Geneva · Est. 1894 · Bespoke Watchmakers

Hand-Turned Gears.
Tooled Brass &
Saddle Leather

Aethelgard crafts mechanical chronographs and heirloom leather goods for connoisseurs. Every dial is engine-turned, and every balance wheel is hand-adjusted to chronometric precision.

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Calibre 1894 Regulator

TORQUE

ESCAPEMENT

BALANCE

BEAT

Mechanical Architecture

The Calibre 1894 In-House Engine

Engineered without a single electronic component. Each gear pinion is hand-polished with diamond paste to reduce friction to near zero.

Oscillation Frequency 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
Synthetic Ruby Jewels 38 Functional Rubies
Twin Mainspring Reserve 72 Hours Continuous
Machining Tolerance ± 4 Microns Strict
Bespoke Atelier Customization

Configure Your Hand-Stitched Strap

Select vegetable-tanned leathers and waxed saddler stitching crafted to contour your wrist over decades of wear.

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Horween Cognac Cordovan

Cognac Cordovan
Vegetable Tanned
Espresso Calf
Matte Waxed Finish
Navy Alligator
Hand-Rolled Edge
Olive Canvas
Mil-Spec Water Resistant
Master Editions

Grand Complications

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Rose-Engine Guilloché

Engine-turned solid silver dials cut by hand on historic Victorian rose engines, refracting candlelight across hypnotic waves.

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Flying Tourbillon

Single-axis titanium cage rotating once every sixty seconds, neutralizing the pull of terrestrial gravity on the escapement.

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Marine Deck Chronometer

Gimballed brass casing with high-inertia balance and fusee-and-chain transmission delivering deadbeat second accuracy.

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Certificate of Horological Origin

Each Aethelgard creation is accompanied by an engraved brass warranty plaque and hand-inscribed chronometric certificate signed by our Master Watchmaker in the Jura Valley.

— Master Horologist Jean-Luc Aethelgard

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Limited to fifty bespoke orders annually.