HALVARD
A balance wheel caught mid-swing under a polished steel bridge, a cold light raking across the bevelled edges
SC. 01 — 420 hours

Time, made slowly.

Hand-finished mechanical watches from a workshop of six in Val-des-Combes.
About 60 watches a year

Six watchmakers. About sixty watches a year. Time given form.

In Val-des-Combes, every Halvard watch is finished by hand over some 420 hours.

SC. 02 — The collection

Three watches, made in small numbers.

Each one finished by hand at a bench in Val-des-Combes. Ask about one, and we will tell you when the next is ready.
SC. 03 — The movement

The movement, finished by hand.

Anglage. Perlage. Black polish. Every surface of the movement is finished, including the ones you will never see.

At this scale, patience becomes a tool.

A watch spends about 420 hours at the bench, from the first plate to the last polish. Nobody hurries the next one.
~60
Watches a year
6
Watchmakers
~420
Hours a watch
1
Bench each
A watchmaker with a loupe in his eye working on an open movement with tweezers under a bench lamp
SC. 04 — Commissions

Yours, and no other.

One-of-a-kind dials and hand engraving, shaped in conversation with you and made at our benches.
  1. 01ConversationWhat the watch is for, who will wear it, and what it should carry.
  2. 02DrawingsThe dial and the engraving drawn to scale until you are happy with them.
  3. 03MakingThe dial painted, the case engraved and the movement finished at the bench.
  4. 04DeliveryCollected at the atelier, or delivered to you with its papers.
Begin a commission

Timeline: 9–14 months from the first conversation to delivery.

A fine brush painting a gold motif on a deep blue enamel dial
SC. 05 — Service

Keeping time alive.

Servicing of mechanical watches from CHF 650 — ours, other makers' and vintage pieces. A complete service includes:
Inspection and diagnosis
Complete dismantling
Cleaning and lubrication
Regulation and testing
Case cleaning
Ask about a service

We open the watch and tell you what it needs before any work begins.

A vintage steel watch with its back open on a leather bench mat, a loupe and screwdrivers beside it
SC. 06 — The atelier

Six benches. One standard.

Six watchmakers at six benches along the windows, each with a part of the watch that is theirs.
Elin Halvard
Founder & movement finishing
Mara Voss
Enamel dials
Jonas Rey
Escapements
Luc Morel
Casing & regulation
Anja Keller
Restoration
Noé Bernasconi
Engraving

Rue des Établis 7 — 2400 Val-des-Combes

SC. 07 — Voices

Three collectors, in their own words.

  • A man in a dark jacket fastening a steel watch with a silver dial on his wrist
    Some watches mark time. This one marks a chapter.
    MarcGeneva
  • A woman by a window, chin on her hand, wearing a small steel watch with a blue dial
    The quietness of the dial is what I notice every morning.
    ClaraCopenhagen
  • An older man in a tweed jacket at a wooden desk, a steel watch with a black dial on his wrist
    It feels made for one wrist, because it was.
    JulianLondon
SC. 08 — Questions

Before the first meeting.

We make about sixty watches a year, so a watch from the collection depends on what is already at the benches — ask, and we will tell you. A commission takes nine to fourteen months from the first conversation.
SC. 09 — Val-des-Combes

Come and see time take shape.

Workshop visits are by appointment on Fridays. Tell us what brings you — the collection, a commission, a service or a visit — and we will write back to arrange it.
Halvard AtelierRue des Établis 7 2400 Val-des-Combes, Switzerlandatelier@halvard.example

+41 32 555 0147 · Visits on Fridays, by appointment.

A watchmaker with a loupe working at a bench beside a tall window over snowy pine trees

Made slowly. Worn for years.

Three watches, about sixty a year, each one finished by hand.
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Halvard Atelier
Val-des-Combes