The Artisans Legal Notice
ARTISANS DE GENEVE is an independent workshop. On our website only, we offer a service of personalization of timepieces at the request of our customers within our limited capacities. We do not manufacture nor sell watches.
We are neither affiliated to nor authorized by the manufacturers of the client’s watches, that we accept to customize. They do not approve modifications or personalizations made to their products by unauthorized third parties
Therefore, our customization services are provided for personal and private use only. Any other use, in particular of a commercial nature, is not approved by ARTISANS DE GENEVE and will invalidate our warranty.
We are neither affiliated to nor authorized by the manufacturers of the client’s watches, that we accept to customize. They do not approve modifications or personalizations made to their products by unauthorized third parties
Therefore, our customization services are provided for personal and private use only. Any other use, in particular of a commercial nature, is not approved by ARTISANS DE GENEVE and will invalidate our warranty.
Artisans De Genève is an independent watchmaking workshop offering handcrafted timepiece customization and restoration services. We are neither associated nor affiliated with the brands of the timepieces we work on. We carry out our work at the sole request of our customers, on their own timepieces and for their private use only. The work presented was commissioned by one of our customers. This presentation reflects our know-how and has no contractual value.
Ventura
The adventure of time itself
Price of the modification service for our client
39’520,00 CHF excluding taxes
The price of the service does not include the watch
and varies according to your requirements.
TRANSFORMING THE ORDINARY INTO THE EXTRAORDINARY
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A WORKSHOP
HUMAN SCALE
Artisans de Genève embodies the fusion between individuals and watchmaking. This is a House where ideas are exchanged and reimagined collaborative way, according to our clients’ aspirations. It is in Geneva that all of the traditional watchmaking professions are brought together in a unique place, offering a multitude of possibilities to meet the diverse needs and desires of each individual client. It is within this dedicated framework that all of the restorations, repairs and modifications that we undertake – at the request of each client – are carried out by hand.
A return to the origins
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AN ART
DEDICATED TO OTHERS
Since its inception, our workshop has worked meticulously to offer our passionate clientele the most personalised horology experience. Returning to the origins of the profession where the watchmaker dedicates himself to the individual desires of each client, according to their unique codes, tastes and personal history. It is in this way that we are reconnecting with the roots of a vocation where man, his hands and his tools are definitively bringing the clients’ desires to life.
PERSONNALISATION
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CREATIVE
WATCHMAKING
Behind each personalisation lies the desire to stand out, to express yourself and to create a timepiece that is exclusive to you. It is a way of creating a unique piece, according to your choices, tastes and history, by specialists who dedicate their craftsmanship to an entirely bespoke project.
GENESIS
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KEEPER
OF MY MEMORIES
Creativity has been at the heart of our workshop since its inception. Our work consistently involves bringing together memories and moments and translating them into the language of watchmaking. Through your own project, we combine different skills and crafts to bring these often intangible moments to life. By blending surprising colours with often-forgotten arts and crafts, we can, for a moment, bring to life old lacquering techniques and skills steeped in memories.
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By choosing aventurine,
our client embraced unpredictability
through a material’s story, born by chance,
becoming his own.
With my watch, I’ve traveled through time and across Europe, from London to Geneva and all the to Italy, Venice, Murano. This fifth custom project with Artisans de Genève introduced me to aventurine. From its 18th-century origins to the way my watch took shape, everything feels like real fate. This watch made me understand real craftsmanship. Old techniques like aventurine, modern ones like sapphire.B.S
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FOCUS ON THE MODIFICATIONS
The skeletonized movement elegantly reveals the mechanics of the timepiece, featuring a Rolex® 4130® movement with bridges and plates hand-cut using a small bocfil saw. The mirror-polished aventurine dial is enhanced by a satin-finished rose gold bezel, complemented by an aventurine insert. Every element of the watch, from the hand-faceted rose gold hands to the solid gold hour-markers, has been designed to create a perfect balance between material, form and light.
AVENTURINE
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An adventure
extending to
the dial
The delicate and fragile nature of aventurine, contrasting with the hardness of glass, makes the machining and polishing processes very intricate. This material requires specialized and highly technical expertise to shape it into a dial and for all assembly operations.
Material Blend
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Depth and
relief effects
The dial features appealing contrasts between mirror-polished aventurine, translucent sapphire and metallization for improved readability. The transfers are applied by hand and the hour-markers are crafted from solid rose gold.
Skeleton Movement
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Playing on
transparency
right the way to the skeletonized movement
Over 32 hours, the bridges and plates of the Rolex® 4130® movement were entirely hand-cut using a small bocfil saw and decorated before being colored in anthracite tones known as Black Or. The chronograph mechanism is revealed through the three counters at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock.
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Other
modifications
Bezel
Carved from a block of rose gold, the bezel is satin-brushed and then hand-polished. The starry sky of the aventurine dial extends to the bezel, adorned with an aventurine inlay.
Hands
The hours and minutes hands are handcrafted from a block of rose gold. Chamfered on their upper part and polished with diamond facets, they shine with enhanced brightness.
Rotor
The gold rotor has been openworked by hand using a small bocfil saw. Each line has been chamfered and circular satin-finished by hand to add contrast and depth to the skeletonized movement.
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B.S. PERSONAL TOUCH
Ventura is a timepiece made of contrasts : the deep blue of aventurine meeting the warmth of rose gold, the mysterious transparency of glass and the warm shimmer of copper as common threads.B.S
HIS TIME. HIS WATCH. HIS STORY.
As with every one of my customizations with Artisans de Genève since 2018, the Ventura story unfolds naturally, as if every piece of the puzzle falls into place, between symbols and encounters, whether by chance or not. VENTURA is a living adventure on my wrist and I am ready for the next ones.
I consider this timepiece the centerpiece of my collection. It tells not just a story of watchmaking and rare materials but also singularity. The idea that the value of an object is determined not by others, but by the one who wears it.
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THE REALISATION
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THE WITNESS
OF A HUMAN
ADVENTURE
Each client brings with them their story, passions and desires. Our workshop then transforms into a real meeting space dedicated to fulfilling all of those desires. The experience we live through our clients’ projects is always an endless source of excitement, joy and unforgettable moments. The Ventura adventure is for us the perfect example of a project born of passions and memories for which a multitude of artisans have come together to witness an incredible moment.
Specs
Base
Rolex® 116500®
Dial
Murano aventurine, sapphire counters and solid rose gold hour-markers
Movement
Rolex® calibre 4130® skeletonized, chamfered and hand-decorated
Balance bridge
Hand-crafted, specular-polished
Insert
Murano aventurine, engraving and white coloring
Hands
Solid rose gold, trimmed, chamfered and diamond-polished
Bezel
Solid rose gold, satin-finished and hand-polished
Artisans De Genève is an independent watchmaking workshop offering handcrafted timepiece customization and restoration services. We are neither associated nor affiliated with the brands of the timepieces we work on. We carry out our work at the sole request of our customers, on their own timepieces and for their private use only. The work presented was commissioned by one of our customers. This presentation reflects our know-how and has no contractual value.
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WRITE
YOUR OWN STORY
Be inspired by Ventura
Price of the modification service for our client
39’520,00 CHF excluding taxes
The price of the service does not include the watch
and varies according to your requirements.
