A Legacy
Cast in Metal
In 1887, Édouard Chabrier founded his atelier on the shores of Lake Geneva with a singular conviction: that a timepiece should outlive the hands that made it. Four generations later, that belief is unchanged. The Chronos VIII is the culmination of 137 years of unbroken horological mastery, distilled into 521 individual components, each turned, polished, and inspected by eye against natural light.
The movement — caliber CV-08 — took eleven years to develop. Its revolutionary co-axial escapement eliminates the need for lubrication at the lever, delivering an accuracy of ±2 seconds per day while extending the service interval to a decade. Fourteen of the seventeen jewels are crafted from laboratory-grown synthetic ruby, positioned at precisely calculated load-bearing junctions to reduce friction to near zero.
The rose gold case is formed from a single billet of 18-karat 5N alloy, chosen for its warmer copper-forward hue and superior hardness over standard 4N. Each case spends forty-two hours in the hands of a single finisher, who alternates between brushed and mirror surfaces using progressively finer abrasives — the final pass made with a chamois charged with 0.5-micron diamond compound until the lines hold a reflection as precise as a ruled edge.
Caliber CV-08 · Lac Léman Atelier · Established 1887