Crafted
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Hand Bevelling
Hand bevelling is the process of cutting the raw edges of a movement component into a clean 45-degree chamfer. That surface is then brought to a mirror polish entirely by hand, using progressively finer abrasives and finishing with diamond paste on a pegwood stick.
Machines can handle the straight runs. They cannot reach the sharp interior corners of a movement plate. Those can only be done by hand, and they are exactly where a trained eye looks first. A crisp interior angle, perfectly polished without softening the point, is the honest mark of a finisher who knows what they're doing.
Mastering Titanium
Achieving hand beveling on Grade 5 titanium, one of the hardest and most unforgiving materials in the industry, is among the most demanding finishing challenges in contemporary watchmaking, and a feat that very few ateliers dare to attempt.​
Most manufacturers work with German silver, a material that responds well to hand tools and yields clean edges with relative consistency. Titanium is harder and more abrasive, making hand bevelling significantly more demanding. Achieving the same standard of finish requires a craftsman who has developed his technique specifically around the material.
Titanium, Perfected by Hand
Each Bianchet movement spends more than 30 hours under the hands of a single artisan, every anglage traced and polished by hand until the metal catches light in a way that no machine can replicate. That this is achieved in titanium, one of the hardest and most unforgiving materials in the industry, makes it an exceptional rarity.
