Enamel

Watch enameling draws from the ancient craft of glassmaking, in which heat, fire and control meet expecting the unexpected.

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Mastering The Unpredictable

Living material

Colored glass powder is applied to the dial in fine layers, using a brush or spatula, then fired at over 800°C. It’s a living, demanding material.

Brilliance and depth

With each firing, the enamel melts, fuses, vitrifies, revealing a brilliance and depth that no other technique can bring.

I grew up in Argentina, in a family of artists. My mother sculpted, my father drew. In our home, hands were made to create. In enamel, I found that same slow, precise, almost meditative touch. It’s an ancient, demanding, yet entirely free-spirited technique. What I love most is when a client brings a personal idea – a color, a memory, a feeling – and being able to create a dial that’s theirs alone.

Gabriel Colliard—Enameler at Artisans de Genève

Discover The Craft That Drives Him

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

With Enamel, Anything Is Possible

We choose the base in gold, copper or titanium, then the shades and effects. A color can be deep or translucent depending on how thick it is. But it’s the fire that decides. That unpredictability is what makes every creation truly one of a kind, as what we create lives once.

Close-up of intricate mechanical watch movement with visible gears and components.

Begin Your Personalization

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