Octant Watch · Watchmaking Houses

Three Houses, Three Identities

Our selection does not seek to standardize Swiss watchmaking. Jowissa, Pilo & Co Genève, and Delbana each have their own aesthetic language. Here are the essential markers to understand their worlds before exploring their collections.

01 · Bettlach, Switzerland

Jowissa

Founded in 1951 in Bettlach by Josef Wyss, Jowissa is now a third-generation independent family business. The company has developed a particularly recognizable identity centered on color, jewelry watches, and glasswork.

Its faceted glass is one of its historical signatures: the surface is worked to reflect light like a cut gemstone. However, current collections are not limited to a single register and include various silhouettes, sizes, and movement types.

What to look for in Jowissa: case shape, dial color, glass type, dimensions, and movement of the exact reference.

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02 · Geneva

Pilo & Co Genève

Pilo & Co Genève develops Swiss Made watches in a contemporary style, with models ranging from elegant aesthetics to more expressive or technical constructions. This diversity makes comparing technical specifications particularly useful rather than reducing the brand to a single style.

At Octant Watch, we mainly focus on references where the design, proportions, and features form a coherent whole.

What to look for in Pilo & Co: dial architecture, movement, thickness, complications, case back, and wrist presence.

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03 · Swiss Watchmaking

Delbana

Delbana is part of a historic Swiss watchmaking tradition and today offers collections that include both classic lines and more demonstrative mechanical watches. Some references, for example, highlight the movement through an open dial or a transparent case back, while others favor a more traditional display.

The Octant Watch collection is built model by model: we compare the design and technical specifications rather than assuming that a single characteristic applies to the entire brand.

What to look for in Delbana: movement type, advertised power reserve, crystal, diameter, water resistance, and dial style.

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04 · An evolving selection

Other brands may join Octant Watch

Our catalog is intended to evolve gradually. A new brand is not added simply to increase the number of references: we seek a clear identity, sufficiently clear technical information, and consistency with the Octant Watch universe.