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from $19 900
Your experience begins with an immersion in the history of watchmaking, narrated by our Master Watchmaker, who will introduce you to the subtleties of the tourbillon complication. You will then be invited to select each component of your tourbillon watch, in order to assemble it yourself at the workbench. A wide range of designs and nuances awaits you, to create a fully customized timepiece.
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These models were made by students for a day, or assembled as examples. Get inspired and create a timepiece that reflects your personality, because at Initium, you’re the artist!
Invented over 200 years ago by the illustrious Swiss watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet, this is one of the most coveted complications among collectors. A true masterpiece of miniature mechanics, the tourbillon alone symbolizes the incredible ingenuity of the art of watchmaking.
Let yourself be guided by our passionate Master Watchmakers and discover an ancestral know-how.
Spend a special moment at lunchtime over a gourmet meal with your teacher of the day.
Escape for a day and immerse yourself in the fascinating world of mechanical watchmaking.
A unique experience in which exceptional craftsmanship is infinitely varied according to the creativity of our students for a day.
By choosing a “Tourbillon” workshop, your watch will be equipped with a 100% Swiss hand-wound movement with tourbillon complication. Developed by one of our external watchmakers with whom we have been collaborating since 2017, this tourbillon caliber, whose cage rotates every 60 seconds, has a power reserve of 105 hours.
08:00 – 08:15: Warm welcome with coffee and croissant 08:15 – 09:00: Theoretical explanations on watchmaking history and the functioning of a tourbillon movement 09:00 – 09:45: Choice of components for your future Swiss tourbillon watch 09:45 – 10:30: Dismantling the tourbillon movement 10:30 – 12:00: Assembling the tourbillon movement 12:00 – 14:00: Lunch in an excellent restaurant with the Master Watchmaker 14:00 – 17:15: Encasing and checking your Swiss made tourbillon watch 17:15 – 17:30: Celebrating your success with an aperitif and a certificate in your name
Choose from four case models compatible with the tourbillon movement. Each model is also available in five different colors. To give free rein to your creativity, you can also combine different glasses and crowns. This brings the total number of possible combinations to 4,500, for boxes alone!
Choose from one of our 12 skeleton dials to give your tourbillon watch a distinctive look. If you’d like to take personalization a step further, opt to create a design that’s close to your heart, in tandem with our designer. This option is available at an additional cost of CHF 5,000, and must be booked two months before the course date.
“A wonderful day discovering time. Creating and assembling your own watch is just brilliant and unique. Competent people to turn us back into watchmakers for a day, with the icing on the cake, an excellent and warm meal at ***. Thank you to the whole Initium team, whom I highly recommend. “
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We have decided to work almost exclusively with local partners for the development and production of the components of this tourbillon watch “Made in Le Jura”.
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Admire the unique tourbillon watches created by our participants during our courses, a testament to Swiss craftsmanship and individual creativity.
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To make a reservation, please fill in the form by clicking on the “Book a course” button, or contact us by telephone on +41 32 953 10 87 (Le Noirmont) or +41 22 810 85 13 (Geneva), or e-mail us directly at [email protected].
Yes, no worries! Depending on the deadline for cancellation or relocation of your workshop, you will not have to anticipate any costs. For more information on this subject, please visit our general conditions of sale at the bottom of the page.
Absolutely not! Our workshops have been designed so that everyone can participate and therefore do not require any prior knowledge.
For hand-wound watches, we offer case diameters of 42 mm. For automatic watches, we offer case diameters between 33 mm and 43.5 mm. For tourbillon watches, we offer case diameters of 42mm.
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All our workshops can be given in French, English, German, Italian or Spanish.
However, there are fewer dates for languages other than French and English.
It is also possible to follow a workshop in Chinese, Russian, Arabic, etc. with a translator, at an additional cost.
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