Maison d’Horlogerie · Geneva, Est. 1897

Time,
perfected.

For five generations, the Aurelis atelier has pursued a single obsession — the quiet perfection of the mechanical second. Thirty-eight artisans. One bench at a time.

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I — The Maison

A quiet obsession,
since 1897.

In the winter of 1897, watchmaker Henri Aurelis opened a single bench above a bookbinder on the Rue du Rhône. His first movement — Calibre A-00 — took fourteen months to finish and was sold, it is said, before the final screw was set.

Little has changed in the way we work. Every bridge is bevelled by hand, every dial fired in a grand feu kiln, every watch regulated in five positions across fifteen days. We release fewer than four hundred timepieces a year — not from scarcity of ambition, but from respect for the hours each one demands.

The Maison remains family-held, in its fifth generation.

An Aurelis watchmaker assembling a movement by hand under a loupe
The atelier, Rue du Rhône — bench no. 7
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Years of continuity
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Components, hand-finished
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Master artisans
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In-house calibres

II — The Collection

Three expressions
of one idea.

Each reference is produced in a numbered series and accompanied by its atelier dossier, recording every hand it has passed through.

Private Pre-order · Limited Allocation

The Founding Courtesy

Pre-order any timepiece from the current collection and a courtesy of twenty percent will be applied at confirmation. Deposits remain fully refundable; numbered deliveries commence in Spring.

Begin a Pre-order
Heritage Ref. 1897 — champagne gold dress watch with black lacquer dial

The Quintessence

Heritage Ref. 1897

Calibre A-01 · manual wind
38 mm · 38-hour reserve

CHF 24,500 CHF 19,600 Pre-order −20% Enquire
Céleste tourbillon movement detail in rose and champagne gold

The Nocturne

Céleste Tourbillon

Calibre A-03 · flying tourbillon
40 mm · aventurine dial

CHF 31,200 CHF 24,960 Pre-order −20% Enquire
Audace chronograph with brushed champagne gold case and racing green dial

The Racing Green

Audace Chronograph

Calibre A-05 · flyback chronograph
41 mm · integrated bracelet

CHF 28,900 CHF 23,120 Pre-order −20% Enquire
Macro detail of guilloché bridges, Geneva stripes and blued screws
Calibre A-03 — bridges, before casing

III — The Craft

Four hands,
one bench.

  1. 01

    Guilloché by hand

    Dials are engraved on a 1904 rose engine, one pass at a time — a single dial occupies a full day.

  2. 02

    Grand feu enamel

    Fired at 820 °C, four layers deep. Roughly one dial in three survives the kiln.

  3. 03

    Interior anglage

    Bridges are bevelled and polished by hand to a mirror edge — a finish machines cannot follow into the corners.

  4. 04

    Certified for generations

    Regulated in five positions over fifteen days, guaranteed for five years, serviced for as long as the Maison exists.

The Céleste Moonphase on a velvet pedestal, lit by a single warm spotlight

IV — The Signature

The Céleste
Moonphase.

A midnight-blue aventurine sky, a golden moon accurate to one day in 122 years, and beneath it, an aura of quiet that no complication can quite explain.

Limited to 97 numbered pieces per year. Each is presented on velvet, in the salon, by the watchmaker who regulated it.

Reserve a Presentation

“An Aurelis is not worn to be noticed. It is worn to be understood.”

— Julian Hartwell, collector, London

V — Private Viewing

The salon
awaits you.

Viewings are held one guest at a time, in the salon above the atelier. Allow ninety minutes; the coffee is slow and the drawers are deep.

SalonRue du Rhône 24, 1204 Genève

HoursTuesday — Saturday, by appointment

Concierge[email protected]

Telephone+41 22 000 18 97

Pre-orders placed through the concierge receive the founding courtesy of twenty percent.

Your enquiry is answered personally, within one business day.