The adventure of time itself

Ventura

Artisans de Genève is an independent watchmaking workshop offering handcrafted timepiece customization and restoration services. We are neither associated nor affiliated with the brands of the timepieces we work on.

We carry out our work at the sole request of our customers, on their own timepieces and for their private use only. The work presented was commissioned by one of our customers. This presentation reflects our know-how and has no contractual value.

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Creative Watchmaking

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A workshop human scale

Artisans de Genève embodies the fusion between individuals and watchmaking. This is a House where ideas are reimagined collaborative way, according to our clients’ aspirations.

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An art dedicated to others

Since its inception, our workshop has worked meticulously to offer our passionate clientele the most personalised horology experience.

Guardians of memories

Creativity has been at the heart of our workshop. Our work almost always consists of bringing together the memories of each individual and transcribing them into the language of watchmaking.

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From pencil to reality

Ventura adventure began on paper, with sketches and a multitude of ideas inspired by our customer, which we refined together over time.

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The Ventura Project: When Chance Becomes Intention

Precious materials. Deep symbolism. A tribute to the history of Venetian glassmaking, while capturing the very essence of chance that shaped this unique material. Aventurina in Italian means “by chance”. A stroke of destiny, a fortuitous meeting of copper and glass. Rose gold – also containing copper – was chosen.

Sapphire too was selected, to echo the transparency of glass. Shaping these materials is no easy feat. Aventurine demands incredible precision to reveal its sparkle without losing its magic.

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Sourcing Of Materials And Colors

Every material and hue is carefully selected to embody both elegance and durability, resulting in a timeless and truly personalized timepiece.

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A timepiece made of contrasts

The deep blue of aventurine meeting the warmth of rose gold, the mysterious transparency of glass and the warm shimmer of copper as common threads.

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Aventurine

By choosing aventurine, our client embraced unpredictability through a material's story, born by chance, becoming his own.

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A balance between material, form and light

Every element of the watch, from the hand-faceted rose gold hands to the solid gold hour-markers, has been designed to create a perfect balance between material, form and light.

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Playing on transparency

The chronograph mechanism is revealed through the three counters at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock.

Aventurine requires specialized and highly technical expertise to shape it into a dial and for all assembly operations.

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Focus On Modifications

An adventure extending to the dial

The delicate and fragile nature of aventurine, contrasting with the hardness of glass, makes the machining and polishing processes very intricate.

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Depth and relief effects

The dial features appealing contrasts between mirror-polished aventurine, translucent sapphire and metallization for improved readability. The transfers are applied by hand and the hour-markers are crafted from solid rose gold.

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Skeleton movement

For over 32 hours, the bridges and plates of the Rolex® 4130 ® movement were entirely cut and bevelled, before being coloured in anthracite tones called Black Or.

Other Modifications

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Bezel

Carved from a block of rose gold, the bezel is satin-brushed and then hand-polished. The starry sky of the aventurine dial extends to the bezel, adorned with an aventurine inlay.
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Hands

The hours and minutes hands are handcrafted from a block of rose gold. Chamfered on their upper part and polished with diamond facets, they shine with enhanced brightness.
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Rotor

The gold rotor has been openworked by hand using a small bocfil saw. Each line has been chamfered and circular satin-finished by hand to add contrast and depth to the skeletonized movement.

With my watch, I’ve traveled through time and across Europe, from London to Geneva and all the to Italy, Venice, Murano. This fifth custom project with Artisans de Genève introduced me to aventurine. From its 18th-century origins to the way my watch took shape, everything feels like real fate.This watch made me understand real craftsmanship. Old techniques like aventurine, modern ones like sapphire.

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Inside The Customization

Each customer brings with them their story, their passions and their desires. Our workshop is transformed into a real meeting place, dedicated to the realization of all their desires.

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    Base

    Rolex® 116500®
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    Dial

    Murano aventurine, sapphire counters and solid rose gold hour-markers
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    Movement

    Rolex® calibre 4130® skeletonized
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    Balance bridge

    Hand-crafted, specular-polished
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    Insert

    Murano aventurine, engraving and white coloring
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    Hands

    Solid rose gold, trimmed, chamfered and diamond-polished
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    Bezel

    Solid rose gold, satin-finished and hand-polished
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    Rotor

    Chamfered and circular satin-finished by hand
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Write Your Own Story

Artisans de Genève is an independent watchmaking workshop offering handcrafted timepiece customization and restoration services. We are neither associated nor affiliated with the brands of the timepieces we work on.

We carry out our work at the sole request of our customers, on their own timepieces and for their private use only. The work presented was commissioned by one of our customers. This presentation reflects our know-how and has no contractual value.

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Our workshop has reached its maximum capacity and we are no longer taking new service orders.

Your Customization Starts Here

Share your story. Your timepiece becomes its reflection.

Every Story Has Its Customization

You can discover below some challenges that we took for our clients. We are ready to take the one you will give us on your own favorite timepiece.

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At our company, we customize timepieces by hand. Due to this artisanal process, a waiting period is required. Each moment of waiting ensures you receive a unique piece, crafted with care and passion.

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Your story matters to us

  • ARTISANS DE GENEVE is a watchmaking workshop solely dedicated to the art of personalization of timepieces and, therefore, does not sell watches or offers brokerage services.
  • ARTISANS DE GENEVE is an independent company offering online services for the personalization of watchmaking products. ARTISANS DE GENEVE is not affiliated to, authorized or approved by the original manufacturer of the products on which we work.
  • Any modification made by ARTISANS DE GENEVE on a watch will result in the nullity of the warranty issued by the original manufacturer. Our 5-year international warranty will apply on the customized watch.
  • The customer must send the watch to ARTISANS DE GENEVE for modifications within 5 weeks after confirmation of the order. Any watch received after this period will incur a 10% increase in the price of our services.
  • Personalization services performed on the customer's watch are provided by ARTISANS DE GENEVE to the customer exclusively for personal and private use, to the exclusion of any other use, in particular the resale of the watch to a third party.

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