Le Souvenir.
One object. One person. One commission.
It is not a model. It is a commission.
Lord Vallier kept no inventory. He believed the act of creation should be inseparable from the act of receiving — that an object made without a specific person in mind carries an absence. One collector. One watchmaker. One object that does not exist until the commission begins and will not exist again after it is complete.
It begins with a conversation. Not a form.
From a conversation about what the object should carry, the atelier develops a single proposal — a documented description of the object, its materials, its movement, its engraving, and its meaning. The proposal is presented for approval, amendment, or rejection. The process is not complete until the collector considers it complete.
What an object can carry.
A memory
A date. A person. A place. The patina of a colour that existed only in a particular room.
A material
A fragment of a letter. A motif from a family archive. A dedication in a script no longer commonly known.
A duration
Between fourteen and twenty-four months. When it is finished, it is finished once.
There are no fixed specifications. The constraints are those of the material world and the atelier's own standards.
The maison does not decline requests on the grounds of complexity. It declines requests that would compromise the integrity of the object.
from CHF 220,000
The final figure depends on the materials, complexity, and duration of the commission. A preliminary consultation is available at no cost. It commits neither party to a commission.