La Permanence.
Twelve pieces each year. 38mm. White gold.
For those who have waited long enough to understand what they want.
Lord Vallier wrote, in a private letter to a collector in Vienna, that the difficulty of creating a truly permanent object lies not in the mechanism but in the intention. La Permanence is made with that understanding.
Depth, not surface.
Hand-engraved silver, oxidised in controlled gradients. Darker at the periphery, lifting toward a pale, almost white centre. Roman numerals, engraved and filled with black lacquer. Blued steel breguet hands. The maison name at twelve o'clock. The year of creation at six. Nothing else.
One continuous form.
38 millimetres. White gold. Cushion-form, derived from early twentieth-century pocket cases. Each one cast individually, finished by hand. The lugs flow from the case without joint. 9.4 millimetres thick. A fluted crown with the Vallier sigil engraved on the cap — barely visible at normal viewing distance, unmistakable under examination.
Decorated as though it will be examined.
Movement
In-house hand-wound. Côtes de Genève on exposed plates. Black-polished steel. ±2 sec/day, eight positions. 68-hour reserve.
Strap
Single black alligator strap per piece, sewn in ivory silk. A second strap in graphite suede is included.
Caseback
Solid white gold. Hand-engraved with the collector's name at the time of Register inscription. The name is permanent.
La Permanence.
- Diameter
- 38 mm
- Thickness
- 9.4 mm
- Case
- 18k white gold
- Crystal
- Flat sapphire, AR-coated
- Dial
- Hand-engraved silver, oxidised
- Hands
- Blued steel, breguet
- Movement
- In-house hand-wound
- Frequency
- 18,000 vph
- Jewels
- 19
- Power Reserve
- 68 hours
- Regulation
- ±2 sec/day, 8 positions
- Edition
- 12 pieces per year
CHF 68,000
Per piece. Includes Register inscription, notarial certification, and full documentation. Bespoke dial variants available from CHF 84,000.