Signature
Calibre MV·28 · Made in London
Time, taken apart
One hundred and eighty parts, assembled by one watchmaker. Scroll to see the Meridian Moonphase come apart, layer by layer.
Anatomy · Meridian Moonphase
- 01 / 08CrystalDomed sapphire · anti-reflective, both sides
- 02 / 08BezelPolished steel · hand-finished bevel
- 03 / 08HandsDauphine, hand-faceted · lume-filled
- 04 / 08DialSunray champagne · moonphase at six
- 05 / 08Case316L steel · polished and brushed
- 06 / 08Rotor22k gold segment · winds both ways
- 07 / 08MovementMV·28 automatic · 28,800 vph · 70 h reserve
- 08 / 08CasebackSapphire exhibition back · six screws
- AssembledOne hand, start to finish.Meet the Meridian Moonphase
The hour, right now
Every second counts
This dial is running on your clock. Each of our watches is regulated in six positions until it keeps time to within four seconds a day.
−2/+4seconds a day, certified
The Signature Edit
Six watches that define the house
Our namesake moonphase, the Nocturne and the pieces we would keep forever.
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Chapter I · The movement
The anatomy of a heartbeat
Turn the watch over. Behind sapphire, the MV·28 beats 28,800 times an hour, every bridge striped and bevelled by hand.
- 01Rotor22k gold weight
Winds the mainspring with every movement of your wrist.
- 02Balance wheel28,800 vph
Swings eight times a second; its rhythm is the watch's heartbeat.
- 03HairspringBlued steel
A coil thinner than a hair that returns the balance to centre.
- 04Gear train4 wheels
Meters out the mainspring's energy to the hands.
- 05Jewels28 rubies
Synthetic rubies at every pivot cut friction almost to nothing.
- 06BridgesCôtes de Genève
Striped by hand and bevelled at 45 degrees.
Find your watch
Five ways to wear time
01DressThin cases and quiet dials for a shirt cuff6 watches02ComplicationsMoonphases, calendars and power reserves3 watches03ChronographColumn-wheel stopwatches for the wrist4 watches04Dive & FieldTool watches rated from 100 to 600 metres4 watches05TravelGMTs and worldtimers for two time zones3 watches
Chapter II · The craft
Five hands, one watch
From a solid bar of steel to a signed caseback, each watch passes through five workshops in London.
Our storyScroll · the bench, left to right
01
The case
Each case is cut from a solid bar of 316L steel, then brushed and polished by hand in 14 separate steps.
02
The dial
Sunburst, lacquer and guilloché dials are finished in-house; applied indices are set one by one under a loupe.
03
The movement
Our watchmakers assemble, decorate and regulate every movement in six positions before it is cased.
04
The strap
Italian calf and alligator, cut and hand-stitched with waxed linen thread in our East London workshop.
05
The test
Fifteen days on a timing machine, a night in the pressure tank, and a final signature from the watchmaker.
1987Founded in Clerkenwell
180Parts in the MV·28
34Watchmakers
62Hours to finish a movement
Make it yours
Your strap. Your case. Your words.
Every watch can be configured: choose a strap from alligator to Milanese mesh, a case finish from black DLC to 18k gold, and engrave up to 24 characters on the caseback.
Configure the NocturneBlack alligator
Boutique appointments
Try it on, unhurried
Book a private hour in London, New York or Singapore. We will have the watches you want on the tray and a watchmaker on hand.
Book an appointmentFrom our owners
Worn every day
★★★★★
“I opened the box and simply sat with it for ten minutes. The moon disc is painted like a miniature, and the caseback is better than most dials.”
Eleanor WhitcombeMeridian Moonphase owner, Edinburgh★★★★★
“Two seasons of open-water swimming and it still looks new. The bezel clicks like a bank vault. I have stopped taking it off.”
Rafael OkonkwoTidebreaker 300 owner, Lisbon★★★★★
“It disappears under a shirt cuff and then catches the light at exactly the right moment. The engraving my husband added made me cry.”
Hana MoriyamaVale Ultra-Thin owner, Kyoto★★★★★
“Flew nine time zones last month. Jumping the local hour without stopping the watch never gets old.”
Theo LindqvistLongitude GMT owner, Stockholm★★★★★
“The boutique appointment was a joy: no pressure, a proper loupe and a watchmaker who explained every bridge. I left with the Serein.”
Priya RamanSerein Guilloché owner, London★★★★★
“The pushers have that perfect column-wheel feel. I time everything now, including my coffee.”
Marcus AdeyemiVelocity Chronograph owner, LagosThe Journal
Notes from the bench
Read the journalThe anatomy of a movementOne hundred and eighty parts, twenty-eight jewels and a balance wheel beating eight times a second: a tour of the MV·28.Turning a guilloché dial by handOur rose engine is older than the company. Here is how a silver blank becomes a Serein dial in three patient days.
Why a moonphase drifts, and why ours barely doesA standard moonphase is out by a day every two and a half years. Ours needs correcting once every 122.