Akrivia - History, Models and Owners' Reviews

Akrivia, founded in 2012, is an independent Geneva atelier created by watchmaker Rexhep Rexhepi; the house crafts a handful of high-grade watches each year, split between the classically styled “Rexhep Rexhepi” line and the contemporary “AK” series, with deep roots in the Old Town.

Old-Town workshop, Hagmann casemaking, and enamel: unusual verticality

Based on Grand-Rue in Geneva, the brand has built an artisanal ecosystem: an open workshop, traditional casemaking led with master case maker Jean-Pierre Hagmann (a partner workshop across the street), and since 2025 a nearby grand-feu enamel hub (Émailleurs de la Cité). Taken together, it yields uncommon in-house control—hand-made cases, enamel dials, and traditional finishing—that underpins a distinctive style.

“Chronomètre Contemporain” and deadbeat seconds: RRCC I and RRCC II

Launched in twenty-eighteen, the Chronomètre Contemporain family pairs a neo-classical look (grand-feu enamel dial) with mechanics centred on a deadbeat seconds hand with hacking and zero-reset; the second generation brings twin barrels and twin going trains—one for the regulating organs, one for the jumping seconds—and follows the Men’s Watch prize at the two-thousand-eighteen GPHG. This deadbeat seconds with zero-reset and hacking neatly expresses the brand’s chronometric intent.

• Rexhep Rexhepi Chronomètre Contemporain — Thirty-eight millimetres; grand-feu enamel dial; hand-wound calibre RR-01 with about one hundred hours of power reserve; twenty-five pieces per metal and a launch price stated at fifty-nine thousand nine hundred and forty Swiss francs (CHF).
• Rexhep Rexhepi Chronomètre Contemporain II — Thirty-eight millimetres; grand-feu enamel; deadbeat seconds with hacking and zero-reset; twin-barrel, twin-train construction; water-resistant to one hundred meters.
• Rexhep Rexhepi Chronomètre Antimagnétique — Only Watch twenty-twenty-three unique piece in steel, hand-wound movement inside a Faraday cage; sold for around two million three hundred thousand United States dollars at charity auction.

AK-06 and open architecture: zero-reset seconds and long reserve

The “AK” line is the contemporary counterpart; Akrivia AK-06 (twenty-seventeen) presents a “dial-free” face that reveals the power-reserve display (about one hundred hours) and a small seconds that snaps back to zero when the crown is pulled, inside a forty-one-millimetre case under ten millimetres thick and launch pricing that varied by metal. The technical staging stays readable and showcases the atelier’s symmetry and hand-finishing.

Tiny runs, observed pricing, and allocation-led access

Akrivia operates at micro scale: press reports cite around forty watches per year while the brand’s site mentions “fewer than thirty,” consistent with one watchmaker assembling each watch and a growing internalisation of key parts (Hagmann cases, selected components); observed public pricing ranges from about sixty thousand Swiss francs (Chronomètre Contemporain twenty-eighteen) to higher levels for RRCC II (information not confirmed) and for AK-06 depending on metal. The core buyer seeks classical clarity or open-worked architecture, extreme finishing quality, and accepts allocation timelines.

Conclusion

Akrivia is for collectors who want independent high watchmaking where finishing and construction serve legibility, stable rate, and movement beauty. The Rexhep Rexhepi Chronomètre Contemporain suits lovers of enamel and quiet elegance, while the Akrivia AK-06 offers a more instrumental presence without sacrificing clarity. Your decision hinges on classical versus open architecture, compact diameter versus visual impact, and allocation access. To align expectations with real-world wear and ownership, rely on Dialicious customer reviews before deciding.

(Updated September 2025)