DC12 MaveriK
- Mar 11
- 5 min read
DC12 MaveriK
Freedom, Engineered
Some projects lie dormant. They settle, evolve, gain depth like a great vintage refined by time. At David Candaux, nothing ever gathers dust. Ideas mature until one morning, the spark returns. Precise. Uncompromising.
From that tension comes a watch that doesn’t follow time. It sets its own tempo.
The DC12 MaveriK.
Where Vision Takes Root
The story begins in the Vallée de Joux, the historic cradle of Swiss high watchmaking. A vertical landscape shaped by demanding terrain and disciplined craft.
This is where David Candaux forged his eye guided equally by raw nature and the legacy of master watchmakers. Every decision he makes bridges heritage and the energy of the twenty-first century. His pursuit of precision is not theoretical; it is born from movement, instinct, and lived experience — a constant dialogue between gravity and intuition.
In 2025, a new chapter unfolds. After seventeen years of reflection, a radical idea takes form: freeing the double balance from traditional architecture.
Mechanics in Suspension
At the heart of the piece beats an unprecedented caliber, conceived and manufactured in his atelier in Le Solliat.
The C30 reveals a seven-level architecture, sculpting depth to follow the distinctive case profile. Every component serves a single purpose: delivering real-world precision on the wrist.
Three patents define this achievement.
The first reimagines the double regulator architecture. Two independent balances interact freely through a flying satellite planetary mounted on a hairspring shock absorber, positioned at the very center of the seconds’ train. The mechanical differential continuously calculates the average of their isochronism deviations, ensuring exceptional regularity. Here, mechanics do not constrain they absorb, adapt, and balance.
The second patent secures the winding system. Click and spring regulate energy flow in the correct direction, preventing unwanted backflow.
The third combines winding and time-setting through a compact, coaxial inclined control mechanism, ensuring fluid and robust operation.
The movement comprises 258 components. Movement, crown, and case total 335 components for an overall weight of just 47.8 grams.
Two fast-rotating coaxial barrels mounted in series deliver a 58-hour chronometric power reserve.
A double in-house variable-inertia balance with gold mean-time screws, Phillips terminal curve hairspring, and 45 jewels set in solid gold chatons regulate the cadence at 21,600 vibrations per hour.
Titanium bridges and mainplate, 36 mirror-polished inward angles, straight graining, perlage, snow-grained finishing, and cascading bridges compose an architecture shaped by light.
At 12 o’clock, the flying satellite planetary completes a 60-second revolution, driving the small seconds a visible mechanical breath.
Design as Language
The titanium case asserts a sculptural presence.
Asymmetric from 6 to 12 o’clock, symmetric from 3 to 9, its fully curved profile runs in parallel across top and bottom surfaces. The top-loading construction highlights technical complexity, while curved lugs extend the dynamic flow.
A 39.5 mm diameter and a restrained 11.7 mm height ensure balanced presence. Water-resistant to 50 meters, the watch blends refinement with everyday resilience.
Integrated into the case, the “Magic Crown” features three positions neutral, time setting, winding and a discreet pressure-release mechanism. It bears the embossed Bear Head logo.
The dial, crafted in nickel silver, adopts an organic “chips” silhouette. Its curved round opening follows the case geometry.
A multi-level construction reveals a central white opal hour disc framed by diamond-polished rings. Black Arabic numerals, a peripheral minute track, and three-dimensional angled grey-gold indexes hand-polished for precision transform legibility into architecture.
Flame-blued steel hands capture light with intent.
At six o’clock, an inscription expresses the maison’s philosophy: “Le Cœur et l’Esprit” The Heart and Mind.
Through the sapphire caseback, the movement unfolds. Grade 5 titanium, elongated straight-grained bridges inspired by historical models, a hand-finished central snow-grained bridge, black-polished screws, and hand-executed bevels express uncompromising craftsmanship.
MaveriK: Independence, Defined
The name draws inspiration from Samuel A. Maverick, the Texan rancher who refused to brand his cattle a symbol of independence and freedom of action.
The final “K” underscores the watch’s kinetic energy and sharp aesthetic.
The DC12 designation extends the brand’s creative lineage, structuring a universe where scientific rigor meets instinctive creation.
In David Candaux’s Tempo
Trained in the great watchmaking institutions of the Vallée de Joux and shaped within prestigious manufactures, David Candaux designs every component, every finish, every movement.
In 2017, he founded his namesake brand and chose total independence.
Today, 39 patents bear his name.
The DC12 MaveriK stands as its emblem a timepiece for those who move at their own pace, where the creator’s freedom becomes the movement’s own.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
DC12 MaveriK
In titanium
Hand-wound movement with 3 patents
Double regulator mounted on the seconds’ train
• hours and minutes
• small second integrated to the flying satellite planetary
MOVEMENT
Movement dimensions
• Overall diameter: 29.50 mm (13’’’)
• Thickness: 6.90 mm
Number of components
• Movement: 258 components
• Flying satellite planetary: 25 components
• Weight of the planetary: 0.15 g
• Weight of the timepiece: 47.8 g
• “Magic crown”: 31 components
• Movement, crown, case:
258 + 31 + 46 = 335 components
Number of jewels
• 45
• Semi-gloss ruby jewel set in solid molded gold chatons
Chronometric power reserve•
58 hours
Barrels
• Two coaxial series-coupled fast-rotating barrels
with a fixed-flange spring
Balance wheels
• Double balance with dual in-house variable-inertia,
with gold mean-time screws (diameter 10mm)
Frequency
• 21’600 vibrations/ hour (3Hz)
Balance spring
• Phillips terminal curve
• Titanium stud and stud holder
Bridges and main plate
• In titanium
• Hand-polished beveled angles and polished chamfers,
36 inward beveled angles, mirror-polished, straight- grained,
pearling under the bridges
• Special snow-grained finishing
• Cascade bridges
Movement side
• Stainless steel screws and pins, black-polished
• Planetary bridge in grained titanium, with hand- polished bevels and angles
• Gold plate with engraved and grained number, polished bevels and moldings, brushed flanks
Double regulator
• Flying satellite planetary at 12 o’clock
• Jewel bearing
• 60-second revolution
• Flying satellite cage in titanium
Gearing
• Wheel plate in CuBe
• Sharp inward angles, beveled, diamond-milled on two sides
• Stainless steel pinion with polished teeth
Displays
• Central hours and minutes
• Small second at 12 o’clock
EXTERIOR
Case
• Asymmetric 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock
and symmetric 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock
Fully curved shape, top and bottom running in parallel
• In satin-brushed and hand-polished titanium
• Top-loading case
• Curved titanium side lugs
Case dimensions
• Caseband diameter: 39,5 mm
• Case height: 11,7 mm
• Height on synthetic sapphire crystals: 11,9 mm
Water resistance of the case
• Water-resistant 5 atm - 50 m - 164 ft
Crown
• “Magic”, Pressure release mechanism
• 3 positions : neutral, time setting, winding
• Embossed engraving of “Bear Head” logo
Dial side
• “Chips”-shaped dial in nickel silverCurved round opening integrated into the case shape
• Multi-level construction with central hour discin white opal, circled by diamond-polished rings
• Black pad-printed Arabic numerals
• Three-dimensional, angled, hand-polished indexesin grey gold
• Sapphire seconds subdial
• Black graduated rim for minutes and secondes
• Tampographed inscription “Le Coeur et l’Esprit”
Hands
• Flame-blued stainless steel hour and minute hands, beveled and hand-polished
• Small seconds in flame-blued stainless steel, beveled and hand-polished, integrated into the planetary differential with flying satelllite at 12 o’clock
Strap and buckle
• In handmade rubber, with a velcro clasp engraved with the David Candaux logo
Contact
INFORMATION
Rue du Village, 1347 Le Solliat - Switzerland Tel. (+41) 79 610 17 40Email: hello@davidcandaux.com www.davidcandaux.com
Media Relations: Caroline Pita cp@davidcandaux.com
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