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EMPIRE OF THE UNSEEN
Mysterious. Obsessive. Inaccessible.
7 May 2026
T H E A W A K E N I N G O F A V I S I O N
The world is divided between those who follow the light and those who shape it. Patrick Freiburghaus and Cyrano Devanthey did not choose to follow existing forms. They chose the middle path: that of what has no name yet.
Refusal is no longer a barrier. It is a sacred way. Every constraint becomes a teacher, every challenge a trial of will. EMERA’s territory extends into an absolute visual dimension. This is no longer haute horlogerie. This is what reveals itself beneath the sand. What survives time.
T H E F O U N D E R S
Patrick Freiburghaus
Architect of invisible forms. There are territories the eye cannot yet name. For more than two decades, his vision has traced paths where none existed, with the absolute patience of one who knows that the most powerful forms are never found. They impose themselves. EMERA is his vision made flesh. “What has no form yet already exists.”
Cyrano Devanthey
Guardian of living calibres. More than three decades spent in the silence of the workshops, at the heart of haute horlogerie’s most demanding complications. Discreet, absolute, uncompromising. He lets the heart of the movement speak in his place. At EMERA, he does not build a movement. He gives it life. “Every component has a will. The watchmaker’s art is knowing when to listen.”
Quentin Hoerdt
Sculptor of infinite light. He carries EMERA onto the digital stage with the vision of one who reinvents the codes. His mastery of photoreal rendering and creative direction extends the Maison’s territory into an absolute visual dimension, where image becomes matter and time, a surface to sculpt. “This is no longer fine watchmaking. It is what survives time.”
T H E A R T E F A C T : C Y B O R G - C Y 0 6 - 1
With the CYBORG CY 06-1, EMERA extends and intensifies the expression of this universe. The organic, the mechanical, the architectural, three ancient forces, at the confluence of worlds bearing within them the memory of the dawn of time. From their inevitable union emerges the CYBORG CY 06-1.
She is not a machine. She is a three-dimensional structure where movement does not breathe inside the case: it is the case. A domed sapphire shield above, two curved ones below, follow the geometry of the case and lay bare the entrails of the movement. The fourth, lateral at 6 o'clock, opens a window onto the ineffable, where the flying tourbillon completes its silent revolution, sixty seconds to govern eternity. "Form does not follow function. It submits to the law of matter."
T H E L I V I N G A R M O U R
The dial, an armour of 42 hand-set carbon scales, is an evolving skin. A biomimicry that captures the light of dying suns to fragment it infinitely. Around it, a bezel set with 21 white diamonds acts as a stellar guide, marking the geometry of an equilibrium that seems to defy gravity.
T H E O U T E R S H E L L
The strap is not an accessory. It is the organic continuation of the case, a second skin in Sidéral White rubber, sculpted with engraved chevrons evoking the scales of a creature from another world. The gold pin buckle seals the pact, that almost wild relationship between the beast and its wearer, between precious metal and flesh.
T H E E Y E O F T H E S T O R M
At the centre of chaos, the 60-second flying tourbillon. • 51 components. 0.35 grams. A silent heartbeat integrated into the open architecture, a mechanical singularity that dictates the passage of eras.
C A L I B R E M R A 0 1 - 2 : T H E I N N E R B A L A N C E
Conceived in the secret forges of the Maison, the automatic calibre MRA 01-2 does not beat, it resonates at 28,800 vibrations per hour. The grade 5 titanium plate and bridges, allied with the gold of the oscillating weight, form a system of mastered internal constraints. A fragile yet indestructible equilibrium, born from human hands in the Helvetian workshops, where time is a religion.
T H E O R D E R O F F I V E
Only five will ever exist. Five examples for all eternity, each bearing a unique natural variation. To possess a CYBORG is not to acquire an object. It is to enter into a direct pact with EMERA. A sacred bond including lifetime watchmaking follow-up and direct access to the Guardians of Creation, its founders and craftsmen. The price of the exception: CHF 625,000 + VAT.
T H E F R O N T I E R O F W O R L D S
In the immensity of Haute Horlogerie, where many settle for repeating echoes of the past, the CYBORG CY 06-1 charts a new course. It does not inscribe itself in a lineage; it founds its own Empire. EMERA transforms technical precision into a territory of wild experimentation. Here, boundaries dissolve. The piece does not seek to belong to any known category of the old world. It suggests a new one, a necessary anomaly: the perfect intersection between the pure mechanical object, the monolithic architectural structure, and the organic expression of the living. This is no longer a timepiece. It is an artefact from a future where machine and mind are one.
A C C E S S T O T H E E X C E P T I O N
The CYBORG CY 06-1 is not available for purchase. It is accessible through encounter. EMERA personally selects each of the five acquirers. This is not a transaction; it is a mutual recognition. A pact between the Maison and those who understand what they hold in their hands. Requests for contact should be addressed exclusively to: info@emerawatches.com
T E C H N I C A L F I L E : C Y 0 6 - 1 A R C H I V E S
Collection: CYBORG
Reference: CY 06-1
Edition: 5 pieces
Price: CHF 625,000 + VAT
Warranty: International, lifetime
CASE
Materials: Ceramic, gold, set with 21 white diamonds (VVS clarity), total approx. 2.00 ct
Crystals: 4 anti-reflective sapphires: domed curve on the upper face, two curved ones on the lower face Strap: Sidéral White rubber
Clasp: Gold pin buckle
Dimensions: 46.80 × 56.60 × 15.90 mm
Weight: Approx. 120 g (strap included)
Water resistance: 50 m
MOVEMENT
Type: Automatic MRA 01-2, in-house development
Frequency: 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
Power reserve: ~44 hours
Flying tourbillon: 51 components, 0.35 g, 60-second rotation Movement materials: Grade 5 titanium, gold oscillating weight
Swiss Manufacture, 100%
Design, assembly, and final quality control carried out in-house; machining entrusted to established Swiss watchmaking partners. Finishing is shared between our internal workshops and carefully selected master anglage and polishing craftsmen, with every piece entirely finished by hand to an exceptional standard.
P R E S S C O N T A C T
@emerawatches Full press kit: emerawatches.com/cyborg/presskit
Patricia Holdener
Editor-In-Chief
Luxe Magazine Switzerland