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Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps (MCT)

MCT expands to Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps, a watch brand founded by Denis Giguet in 2007. 1

This profile covers the maker’s identity, history and documented work. A complete model catalogue is being researched separately.

At a glance

Subject
Confirmed Watch Brand 1
Documented work
Sequential One / S1 / S100 24
Documented work
Dõdekal One 2

The watch brand whose website outlived its reported closure

Quill & Pad reported that MCT ceased operating in 2017; this is a reported brand closure, not a verified legal dissolution. An MCT catalogue was still accessible during this review. Its persistence alone does not establish resumed manufacturing or legal continuity. 56

Who made the MCT idea work

MCT expands to Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps, a watch brand founded by Denis Giguet in 2007. Eric Giroud’s own portfolio credits him with MCT’s S1 in 2008 and Dõdekal One in 2017.

That report separates STM development, Digitale assembly/complications and MCH’s assembly capacity, while noting Jura component suppliers. The official manufacture page places MCT in Neuchâtel and describes component selection from Swiss suppliers, internal assembly, testing and service.

The S100 specification describes prism-based hours, a rotating minute sector and calibre MCT-S1.0 with 471 components. 1234

People, production and attribution

Giroud’s design credits do not make him the founder, controller or sole movement manufacturer. Europa Star’s 2015 account describes Cage Holding’s acquisition and identifies Kristina-Ripsimé Ambartsumian and François Candolfi in leadership.

MCT says a single watchmaker assembles a watch and subsequent testing lasts three weeks. The same retrospective dates Cage Holding’s acquisition to 2012. 2135

Continuity and the record today

MCT is useful as a case study in unconventional mechanical displays and the distinction between a designer, a brand and its development/assembly network. 234

Ownership and continuity

Europa Star’s 2015 account describes Cage Holding’s acquisition and identifies Kristina-Ripsimé Ambartsumian and François Candolfi in leadership. 1

Watchmakers and designers linked to Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps (MCT)

These people have a sourced relationship to this brand in the Enjoy Watches register. The label beside each name states the relationship recorded; it should not be read as a broader employment or ownership claim.

Identification and service

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Evidence and limits

How the claims are supported
  1. verified fact

    MCT expands to Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps, a watch brand founded by Denis Giguet in 2007.

  2. source stated claim

    Eric Giroud’s own portfolio credits him with MCT’s S1 in 2008 and Dõdekal One in 2017.

  3. reasonable inference

    Giroud’s design credits do not make him the founder, controller or sole movement manufacturer.

  4. verified fact

    Europa Star’s 2015 account describes Cage Holding’s acquisition and identifies Kristina-Ripsimé Ambartsumian and François Candolfi in leadership.

  5. verified fact

    That report separates STM development, Digitale assembly/complications and MCH’s assembly capacity, while noting Jura component suppliers.

  6. source stated claim

    The official manufacture page places MCT in Neuchâtel and describes component selection from Swiss suppliers, internal assembly, testing and service.

  7. source stated claim

    MCT says a single watchmaker assembles a watch and subsequent testing lasts three weeks.

  8. source stated claim

    The S100 specification describes prism-based hours, a rotating minute sector and calibre MCT-S1.0 with 471 components.

  9. verified fact

    Quill & Pad reported that MCT ceased operating in 2017; this is a reported brand closure, not a verified legal dissolution.

  10. verified fact

    The same retrospective dates Cage Holding’s acquisition to 2012.

  11. verified fact

    An MCT catalogue was still accessible during this review. Its persistence alone does not establish resumed manufacturing or legal continuity.

  12. reasonable inference

    MCT is useful as a case study in unconventional mechanical displays and the distinction between a designer, a brand and its development/assembly network.

Known limits

  • This identity dossier is not a complete catalogue of every watch or reference.

Direct sources

  1. Business models & strategies — MCT: from sequential to…Europa Star · original specialist reporting · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Company history and Cage Holding; paragraphs on STM, Digitale, MCH and Jura suppliers.. External source.

  2. MCT — ReferencesEric Giroud · designer portfolio · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Reference entries S1 2008 and Dõdekal One 2017.. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.

  3. ManufactureManufacture Contemporaine du Temps · official manufacturing statement · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Manufacture text; extracted lines 63–68.. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.

  4. Sequential One S100Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps · official product specification · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Display description and calibre MCT-S1.0 specifications; extracted lines 176–193.. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.

  5. In Memoriam: Brands And People Who Left Us In 2017, Including Roger Dubuis, MCT, DeLaneau, And Walter LangeQuill & Pad · original specialist reporting · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: MCT subsection: closure in 2017, acquisition and management history.. External source.

  6. MCT — collection websiteManufacture Contemporaine du Temps · official brand catalogue · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Collection navigation and product pages visible on access.. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.

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