It’s already been a few a months since we started work on the slightly crazy project of designing a spectacular manufacture movement brimming with mechanical magic, all at an affordable price.
You needn’t look further than Switzerland to find the finest experts in this type of movement. Having chosen one of the best manufacturers of movements in the country, we are now working on the architecture of our future movement.
There’s a good chance that the end result will be quite different, but here is a preliminary sketch to give you some insight into the direction we are looking to take.

FUNCTIONS: Hours, minutes, seconds (potentially a power reserve for the manual version)
CHARACTERISTICS: Precision – between +2 and +10 seconds per day / 46 hour power reserve
WHAT MAKES THE X41 PROJECT SO SPECIAL?
- A unique opportunity to take part in the development of the first community-exclusive movement
- The chance to wear a watch fitted with an exceptional movement that showcases the finest watchmaking expertise while retaining a reasonable price.
- Fully designed, manufactured and assembled in Switzerland
- Featuring architecture and design reserved exclusively for the CODE41 community
- Each part (except the regulating mechanism) machined specifically for CODE41.
- Exclusive peripheral oscillating weight (for the automatic version)
- Approximate retail price of $ 3’500 / € 3’045 with comparable models costing around $ 15’000 / € 13’045
EXCLUSIVE PERIPHERAL OSCILLATING WEIGHT
Skeleton movements often require manual rewinding, as an oscillating weight – and the various gears one requires – would “obstruct” the transparency and make the whole watch thicker. This is why our partner has developed an exclusive peripheral weight which provides all the advantages of an automatic watch while preserving the beauty, transparency and delicacy of a manual movement.
The concept of a peripheral weight has already been explored by a number of brands, but has often been abandoned because the ball bearing was too loud and not very efficient. Our case is different as, following several years of development, these problems have been resolved through machining and managing the finishing (hardening, buffing) of the components in-house to ensure the perfect size and finish. In addition, the bearing is mounted on a vibration damper to limit the noise and absorb shocks.
WHAT ARE THE PRODUCTION COSTS?
COMPONENT | COST | ORIGIN |
---|---|---|
MANUAL MOVEMENT | $ 1,100 / € 957 (minimum 500 units) | SWISS |
AUTO MOVEMENT (peripheral weight) | $ 1,400 / € 1,217 (minimum 500 units) | SWISS |
STEEL CASE, TRANSPARENT CASEBACK | $ 80 / € 70 | CHINESE |
LEATHER STRAP, DEPLOYMENT CLASP | $ 30 / € 26 | ITALIAN/CHINESE |
ASSEMBLY | $ 30 / € 26 | SWISS |
PACKAGING | $ 15 / € 13 | CHINESE |
WHAT WILL THE RETAIL PRICES BE?
STEEL CASE – X41 MANUAL
MANUFACTURE MOVEMENT
COST OF PRODUCTION | Approx. $ 1,255 / € 1,090 |
FUTURE RETAIL PRICE | Approx. $ 4,390 / € 3,817 |
SPECIAL LAUNCH PRICE | Approx. $ 3,290 / € 2,860 |
STEEL CASE – X41 AUTOMATIC
MANUFACTURE MOVEMENT
COST OF PRODUCTION | Approx. $ 1,555 / € 1,352 |
FUTURE RETAIL PRICE | Approx. $ 5,440 / € 4,730 |
SPECIAL LAUNCH PRICE | Approx. $ 3,990 / € 3,470 |
HOW WILL WE BE ABLE TO OFFER SUCH LOW PRICES?
Our aim is to offer you a retail price of approximately $ 3’500 / € 3’045, while comparable watches cost around $ 15’000 / € 13’045, or even more. So how can we offer such low prices?
- The design of each component of the movement has been fully optimized.
- We want to order 500 movements, allowing us to reduce costs by around 35% compared to smaller quantities.
- Our policies of total transparency, a fixed profit multiplier and simplified distribution enable us to cut out the middlemen and pass the savings on to you.
SO? WHO’S INTERESTED?
As usual it’s you, dear members, who will decide whether or not this exceptional movement will see the light of day. For this project to be viable, we will need to produce an initial series of 200 watches.
RESULTS OF VOTES:
533 votes
1,306 Votes
123 Votes
MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC?

MANUAL REWINDING
LAUNCH PRICE: APPROX. $ 3,290 / € 2,860

AUTOMATIC REWINDING
WITH PERIPHERAL WEIGHT
LAUNCH PRICE: APPROX. $ 3,990 / € 3,470
hallo
ich bin POO
😛 ich wohne in IR.
Das ist wohl thema?
hmmmm , best regards for all 🙂 POO
I need to use eng or can GER?
Hallo Poo,
vielen Dank für Ihren Kommentar.
Sie können auch gerne auf Deutsch schreiben 🙂
C’est un génie des mécanismes
Bonjour. Pour quand est prévu le prochain lancement x41, je veux en commander une svp.
Bien à vous
Bonjour,
Merci pour votre commentaire. Nous n’avons pas fixé de date pour cela. Toutefois, je vous invite à vous inscrire sur la liste d’attente pour ce projet afin d’être informé de toutes les disponibilités futures 🙂
Je vous souhaite une bonne journée. Cordialement,
Hallo,
Habe vor ein paar Monate Bestellung aufgegeben. Bis wann soll ich warten bitte?
Danke im voraus.
Vielen Dank für Ihre Nachricht. Unter Ihren Namen und Ihrer Email Adresse konnte ich leider keine Bestellung oder Vorbestellung finden. Für weitere Infos würde ich Sie bitten sich direkt an unseren Kundendienst zu melden. Einfach eine Email an team@code41.com senden.
Hi I am interested on ordering one of the codf41 please get back to me thank you
Hello Alberto,
Do not hesitate to contact us by email or chat so that we can help you further with your order 🙂
Have a lovely day!
GOOD LOOKING
That is really kind !
Die Uhrwen gafallen mir sehr, tolles Design. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Eine Frage: von wem stammt das Uhrwerk .. ETa oder aus dem Ausland? Danke für die Info.
Beste Grüsse,
Adrian Ebenberger
Bravo joli projet et très jolie montre continuer
Merci Adrian !
Faites vous partie de la liste d’attente pour la prochaine production de la X41 ?
Voici le lien : https://code41watches.com/fr/projects/x41/
Vielen Dank für Ihr Interesse! Das Uhrwerk der X41 wird in den Schweiz hergestellt. Die beste Expertise besitzen nach wie vor die Uhrmacher der Schweiz. Das hat uns dazu veranlasst, einen der Besten des Landes um Hilfe zu beten. Timeless Manufacture unterscheidet sich insofern von der Konkurrenz, als dass sämtliche Komponenten der Uhrwerke (bis auf die Unruh) selbst hergestellt werden. Das sollte nicht unerwähnt bleiben, da viele Manufaktur-Uhrwerke auf Komponenten zurückgreifen, die auch in industriell hergestellten Uhrwerken Anwendung finden.
Dag Beste,
Ik wil een X41 aanschaffen.
Bonjour je voudrais savoir quand la prochaine série sera produite et quel et le modèle merci par avance de vos nouvelles.
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Bonjours tout le monde
Je suis nouveau et j’ai trop aimé l’idée
E’ un progetto affascinante che mi fa capire con quanto entusiasmo stiate lavorando . In un mondo abituato sempre piu’ alla standardizzazione delle idee e dei comportamenti e’ sempre piu’ raro imbattersi in iniziative come la vostra.
Bravi , con le mie congratulazioni !
Pietro Suman
Un grande ringraziamento per il vostro messaggio che ci motiva ancora di più nel nostro approccio! 🙂