not ask for more than a hand can give.
The next date is yours to set.