PA.01Under Study
Sapphire Movement Architecture
Transparent movement structures, floating presentation, and sapphire components for future high-end mechanical watch concepts.
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Selected Project Archive
A curated index of current development studies and selected capability notes that have shaped how Chronova approaches difficult watch projects.
Confidentiality Note
This is not the full Chronova archive. Some developments remain private because they are proprietary, not yet offered to clients, reserved for selected projects, or bound by NDA with clients and co-development partners.
The projects shown here are selected to illustrate capability without disclosing protected methods, suppliers, drawings, tolerances, formulas, or confidential client details.
Section 01 — In Progress
Current Development
Selected studies that are still being tested, refined, or prepared for future client applications.
PA.02Under Testing
Cermet Production Workflow
Machining, finishing, and production workflows designed to make cermet more practical for larger-scale watch applications.
View Note →PA.03Under Study
Ultra-Light Hard Case Material
Non-metallic case material studies for racing-inspired watches where low weight, hardness, and technical identity matter.
View Note →PA.04Material Development
Additive Forged Carbon
Forged carbon studies using gold, luminous compounds, diamond, colour particles, or other visual additives.
View Note →PA.05Under Testing
Plasma Surface Coating
High scratch-resistance surface protection under validation for wear, adhesion, impact, and finishing behaviour.
View Note →PA.06Confidential
Undisclosed Bracelet Architecture
A private wearable-component study around durability, construction, and a non-standard wrist experience.
Request Access →PA.07Confidential
Threaded Material Structure
A new material direction based on thread, weave, tension, and structural layering for future strap or bracelet applications.
Request Access →PA.08Private Archive
Reserved Material Studies
Additional material and construction studies remain private until they are validated, released, or matched with the right client project.
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Selected Capability Notes
Past developments and production lessons that show how Chronova builds capability through difficult briefs.
PA.092015 / Production Lesson
Magnesium Alloy 20 ATM Threaded Case
An early high-volume case project involving magnesium alloy, threaded top-and-bottom construction, four side pushers, a crown, and a 20 ATM water-resistance requirement.
View Note →PA.102020–2021 / Material Development
24K Gold Carbon Component
A carbon development using 24K gold as a visual additive, created to give a familiar technical material a richer and more distinctive surface story.
View Note →PA.11Component Development
Full Grade 5 Titanium Deployant Clasp
A deployant clasp where every component was made in Grade 5 titanium, requiring control over small parts, tolerances, finishing, and assembly feel.
View Note →PA.12Material Development
Luminous Forged Carbon Component
A forged carbon direction using luminous material to create a technical composite with stronger night-time identity and visual behaviour.
View Note →PA.132017 / Component Development
0.15 mm Channelled Lume Sapphire Hands
Ultra-thin sapphire hands with polished sides and etched channels designed to hold lume within the structure, rather than applying lume only on the surface.
View Note →PA.14Transparent Component
Sapphire Bracelet and Deployant Clasp
A sapphire wearable-component study extending transparent material beyond the case into bracelet and clasp architecture.
View Note →PA.15Transparent Component
Sapphire Pin Buckle
A small but difficult transparent component showing how sapphire can move into functional external hardware.
View Note →PA.16Sculptural Sapphire
One-Piece 3D Sapphire Skull
A single-piece sapphire sculpture requiring 3D machining, multi-facet geometry, and high-risk polishing control.
View Note →PA.17Translucent Sculpture
3D Translucent Material Sculpture
Sculpture work in lower-Moh translucent material, exploring complex form where sapphire-like visual effect is possible at different hardness levels.
View Note →PA.18Jewellery Case Development
Irregular Box-Set Gem Case
An irregular stainless steel watch case requiring box setting for 288 natural colour gems, including 144 stones cut and set in different sizes to follow the case geometry.
View Note →PA.19Swiss Component Standard
Swiss Movement Component Standard
Component development for Swiss movement companies, requiring tighter expectations around precision, finishing, repeatability, and supplier discipline.
View Note →PA.20Gem Component
One-Piece Diamond Logo Cutting
A custom client logo cut from a single piece of diamond, turning brand identity into a physical gem component.
View Note →PA.21Material Access
Cost-Effective Blue Sapphire Route
A material sourcing and development direction focused on making blue sapphire at large quantity at faster and better rates.
View Note →PA.22Material Development
Graphene Carbon Material
A racing-inspired material direction developed around lightness, hardness, and a darker technical presence, with final properties defined through testing.
View Note →PA.23Jade Sculpture
Jade Sculpture
Sculptural jade work exploring how carving, natural variation, and cultural material value can become part of a watch object.
View Note →PA.24Jade Component
Jade Watch Components
Watch components made in jade, requiring careful study of geometry, protection, fracture risk, and integration with modern case architecture.
View Note →PA.25Case Architecture
Emergency Compartment Case Architecture
A special internal compartment designed into a watch case for emergency-purpose storage, requiring discreet integration, sealing, and usability study.
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