Atelier Olivier Vaucher
TAOS was born out of the encounter of Olivier Gaud on one side, and Olivier and Dominique Vaucher, directors and founders of the renown Métiers d’Arts workshop Olivier Vaucher on the other.
Therefore, TAOS is ideally positioned to benefit from the expertise of Atelier Olivier Vaucher’s more than 40 collaborators, pooling the experience and expertise of over 15 distinct crafts and professions. After forty-six years of growth, maturation, deepening expertise, and continual progression towards perfection, the Atelier has become one of the most comprehensive and respected establishments of its kind. Its Geneva location has, from the outset, placed it at the epicenter of exceptional watchmaking.
Collaborating with and supporting TAOS from its inception has enabled Atelier Olivier Vaucher to conceive, test, and execute bold and risky projects with complete freedom.
Télôs Watch
Each watch produced by TAOS houses the same movement. The Swiss movement manufacturer Télôs, at TAOS’s express request, created the exclusive self-winding caliber VOP318. Among its many virtues, a comfortable power reserve of around 72 hours.
Its initial specification had a truly unconventional constraint: the surface of its bridges must provide the canvas for the most elaborate engraving imaginable. Thicknesses, shapes, cut-outs – every aspect was designed with the engraver’s chisel in mind as it navigates its mere millimeters in diameter. As a result, the inside of each watch offers a spectacle on a par with what can be seen on the dial side.
Geesco
Based in Geneva, Geesco is responsible for the technical construction and production of all the watch cases for TAOS watches.
From the conception of the technical plans to the machining, setting and finishings of all TAOS cases, Geesco has overseen the project and ensured quality controls with their Geneva partners.
As a result, the case’s slimness enhances the watch’s elegance, complementing the dial’s aesthetics. The detailed lugs, precise angles, sloping bezel, and curved case back all combine to showcase each creation, allowing the design to first stand out and then subtly recede.