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(Private Watch Club)Geneva · London · DubaiEst. 1998
A private club for people who keep mechanical time — three houses, one vault, four hundred members.
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Members’ piece No. 041 — Tourbillon squelette, 18k rose gold, 36 baguette diamonds
(The club)
Some peoplecollect watches.We collect the peoplewho wear them —and keep their timein good company.
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(Complications)
Time only
Three hands. Nothing else.
- 01Time only
- 02Date
- 03Chronograph
- 04Moon phase
- 05GMT
- 06Skeleton
- 07Tourbillon
(The vault · 10 pieces this month)
Bought and sold between members. Nobody in the middle.
The ice-blue dial is only made in platinum. This one was bought new by a member in Geneva, worn twice a year, and comes with its full set — box, papers and the original sales receipt.Platinum, 40 mmCalibre AF 4130, automatic, 72 hView the piece →
Kessler made eighty of these in rose gold. The black dial with copper sub-counters is the one collectors ask for, and the one that rarely changes hands.18k rose gold, 41 mmCalibre KF 12, column wheel, manualView the piece →
A two-tone diver with the sunburst blue dial, serviced by the manufacture last spring. Bracelet unpolished, edges sharp.Steel and yellow gold, 40 mmCalibre MV 3235, automatic, 70 hView the piece →
Okada’s integrated bracelet in solid gold — every link finished by hand in Kyoto. The slate dial is a members’ commission, numbered 7 of 25.18k yellow gold, 39 mmCalibre OK 21, micro-rotor, 3 mmView the piece →
A hunter case engraved over 140 hours by a single engraver in Saxony. Opened, it shows a German silver movement; closed, it is a small sculpture.18k white gold, 43 mmCalibre HG 1, manual, hand-engraved bridgeView the piece →
The pilot’s chronograph with a cream panda dial and slide-rule bezel. The most worn watch in the club — and the easiest first piece.Steel, 43 mmCalibre AF 01, automaticView the piece →
Two time zones in solid gold with a blue and black ceramic bezel. Unworn, stickers on, from a member who changed his mind on the flight home.18k yellow gold, 40 mmCalibre MV 3285, automatic, 70 hView the piece →
(Inside)
What you are really buying.
Every piece in the vault is opened by our watchmaker before it is listed. Hover a calibre.
01Balance wheel28,800 vibrations an hour02Gold rotorWinds the watch as you move03OpenworkBridges cut by hand04PerpetualLeap years, until 2100
05Moon discBlue enamel, gold stars06EscapementThe heartbeat, seen(Members)
Four hundred members. Forty cities.
Collectors, watchmakers, a few who own one watch and wear it every day.
--:-- · The salon on the lakeGenevaQuai du Mont-Blanc 7
--:-- · The libraryLondon12 St James’s Place
--:-- · The night loungeDubaiDIFC, Gate Village 4(Season · 2026–27)
The calendar.
14OctDinner at the manufactureKessler & Fils opens its workshop to twelve members.Geneva→
09NovAuction previewEvery lot of the November sale, in hand, the night before.Geneva→
22NovThe cigar & complication eveningMinute repeaters, struck one by one, in the library.London→
06DecMembers’ marketThirty pieces for sale between members, no dealer, no fee.Dubai→
18JanWatchmaking dayTake a movement apart and put it back together.Geneva→(Membership)
Proposed by two. Welcomed by all.
Seats left this season40 / 40