“Look, Fans! No Hands!”

In her article, Ming Liu salutes innovative designers who are reinventing the way time is read. Among these designers, the author cites Trilobe, explaining that “abandoning hands altogether is becoming increasingly popular, giving watchmaking and the art of telling time a new – and cerebral – look.”

Trilobe was born from a desire to differentiate itself: the proposal of a unique and excellent watch that does not exceed 10,000 euros. Founded in 2019, the House chose the name Trilobe in reference to a timeless and universal architectural motif, and made it its emblem by using it as a time indicator on its watches.

After the Les Matinaux collection, Trilobe presented a new model in early April: Nuit Fantastique. The latter retains the hour ring but the minutes appear in an aperture, and the seconds wheel alternates between a centre in clous de Paris and an azure ring.

Trilobe’s vision of luxury is that of taking time, freeing it and giving it value by reversing the reference point for reading the time. The hands are fixed and it is time that becomes mobile.

In this New York Times article, Ming Liu salutes the audacity of this new watchmaking trend of which Trilobe is a part, alongside Ressence, Eone, Bulgari, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Rado.

« One must dare to tell time without hands »

In his article « Hands of time », Judikael Hirel traces the history of hands that dress up the dial of our watches for centuries. These hands have a major role in watchmaking as indicators of time.

Many different hands’ models have distinguished themselves over the centuries and are sometimes as well known as the watch they dress up. But even though they stand out with their design and their story, they all have one thing in common : their mobility.

Trilobe wished to go against traditional moving hands by conceiving fixed indicators that allow time to run free on the dial of the watch. For centuries, time was frozen under moving hands. Now, with Trilobe, time is liberated. Hence our credo « Time Liberated ».

These indicators, which strictly speaking are not hands, are in shape of trefoils, a timeless and universal architectural motif made of three circular arcs, that echoes the three pillars of time: Hours, Minutes and Seconds.

In this article, Judikael Hirel salutes the boldness of Trilobe who “dares” to offer a new way to tell time, without hands, allowing the brand to distinguish itself in the Fine Watchmaking competitive environment.

« Everything happens very fast for this brand who “takes its time”»

In this article, Julien Chassagne traces the genesis and evolution of Trilobe, at the dawn of its 2 years.

Through an exclusive interview, Trilobe’s founder, Gautier Massonneau, tells the real story behind the brand and confides about the next steps of its development.

“Elegant and different, well-thought and well-engined, Trilobe’s collection “Les Matinaux” is a French-Swiss UFO. It reconciles an original display of the hour with the most rigorous of beauty standards.”

David Chokron decodes Trilobe in the Spring 2020 edition of “Montres Magazine”

“Trilobe watches are clearly offbeat and allow their owners to be perceived by connoisseurs as being free of temporal contingencies, caring more for the spirit of time than its inexorable display.”

Trilobe is humbled to be showcased in « La Revue des Montres », number 253, April 2020.

Special thanks to Stephan Ciejka and Vincent Daveau for their support!

“At nightfall, the stars light up through 3D growth of superluminova. A first in watchmaking.”

Find out more about our unique piece “Les Matinaux Secret” in “Le Point”, number 2483, March 2020.

Thank you Madame Figaro and Anne-Sophie Mallard for showcasing Trilobe once again in this latest article.

Trilobe is honoured to be put in the spotlight in “l’Express XII” special edition number 24 : “the best of watches” for summer 2019.

Special tribute to Vincent Daveau for his support!