The house
A house of one calibre.
Three benches, one movement, a window on a ridge. AZURITE makes a small number of watches a year, and every one of them the same watch.
Why one
Because one is enough to get right.
A house that makes twelve calibres knows each of them a twelfth as well. We chose the other arithmetic. AZ.01 is the only movement the house has made, and every year it gets a little thinner, a little quieter, a little easier to look into.
The case follows the same rule. Forty millimetres, one shape, three dials, because a dial is the one place where a choice belongs to the wearer and not to us.
Nothing on the watch is hidden. The caseback is glass, the rotor is open, and the front page of this site takes the whole thing apart in your hands. If a part could not stand being seen, we did not make it.
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One calibre
Made here, on three benches, by the people who regulate it. No bought movements, no second line.
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Nothing hidden
Sapphire on both faces. Finishing on surfaces you will only ever see with a loupe, because you might.
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Your time
The watch on this site runs on your clock, and the crown sets the light. A watch is a private object. We keep it that way.
The making
Six stations, one bench at a time.
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Plate
The mainplate is cut, drilled, jewelled, and given its perlage. Two days.
- 02
Train
Barrel, centre, third, fourth, escape. Each wheel set to its depth by hand.
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Balance
The hairspring is pinned, counted, and its stud set. The movement beats for the first time.
- 04
Bridges
Striped, bevelled, polished, screwed down. The rotor last.
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Regulation
Fifteen days in six positions, within four seconds. Then it is cased.
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Number
Engraved on the back. Written in the book. Handed over at a viewing, never posted.
Come and see the benches.
Viewings are at the house or where you are. The atelier is open to owners by appointment.