HAUTLENCE
ActiveHAUTLENCE is a Swiss independent watch brand known for unconventional mechanical displays, including jumping hours, retrograde indications, rotating chains and architectural cases.
HAUTLENCE was founded in Neuchâtel in 2004 by Guillaume Tetu and his team. The name is an anagram of Neuchâtel, which fits the brand's early focus on rethinking how a mechanical watch can show time. In 2012, the Meylan family brought HAUTLENCE into MELB Holding alongside H. Moser & Cie. Operations were consolidated in Schaffhausen in 2020, closer to the group's watchmaking and component infrastructure.
QUICK FACTS
BRAND TYPE
Watch BrandPRICE SEGMENT
Haute HorlogerieMOVEMENT TYPES
AutomaticManual Winding
MANUFACTURING
AssemblerSPECIALIZATIONS
Jumping-hour displaysRetrograde indicationsArchitectural case designLimited-production haute horlogerie
HEADQUARTERS
Schaffhausen, SwitzerlandOWNERSHIP
2004 Founding shareholders
2012 MELB Holding