This personalization was ordered by a customer, who owns a Patek Philippe Aquanaut ref. 5167A and wanted something different and special for his private use. Their client decided to request the Artisans de Genève services to have his watch personalized and look just like Lake Caumasee from the air. He wanted to feel the emotion he felt when flying over the lake in his hot air balloon. Lake Caumasee is a lake near Flims, in the Grisons, Switzerland.
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Experience: Artisans de Genève 'Poetry of Lights' Rolex Daytona
The ‘Poetry of Lights’ Rolex Daytona is an adventure in watchmaking and jewelry. Son and grandson of a gemologist, their client wanted a personalization that brought together their two passions: traditional watchmaking and jewelry. Together, they were able to involve craftsmen and artists in this unique project, all eager to bring life to this unique personal timepiece out of this extraordinary journey.
Experience: Artisans de Genève 'Neon' for Adam Levine
On stage as well as in his personal style, Adam Levine stands out with his unique creative flair. When this legend approached Artisans de Genève to personalize his 116508 gold Daytona into his unique watch, they knew they would need to delve deep into their horology know-how to fulfill his dream. To turn a lifelong companion, a repository of memories, dreams, and stories, into something even more unique —a truly personal timepiece that would reflect Adam’s ever-changing environment, his path, music, and life.
Experience: Artisans de Genève 'The Uncatchable' GMT Master Project
When starting a personalization, each project holds unique stories, and reminiscences engraved in a timepiece. The craftsmanship offers infinite possibilities to express our client’s desires. Despite being in a state of severe wear and tear, Frank’s GMT timepiece had been dear to him for years. The watch held the most memories and was the best candidate for his personalization project. Frank Abagnale’s personalization is the perfect example of a full restoration that results in a unique project with the most incredible vintage aura.
Experience: Artisans de Genève Honey Green Daytona
For this particular Honey Green Daytona, their client, a vintage watch enthusiast, entrusted Artisans de Genève with a styling exercise that turned into a true challenge to modify his yellow gold Rolex Daytona ref. 116508 while working with only a particular green that he had always dreamt of. He was looking for a particular green, somewhat dark, close to an English green, but with a slight blue touch to bring notes of elegance. It had to wear a vintage look; every detail had to pay homage to the very first watches he cherished.
Introducing: Artisans de Genève Arolla. Inspired by a Glacier in Switzerland.
Their client was inspired by the Arolla glacier for the customization of his timepiece, a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona model. Artisans de Genève chose to embody the transparency of the glacier along with its unique blue hues through a sapphire dial and invisible gem-set bezel. The fusion of materials was the guideline of the “Arolla” Project and they blended the fragile and delicate sapphire with the rough finishings of the calibre 4130 movement to recall Arolla ice cave.
Experience: Artisans de Genève Armstrong Challenge Project
This personalization is a reflection of Lance Armstrong career and vision of time. He wanted retro functions on his watch while being very light. To live up to the challenge Artisans de Genève developed a pulse dial with dual counters at 3 and 6 o’clock so he could count time during his races. Even the Rolex calibre 4130 was converted from automatic to manual wound in order to allow for more visibility of the mechanism and give the watch a retro-feel as Armstrong wanted it.
Experience: Artisans de Genève The Honey Pearl Project Nautilus 5711/1R
The Honey Pearl Project is a pure stylistic exercise that follows the Pearl Project created at the beginning of the year. This time, their client wanted to combine the technical aspect of a skeletonized calibre with a unique color and material combination that included his Nautilus 5711/1R in 18K rose gold, a touch of blue and red, and also anthracite grey.
Experience: Artisans de Genève Shades of Blue Challenge Project
Artisans de Genève is an independent company specialized in the personalization of timepieces. This personalization was ordered by one of their customers who owns a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona timepiece and the watch was created for his own private use. The Shades of Blue Challenge Project came to fruition after their client requested an intense, deep blue color scheme.
Experience: Artisans de Genève 'The Pearl Project'. A Skeletonized Nautilus 5711 Like No Other.
Artisans de Genève is an independent company specialized in the personalization of timepieces. We are not affiliated with Patek Philippe SA nor authorized by them to intervene on their products for any reason whatsoever. This personalization was ordered by a customer, who owns a Patek Philippe Nautilus ref. 5711 and wanted something different and special for his private use. This unique timepiece is an example of their know-how and the personalization services Artisans de Genève offers at their customers' request. In their vision, each timepiece is infused with the memories of its owner, crossing generations to weave a unique story.
Insider: Artisans de Genève Rubens Barrichello Gold Rolex Daytona Project
If regular stainless steel Rolex Daytonas seem scarce nowadays, just imagine how hard it is to run into a modified Rolex Daytona like the Artisans de Genève Rubens Barrichello Gold Daytona we are talking about. Artisans de Genève is a watchmaking workshop based in Geneva, Switzerland that offers exclusive service of watch modification for private customers. Their modifications are made exclusively upon request, at their workshops in Switzerland, all done by independent and highly skilled watchmakers
