Le Temps recently devoted an article to the watchmaking tool boxes created by Petitpierre SA, highlighting their unique character and their place on the borderline between professional tool and collector’s item.
With its two creations, the Coffret Tradition and the Coffret Passion, the Cortaillod-based company elevates watchmaking tools to the status of prestige objects. Hand-crafted, these cases bring together the essential instruments of the master watchmaker in a discreet luxury that appeals to collectors, enthusiasts and fine watchmaking professionals alike.
The masterpiece Coffret Tradition brings together 54 high-precision tools carefully arranged in a Macassar ebony case. A veritable portable workshop, it embodies Swiss know-how and tradition.
More accessible, the Coffret Passion offers 12 emblematic tools, presented in a refined box made of precious wood. Ideal for enlightened amateurs and young watchmakers alike, it lets you get started with professional-quality instruments.
Each box can be personalized with an engraved plaque.
An exclusive video accompanies this highlight. Christoph Guhl, master watchmaker at Audemars Piguet, shares his vision of watchmaking excellence and presents the Coffret Tradition, designed in collaboration with Boris Petitpierre. Together, they have imagined an exceptional object designed as a tribute to Swiss master watchmakers and their ancestral know-how.
Watch the full video on the Coffret Tradition page.
More than a simple work tool, the Coffret Tradition embodies transmission: it celebrates the gesture, the material and the multigenerational precision of time artisans. Born of a true story, it pays tribute to those watchmakers who, out of necessity, one day designed their own instruments, perpetuating a philosophy of mastery and artisanal innovation.
