Abordage and Version Watches at Perpetual: A New Generation with Character

Two brands, two perspectives, one shared creative drive. On Thursday, 8 October 2026, Hôtel Perpetual hosted the third private evening organised by wcbs, welcoming Abordage and Version Watches. On the eve of We Love Watches in Paris, the gathering celebrated the people bringing fresh ideas and individual voices to watchmaking.

Abordage: A Family Story with Maritime Roots

Behind Abordage are Xavier and Guillaume, two brothers from Saint-Malo who inherited their grandfather’s passion for watches. Their venture draws on both a family story and a sense of place: Saint-Malo, Brittany and their rich maritime culture.

These roots shape the brand’s identity, giving its creations a history, an imaginative world and a clear direction. Discovering Abordage means exploring how a personal story can evolve into a watchmaking venture.

At Perpetual, we want to make room for precisely this kind of conviction: brands with a story to tell, choosing the watch as their means of expression.

Version Watches: Beginning with Design

Founded in Paris in 2024 by Cybèle and Carla, Version Watches approaches watchmaking through the eyes of two designers. Their complementary expertise, spanning small objects and large spaces, informs an approach in which volume, proportion and perception play a central role.

The brand offers a bold vision of the watch as a design object in its own right, inviting us to look differently at what we wear on our wrists.

Bringing Version Watches and Abordage together offered a chance to explore two distinct sensibilities: one rooted in family and maritime heritage, the other driven by design exploration. Two individual paths towards a shared passion.

Three Evenings Bringing the Watch Community Together

Held from 7 pm to 9 pm at 34 Rue Jean Mermoz, this gathering concluded the series of wcbs evenings at Perpetual, following Auricoste on Tuesday, 6 October and Buci on Wednesday, 7 October.

The three events took place ahead of We Love Watches, held on 9 and 10 October 2026 at the Maison de la Mutualité. They also shared in the spirit of World Watch Day on 10 October: an opportunity to bring together those who create, preserve and share watchmaking culture.

Establishing Perpetual as a Place for Watchmaking Talent

For Perpetual, hosting these evenings reflects a lasting ambition: to become a significant part of Paris’s watchmaking scene by providing a meeting place for brands and their communities.

We want to help people discover passionate, imaginative and inspiring creators. To give emerging watch brands greater visibility. To encourage curiosity about distinctive worlds shaped by bold ideas and exacting standards.

With Abordage and Version Watches, that ambition took tangible form: opening our spaces to individual entrepreneurial journeys and providing a setting in which their founders could connect with an audience.