intends to advance knowledge and know-how in the areas of micro-mechanics and new materials.
The watchmaking laboratory participates in the process of validating the prototypes of new mechanisms or the use of new materials. The engineers of this rational entity who oversee every detail in quality, are in charge of ensuring that each movement as a whole is reliable .
The R&D laboratory, while working in the present, is especially orientated towards future through highly sophisticated research. Likewise, in the area of the infinitely small, measurement by nano-indentation makes it possible to study the elastic and plastic properties of a solid material on a scale such that it would be possible to bore holes in the cross-section of a hair.
The laboratory also includes an acoustic chamber ideal for adjusting the chimes of a minute repeater, as well as a climatic chamber in which mechanisms, exterior trims or complete watches can be observed under temperatures ranging from -40°C to 180°C with humidity varying from 0 to 100%.