1891
1891
"Paris before the world caught up."
As seen in
- Hand-wound, an heirloom ritual
- Engraving people lean in for
- Roman dial read at a glance
- Drawn from the pocket, on cue
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Made for the Paris in your head.
This watch is for the person who reads at cafés, walks before deciding, and prefers an object that was made by hand to one that was assembled cleverly.
The details a Belle Époque table held.
The warm gold case catches the light when you open it, and the floral engraving rewards anyone close enough to lean in. Against the bright white dial, the Roman numerals and slim Breguet hands read at a glance, so telling the time feels less like a habit and more like a small ceremony.
Why they chose EPOCH
Like wearing a year
“It feels like wearing a piece of the year it's named after. The era settles into the wrist, and that's what stays with you.”
The detail is the point
“I bought it for the build. The detail is what stays. The dial, the case, the small things you only catch the second time you look.”
A collection, not a watch
“I bought one. A month later I wanted another decade. They turned what was a single purchase into a collection. I wasn't planning to start one.”
The year the Belle Époque hit its stride.
Tchaikovsky conducted the opening night of Carnegie Hall in New York that May. In Paris, the foundations of the modern Sorbonne were being laid, the boulevards were brighter than they had ever been, and a generation was deciding that beauty was not an accident.
Steam and steel powered everything outside. Inside the waistcoat, a pocket watch still ran on the breath of a craftsman who had hand-cut its escape wheel.
Timeless in every detail
Japanese quartz, accurate to 15 sec/month. 3-year battery included.
Every curve studied from the year it carries.
Full-grain Italian leather, hand-stitched for all-day comfort.
Each piece carefully inspected and packaged before it ships.
The Anatomy
- Case Size
- 50mm pocket case
- Case Material
- Hand-engraved gold-tone brass
- Dial
- White enamel, black Romans
- Movement
- Hand-wound mechanical
- Crystal
- Mineral, domed
- Strap
- Gold-tone pocket chain, 40cm
- Weight
- 84g (case + chain)
