Nicolas Delaloye
"Geneve"

A Photo Essay

by Ron DeCorte

January, 2007

My first reaction upon meeting Nicolas Delaloye was to ask myself why I had not heard of him, or met him, before. As the day progressed I began to realize that he and his watches are of the same type, slightly understated and quiet. So it is that Nicolas is able to work quietly and unassumingly in his Geneve atelier without much attention from the outside world. Let's hope that will change in the near future.

After working for some of Switzerland’s finest watch companies such as Patek Philippe, Francois-Paul Journe, Cedric Johner, and helping to found the company Roger Dubuis, he decided to start his own independent watch manufacture in 2002. In 2006 Nicolas premiered his new line of watches, Garde Temps.

Having an eye for detail that might be missed by others, he uses chaton set jewels held in place via three screws. All plates and bridges are hand finished with polished beveling, wolf tooth winding wheels, and Geneve waves (Côtes de Genève).

And did I forget to mention that some of his watches are available with engraved plates and bridges?

As you can see from these photographs, M. Delaloye is a man of traditional skills who holds them in reverence and applies them in practice.

For further information please visit: www.garde-temps.ch

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