The quality protocol
The process is the product.
A well-made watch shouldn't cost a month's salary. What you really pay for is how it's made: every piece goes through a real, documented quality protocol before it reaches your wrist. It's not a factory secret, it's part of what you buy.
Every Vindex goes through 7 checks before it reaches your hands.
Water resistance
100 metres that truly are 100 metres.
We test the water resistance of every case before fitting the dial. The screw-down crown and the gaskets are checked one by one: if a case can't hold the pressure it promises, it doesn't stay on the line. We'd rather scrap a case than have it fail you in the water.
Tool: Water-resistance bench
Demagnetization
It keeps time the way it should, not the way it feels like.
Everyday life (phones, laptops, magnetic clasps) magnetizes movements and throws them off. We measure and demagnetize every caliber before closing it, so it leaves perfectly set and holds steady in everyday use.
Tool: Demagnetizer
Verified accuracy
If it's out of tolerance, it doesn't leave here.
We check the real rate of the PT5000 caliber in different positions. Every piece has to meet the margin we set; the ones that don't are regulated or set aside. Nothing ships on a hope it runs right.
Tool: Timegrapher
Power reserve
It lasts what it promises.
We verify the caliber's nominal autonomy. It's the test that exposes faulty mainsprings or barrels before they reach you.
Tool: Power-reserve test
Aesthetic inspection
No marks, no dust, everything aligned.
We check dial, hands, indices, crystal and case: not a mark, not a speck, and every element in its place.
Tool: Loupe inspection
Crown & pushers
Everything turns and clicks as it should.
We test the screw-down crown and that setting the time and date is smooth and precise.
Tool: Crown & setting test
Strap & clasp
What touches your wrist is tested too.
We check the strap, buckle and spring bars: that they fasten well and hold firm.
Tool: Strap fitting & test
A piece that fails a check is regulated or set aside. It doesn't ship like that.
Each unit keeps the record of its 7 checks on its NFC card. How the card works →
If it doesn't pass all seven, it doesn't ship.
Why we document it
Anyone can say they control quality. We show it. Assembly and testing are part of the product: when you see how your watch is born, you don't have to trust blindly. That transparency is the kind of trust no marketing can buy.
This is what you wear on your wrist.
The Civis Solum is the first watch to go through this protocol.
See the Civis Solum