Founded in Zürich, 1892

Vallier & Cie is not a watchmaker. It is a private institution — a house of time, ceremony, and belonging. Since 1892, we have created one-of-a-kind timepieces that are not sold but adjudicated. Each piece is assigned to one individual, by name, by reason, and by moment. Never repeated. Never marketed. Never made available to the public.

We do not respond to trends. We respond to lineage, silence, and heritage. Vallier & Cie does not exist to produce collections. It exists to preserve dignity.

The Lineage

The house was founded in Zürich by Étienne Vallier, a banker’s son with no interest in commerce. He believed that time was not to be traded but entrusted — and that certain objects should bear no price, only a signature.

He commissioned only a handful of timepieces during his lifetime, most of them for clients he refused to name. Each carried a story. A return from exile. A birth out of tragedy. A secret marriage. An apology between brothers.

Étienne died in 1938, leaving behind twelve watches, a sealed red ledger, and a phrase written in his hand:

“Let time be deserved, not owned.”