Our Craft

A closer look at what goes into every Archive 24 piece: the materials, the movement, and the small decisions that make a watch feel like something worth keeping.

We think of our pieces as jewelry that happens to tell time. So we make them the way you'd make jewelry: with attention to how they feel in the hand, how they catch the light, how they wear against real life rather than in a photograph.

I. Movement

Every Archive 24 timepiece runs on a Swiss-made quartz movement from a fifth-generation movement-maker based in Lausanne since 1946. They supply brands like TAG Heuer, Tissot, and a long list of houses who prefer Swiss precision.

II. The case

316L stainless steel, the same grade used in surgical implants and fine jewelry.

It resists sweat, salt, and chlorine, wears without scratching easily, and won't react with your skin. The kind of steel you choose when you expect something to be worn often, and kept a long time.
III. Crystal

The crystal is the clear panel over the face, the part you look through to read the time.

Ours is sapphire, second only to diamond in hardness, so it resists the scratches of everyday life and stays clear for years.

IV. Water resistance

Rated to 3 ATM, which means it's safe from the everyday: a splash, a caught-in-the-rain, a quick handwash.

It isn't made for swimming or the shower.

So keep it for your days, not your baths, and it'll keep well for years.

Design

Each collection begins with a philosophy on time - what it holds, what it shapes and what we choose to remember.

We design everything in-house, allowing each piece to carry a consistent point of view from concept to form. Every curve, proportion, and detail is considered.

Our signature buckle, for instance, took eight months to refine - not for complexity, but for the feeling it leaves behind when worn.