VernholtAtelier,
Independent watchmaking
Le Brassus, Vallée de Joux
Since 2011
TheMeasuredHour.
Thirty-six watches a year. Each one is made for a single wrist, from the first drawing to the last screw.
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Commission No. 0217
Steel, 38 mm, hand-wound. Fitted over three visits to the atelier.
Case flank, brushed then bevelled by hand
The practice of
Hand-finishedmovements
Every bridge is bevelled, grained and polished by one watchmaker. Their initials sit under the balance wheel, where only a watchmaker will look.
Calibre VH-01 at actual size. 132 parts, 21 jewels, one pair of hands.
From first visit to delivery: fourteen months
Dedicatedto yourmeasured life.
We measure your wrist, the way you wear a cuff, the hand you write with. The case, lugs and strap are drawn around those numbers.
Your own Hour.Engraved on the caseback, by hand, in a pattern drawn only once
Caseback No. 0217
Burin on steel, 31 hours
A date, a coordinate, a line in a language only two people read. The engraver draws it with you, then cuts it by hand. The drawing is destroyed after, so it cannot be made twice.
Mon to Fri, 08:00 to 17:00
Visits by appointment
One clock keeps time here: the regulator on the east wall
CalibreVH-01
Developed and made
in the atelier
- Movement
- Hand-wound, in-house
- Frequency
- 28,800 vph · 4 Hz
- Power reserve
- 72 hours
- Rate
- −2 / +4 s per day
- Jewels
- 21
- Parts
- 132
- Case
- Steel, 38 × 9.4 mm
- Water resistance
- 5 ATM
- Finishing
- Anglage, perlage, Geneva stripes, black polish
- Lead time
- 14 months
Reserve aconsultation.
The first meeting takes ninety minutes. We measure, we talk, we draw. There is no fee and no obligation.