Our Story

THREE DECADES OF DEVOTION TO THE ART OF TIME

A Legacy in Every Second

Chronova began in 1992 as a single workbench and a stubborn belief: that a watch should be built to outlive the person who buys it. What started as a small atelier restoring vintage calibres grew, movement by movement, into an independent house with its own manufacture.

We have never chased trends or volume. Every Chronova timepiece is produced in deliberately limited numbers, assembled by hand, and signed by the watchmaker who finished it. That signature is our contract with you.

Milestones

The moments that shaped the house.

1992

The First Atelier

A two-person workshop opens its doors, restoring and reimagining classic mechanical movements.

2008

Calibre 01

Our first fully in-house movement — 240 components, 72 hours of power reserve, entirely hand-finished.

2021

A Global House

Chronova boutiques and certified ateliers open worldwide, with every piece still finished under one roof.

“We do not build watches to tell the time. We build them to outlive it.”

— THE FOUNDERS, CHRONOVA