Independent Watchmakers · 2024-09-06
Biver’s Automatique hides elaborate micro-rotor mechanics behind three hands
A classical precious-metal watch gives its reverse an unusually expressive architecture.
By Chronolume digest · Original English summary · Based on MONOCHROME
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What to know
The Biver Automatique reduces the brand’s functional brief to three central hands while retaining an ambitious level of movement decoration. Its 39mm case is offered in rose gold or platinum, with solid-gold dial surfaces, applied markers and angular lugs. The photographs show the original gold-dial executions in both case metals.
Calibre JCB-003 was developed with Dubois-Depraz and uses a 22k-gold micro-rotor. It winds automatically, provides 65 hours of reserve and includes a zero-reset mechanism for setting. Seven bridges and decorated wheels create a much busier reverse than the front suggests. Biver introduced this Automatique in September 2024, before the later hand-wound AB model.
At a glance
| model | Automatique |
|---|---|
| case | 39 × 10mm rose gold or platinum |
| movement | JCB-003 micro-rotor automatic |
| powerReserve | 65 hours |
| waterResistance | 80 metres |