Beveling

Beveling (also known as chamfering) is the art of refining sharp edges on watch components, softening, beveling them at 45°, then polishing to a flawless mirror finish.

Revealing The Edges

Through the artisan’s hands

Every piece passes through the artisan’s hands: baseplates, bridges, screws. Each part is carefully filed by hand using stones, sanding sticks, files and polishing paste. Light follows these beveled edges, revealing the mechanical beauty within the movement.

A slow, demanding and sensitive craft

The eye, the hand, the pressure and the angle must remain perfectly steady. It’s a slow, demanding craft, sensitive to even the smallest grain of material. Beveling reveals what is often hidden, enhancing shadows and giving the movement its inner glow.

Every day, I strive to surprise myself. Beveling is a work of endurance and instinct. You take the file, shape the bevel by hand, then polish it until it shines with a perfect mirror finish. There’s no machine that can do this. You have to listen to the part, sense if everything is just right: the pressure, the angle, the consistency. Sometimes, anything can influence the outcome: the weather, our own state of mind…It’s a craft of connection: between yourself, the material and the movement you reveal.

Marine BuffonBeveling Artisan at Artisans de Genève

Discover The Craft That Drives Her

A journey into the world of a master craft, where every gesture and material showcase the precision and excellence of a unique savoir-faire.

Pursuit Of Perfection

The touches may be simple, but when expressed to the full they become precious. It’s this pursuit of perfection that makes every creation truly one of a kind as what we create lives once.

La Montoya "Rose"
Built across multiple levels, La Montoya "Rose" movement combines satin-brushed and circular satin finishes with polished angles.
Skeletonized movement
Skeletonized movement
Eternal Green
Each section of the movement was then bevelled and polished by hand, before receiving a PVD treatment in Eternal Green.
Cyano

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