Complementary partnership · Swiss Made skeleton models · Les Brenets, Switzerland
Refine, then assemble a watch that remains coherent with your workshop work.
Art de l’Anglage found a particularly fitting partner in BeWatchmaker: their skeleton models align exactly with what the student needs to see, understand and finish.
This page does not present a model developed for Art de l’Anglage. It shows why BeWatchmaker fits naturally into the workshop universe: a readable Swiss Made base, a skeleton movement coherent with finishing work, then assembly when the path truly justifies it. Training remains the centre. The watch comes as an extension.
The partnership
Why BeWatchmaker fits naturally into the workshop.
BeWatchmaker, the Jura-based brand of customizable watch kits, has joined forces with Initium to make watch assembly more accessible while keeping a serious foundation. Art de l’Anglage found in it a particularly coherent partner for certain training paths.
The point is not to create a parallel showcase. The point is to connect, within the right framework, a readable watch part, real anglage and decoration work, then assembly that does not betray what was learned at the bench.
This partnership exists because BeWatchmaker’s skeleton models provide exactly what a student needs to have before their eyes in this context: an open reading of the movement, a coherent Swiss Made base, and a real link between what is worked on in finishing and what the watch will later reveal.
The logic remains simple: you do not come first to buy a watch. You come to work properly. If the BeWatchmaker support strengthens that work, then it naturally finds its place.
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Clear reading of the movement
The skeleton gives the student a part they can truly read, understand and connect to their finishing work.
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Serious foundation
The support remains Swiss Made, coherent with the real watchmaking world and with the level of rigor expected in the workshop.
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Credible continuation
Assembly extends anglage and decoration work; it replaces neither rigor nor real progression.
The concept in images
See the support before even stepping up to the bench.
This first video gives a direct glimpse into the BeWatchmaker universe. It helps explain the logic of customization and the base on which finishing work can then take on meaning.
The Initium × BeWatchmaker concept
A broader view of the project logic: assembling a Swiss Made mechanical watch on a clear, coherent and accessible foundation.
The experience explained on video
Another way of grasping the spirit of the project: what it means to build a watch on a Swiss Made foundation, before connecting it to real finishing work.
The selected support
An existing base, chosen because it is the right one.
Art de l’Anglage did not ask BeWatchmaker to create a specific model. The choice fell on their skeleton models because they already correspond precisely to what a student needs to observe, understand and highlight in this setting.
The support presented here draws on the Ovide universe: a modern 42 mm case, strong opening onto the skeleton movement, clear reading of the mechanics, and an aesthetic disciplined enough to let the finishing speak.
The calibre highlighted is the hand-wound skeleton ETA 6497. It is a particularly coherent base here, because it gives real meaning to anglage, decoration and to what the watch will later reveal.
Kit reference points
What the student finds in this base.
The kit gives concrete watchmaking support to the work carried out in the workshop. It is not an object placed beside the training, but a part that can extend what has been learned.
- Case
- 42 mm 316L steel, in the spirit of the Ovide, with polished and satin finishes.
- Dial
- Open to reveal the movement and give a true reading of the work carried out.
- Movement
- Skeleton ETA 6497, Swiss Made, hand-wound mechanical movement.
- Decoration
- Bridges and mainplates suited to real finishing work according to the selected level.
- Elements
- Hand sets, white leather/rubber strap and assembly accessories.
- Guidance
- HD video tutorials, professional tools and step-by-step guidance within the chosen framework.
What the experience brings together
A part, a workshop, an assembly — in the right order.
What makes this proposal interesting is not the idea of the kit in itself. It is the way it is ordered with the rest: see, angle, decorate, then assemble.
A watch designed to be read.
The skeleton model gives the student an open reading of the movement, useful for understanding what the finishing work will actually reveal.
Real anglage and decoration work.
Traditional work, micromotor, reading the light, quality of the reflection, steadiness of the geometry: the centre of the path remains the bench and Alexandra’s correction.
A tangible continuation, not a gadget.
When the framework is right, assembly gives concrete continuity to the work carried out. The final watch then keeps a real logic with the time spent in the workshop.
What this does not change
Training remains first.
This page does not turn Art de l’Anglage into a watch seller. It simply shows that a good watchmaking support can, in certain cases, intelligently extend real training work.
You want the final piece to retain a trace of the work achieved.
The partnership can make sense if you are looking for real continuity between learning, finishing and the watch you wear.
You need a concrete support without blurring the real level.
The model can strengthen motivation, but it never replaces the rigor of the gesture or defensible progression at the bench.
You are looking for a coherent part to extend finishing work.
For an already advanced profile, this proposal can serve as an embodied continuation of the work underway, without stepping outside the real watchmaking framework.
For a team, manufacture or skill-up need on your own parts: see the Companies page for feedback and return on experience: see the testimonials
Book an appointment
Let’s talk about the right framework for your project.
A short conversation helps place your level, your objective and the possible place of the BeWatchmaker support in your path. The aim is not to add one more option. The aim is to check whether this proposal truly fits you.
Or write directly to Alexandra: alexandraschmitz@protonmail.com +41 77 422 46 08