A year ago, Trente-Deux was born, our first collection designed, developed, manufactured, decorated, and assembled in Paris.
Today, Trilobe unveils Château Trente-Deux. Set around a burgundy dial, this edition brings together two French crafts, united by their shared vision of time. But here, time isn’t counted in millésimes, it’s told in hours, with a genuine appreciation for the pleasure of sharing it.
An Exclusive Cuvée
To mark the occasion, a first series of 100 pieces will be paired with a French wine, carefully selected by the Maison among the vintages that have defined it over the years. Wines with character: distinctive, sophisticated, with just enough edge to separate a great wine from a merely good one.
A watch is worn. A great vintage is poured. Château Trente-Deux brings both rituals together as one, for a pleasure like no other.
Beyond these first 100 pieces, Château Trente-Deux will join the permanent Trente-Deux collection.
The Vintage Trente-Deux
Trente-Deux was never just a number.
It’s the address of our Parisian atelier. It’s also the code name behind the development of our first in-house movement.
A vintage is born the moment a number stops being a reference and becomes a year worth remembering, one tied forever to what it brought into being.
Château Trente-Deux is ours.
The harvest that dressed Trente-Deux in burgundy and tied it to another French craft.
The Terroir
Before a wine answers to a vintner, it answers to its terroir.
Ours sits in the heart of Paris’ Opéra district, steps from Place Vendôme and the Palais Royal: the same arcades once home to French horology greats such as Le Roy, Berthoud and Lepaute.
A terroir can travel in name. Never in nature. Move a vineyard, and you lose its very reason for being. The same goes for an atelier.
Château Trente-Deux follows that same estate logic. Like grower vintners, we harvest only our own plot: an edition designed, manufactured, decorated and assembled entirely within our Paris Manufacture.
The Robe
In wine, color isn’t decoration. It’s proof of origin.
The dial of Château Trente-Deux takes on a deep red, matched not to a color chart, but to the exact hue of a great vintage.
A matte sunburst finish radiates across the main disc, giving it legs, the way a wine clings to the glass, tempting you to taste.
Tasting Notes
Bold on the wrist without ever tipping into excess, the case reveals a complex architecture of seven parts, each finished individually. Three chamfered tiers, a fluted bezel alternating mirror polish and satin brushing: layers that echo the strata of a great terroir, where every detail plays its part in the overall balance.
On the nose, precision. A satin brushed lug line, straight enough to satisfy an oenologist’s ruler.
On the palate, a polished black bevel that catches the light the way a great tannin grips the palate.
The long finish allows for a 42-hour power reserve.
No need to decant, though we understand the urge to let it breathe, if only to want it all the more before wearing it.
Recommended cellaring: indefinite. Pairs perfectly with itself. Best enjoyed at any hour, best worn on the wrist.
The Cellar
Our Manufacture isn’t a cellar, but it follows the same principles: controlled temperature and humidity, patience, and the conviction that nothing leaves before its time. From the outside, that can look like stubbornness.
Every X-Nihilo movement undergoes over 400 hours of testing before leaving our atelier, about as long as it takes a young wine to find its balance in the barrel.
Except ours is measured in isochronism, not tannins.
Both follow their own calendar, and answer to no one else’s. No shortcut ever made a great vintage, or a great movement.
