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Valbray is an independent Swiss watch company co-founded by Côme de Valbray and Olga Corsini in 2009. The brand's collection is based on a patented, camera-shutter-like dial system called Oculus that enables indications, mechanisms or art on the dial to be displayed or concealed by rotating the bezel. == Valbray history == Côme de Valbray was born in 1980 in Paris, France. He received his baccalaureate in Paris, after which he moved to Switzerland to study engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. He graduated with a degree in micro technology, after which he continued studies in business at Harvard.〔"Valbray Watches on Independent Watchmakers">(Valbray Watches on Independent Watchmakers )〕 He returned to Europe to take a job with Cartier Horlogerie, where he analyzed watch manufacturing processes until he co-founded Valbray. Valbray was, and is, an enthusiastic photographer who has used Leica Cameras for many years. Olga Corsini was born in 1979 in Florence, Italy. She graduated with a degree in jewelry design from the European Institute of Design in Milan after which she joined Bulgari in Rome in 2003, where she worked on both unique and collection jewelry pieces. This was followed by a stint at Gucci in Florence and Chaumet in Paris,〔(Valbray Oculus Chrono Achromatic Black on Total Watch Reviews )〕 where she worked in watches and jewelry from 2007 until she co-founded Valbray. The pair founded independent watch brand Valbray near Lausanne, Switzerland in March, 2009. The premise of Valbray’s collection was to incorporate an element into the dial of a watch that was similar to the shutter of a camera. Valbray invented and designed the mechanism over two years and called it the "Oculus". The Oculus dial comprises 16 single blades 0.05 mm in height that changes the look of the dial by covering and uncovering it. It is manually opened and closed by rotating the watch’s bezel. It was patented in 2010,〔(Valbray dial patent dial )〕 the same year that the Valbray brand first exhibited four prototypes at the Baselworld watch fair. In May 2013, Valbray opened its new factory location in Romanel sur Morges, Switzerland. The factory contains several CNC machines and other machinery needed for component production as well as watchmakers to carry out assembly. By 2014, Valbray employed 12 people. While it does not manufacture its own movements, Valbray does master in-house fabrication of the case, hands, dial, and unique shutter element as well as strap attachment systems. Valbray’s collection comprises the Oculus V01 Chronograph housed in a 46 mm case and the Oculus V02 Grand Dateur housed in a 43 mm case.〔(/ Valbray Opens its Shutters )〕 They are powered by automatic Swiss Made movements. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Valbray」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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