01
The case
Each case is cut from a solid bar of 316L steel, then brushed and polished by hand in 14 separate steps.
Since 1987
A house built one watch at a time
Meridian & Vale began as a two-person repair bench behind Hatton Garden. Today thirty-four watchmakers design, finish and regulate every watch we sell, still in London, still by hand.
We believe a watch should outlive the person who buys it. So we build movements we can service forever, cases that can be refinished, and straps that get better with every year.
1987Founded in Clerkenwell
180Parts in the MV·28
34Watchmakers
62Hours to finish a movement
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.
Scroll · the bench, left to right
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.
Since 1987
Our story so far
- 1987
A bench in Clerkenwell
Arthur Vale opens a two-person repair workshop behind Hatton Garden.
- 1996
The first Meridian
A 36 mm moonphase with a hand-painted disc; forty are made.
- 2008
Calibre MV·28
Our own automatic movement, designed and assembled in London.
- 2019
New York and Singapore
Two boutiques open, each with a watchmaker on site.
- 2026
The Equinox Perpetual
Our first perpetual calendar, twenty-five a year.
People
The people at the bench
