Charlie Paris is a Paris brand that hand-assembles its watches in its own workshop in the 6th arrondissement, sells them from two boutiques and the web, and puts a different movement in each line, from a Seiko mecaquartz to a Soprod moonphase. The decision it forces is which rung of that ladder to buy, since each step of $250 to $700 buys a movement rather than a case, and the Alliance Saphir at $1,745 is where the Soprod and the 100 m meet.
Checked 20 September 2026 · list prices on the maker's site that day unless marked street
Charlie Paris was founded in 2014 by two childhood friends, Ambroise Parlos and Adrien Sanglé-Ferrière, and is based in the 6th arrondissement with two boutiques, on the rue Saint-André des Arts and the rue Sainte-Croix de la Bretonnerie, that take in-store pickup for web orders. The about page and every product page say the watches are designed and hand-assembled by the brand's watchmakers in its Paris workshop. The movement is the ladder, and nothing on it is Swiss-assembled; a Seiko mecaquartz, a Miyota open-heart automatic, a Seiko GMT and two Soprods are all put together in Paris. Every model is 316L steel under sapphire with a 20 mm lug and a tool-free strap system, and the cases run 39 to 40.5 mm and 45 to 47.5 mm lug-to-lug. Water resistance is where the lines differ, 30 m on the Initial and the Phase de Lune, 100 m on the GR and the Alliance Saphir, 300 m on the Concordia. A buyer who wants the Soprod and the 100 m should look at the Alliance Saphir and stop there.
At $645 the GR is dearer than Dan Henry's 1964 at $310 and Brew's Super Metric at $475, and the only one of the three rated to 100 m. At $895 the Concordia is priced above Nodus's Sector II GMT at $575 on the same NH34 and between Lorier's Hyperion at $799 and Nodus's Contrail at $900, both true GMTs. At $1,745 the Alliance Saphir sits above Nivada's Super Antarctic at $1,145 on the same Soprod P024 and Christopher Ward's Twelve 38 at $1,495, and its answer is 9 mm and a sapphire glass dial.
The range runs from EUR 145 quartz lines (Sully, Monceau, Aurore, not in this table) to the EUR 1,795 moonphase, with a 2 year warranty against manufacturing defects. The site shows US buyers dollar prices, which are the figures in the table; the euro figure at home is given with each watch below. The thickness figures on the GR, Alliance and Concordia pages exclude the crystal, and the Concordia gives both, 13.5 mm with its two crystals and 11.75 mm without. On 19 September 2026 the Phase de Lune was out of stock in all three dials and the Concordia GMT was on pre-order for early November; the other three could be bought.
Founded2014
BasedParis, France (6th arrondissement; boutiques rue Saint-André des Arts and rue Sainte-Croix de la Bretonnerie)
AssembledDesigned and hand-assembled by the brand's watchmakers in its Paris workshop (about and product pages)
Read the table by movement, since that is what each $250 to $700 step buys. The GR is the quartz chronograph; the Initial is the entry automatic; the Concordia is the tool watch and the only one over 100 m; the two Alliances are one 39.5 mm case with a Soprod three-hander in the Saphir and a Soprod moonphase in the Phase de Lune. Colour variants are the same price within a line, and the euro figures on strap and bracelet are given with each watch where the feed differs.
The Paris-assembled mecaquartz at $645, EUR 425 on steel at home (375 on nylon; the GRX variants are EUR 395), and a Seiko VK64 with twice the water rating of Furlan Marri's Mechaquartz at $725 on the same calibre, in a case 1 mm larger and 1 mm shorter. Dan Henry's 1964 is $310 on a VK63 at 38 mm and Brew's Super Metric $475 at 36 mm; neither is assembled in Paris, and the $170 to $335 over them is the workshop and the 100 m.
The open-heart at $695, EUR 445 at home (485 on the bracelet), and the cheapest automatic in the range, a Citizen Miyota 82S7 with 40 hours behind a transparent back. At 30 m it is one for a desk rather than a pool, and lume is not stated. Hamilton's Jazzmaster Open Heart is $1,245 and Tissot's Gentleman Open Heart $1,025 for the same idea on an 80-hour Swiss movement; the Charlie Paris is $330 to $550 less on a 40-hour Miyota, and the only one of the three assembled by the company selling it.
CrystalDomed sapphire 3mm, AR; sapphire exhibition back
BezelFixed; 24h GMT flange
LumeSuper-LumiNova, green local / blue GMT
Case material316L steel, polished and brushed, screw-down back
Price$895 (US price on the maker's site)
The tool watch, and the only Charlie Paris over 100 m, at 300 m behind a fixed 24-hour flange. The Seiko NH34 is a caller GMT; the 24-hour hand sets independently and the local hour does not jump. $895 to US buyers, EUR 695 on the bracelet (645 on strap), on pre-order for early November. Nodus's Sector II GMT is $575 on the same NH34; Lorier's Hyperion is $799 on a Miyota 9075 true GMT. The Concordia's 300 m and Paris assembly are what the extra buys, and 47.5 mm lug-to-lug is the longest in the range.
CrystalCustom double-domed sapphire, AR; sapphire back
BezelFixed, circular brushed
LumeSuper-LumiNova at 12/3/6/9
Case material316L steel
Price$1,745 (US price on the maker's site)
The Swiss-movement Alliance at $1,745, EUR 1,075 on the bracelet at home (995 on strap), and at 9 mm without the crystal the thinnest 100 m watch in the range. The Soprod P024 sits under a blue smoked sapphire glass dial and a custom double-domed sapphire; the plain Alliance without the glass dial is EUR 895 to 975. Nivada Grenchen's Super Antarctic runs the same P024 at $1,145 and 12 mm; Christopher Ward's Twelve 38 is $1,495 at 9.95 mm on a Sellita. The Charlie Paris is dearer than both, thinner than both, and the dial is sapphire.
The top of the range at $2,445, EUR 1,795 at home, and out of stock in Blanc, Sauge and Bleu on 19 September 2026. The Soprod C105 carries a perpetual moonphase the page rates accurate for 122 years, in the Alliance case at 9 mm. Against the Alliance Saphir it is a moonphase in place of 70 m of water resistance, for $700 more. Farer's Stratton Moonphase is $2,075 on a hand-wound Sellita at 11.5 mm; Kurono Tokyo's Calendrier SBR is $2,380 for a Miyota triple calendar without a moon. The Charlie Paris is the automatic moonphase at 9 mm.
Charlie Paris is for the buyer who wants a watch put together in Paris by the company selling it, a boutique to walk into, and a strap system that changes without tools, at 39 to 40.5 mm and 45 to 47.5 mm lug-to-lug, which is an average wrist's range and not a small one. Look elsewhere if you want Swiss Made, since the assembly is French and the calibres Japanese and Swiss, and Serica and Formex do the whole thing in Switzerland from $1,290; if you want a true GMT whose local hour jumps, since the Concordia's NH34 is a caller and Lorier, Nodus and Vaer sell a Miyota 9075 for $799 to $989; or if you want a rotating bezel on a diver, since the Concordia's 300 m comes with a fixed flange and Vaer's D5 is $729 with 200 m and a bezel.
Where it sits against the field
At $645 the GR sits below only Furlan Marri's Seiko mecaquartz chronograph at $725 and Unimatic's at $840, and is the only one of those three rated to 100 m. The Concordia at $895 is priced above the NH34 caller GMTs from Nodus, the Sector II at $575, and Spinnaker, the Croft 39 at $445, and level with the true GMTs from Lorier at $799 and Nodus's Contrail at $900; its case for the money is 300 m and the workshop. At $1,745 the Alliance Saphir sits above Nivada's Super Antarctic on the same Soprod P024 at $1,145, Christopher Ward's Twelve 38 at $1,495 and Serica's 6190 at $1,290 with a COSC certificate, and its answer is 9 mm and a glass dial. The Phase de Lune at $2,445 is the automatic moonphase between Farer's hand-wound Stratton at $2,075 and NOMOS's Club Campus at $2,070, neither of which has a moon, and the high-end ranking begins at about the same money.
Questions people ask
Where are Charlie Paris watches made?
Assembled in Paris. The about page and the product pages say each watch is designed and hand-assembled by the brand's watchmakers in its Paris workshop, in the 6th arrondissement, where the two boutiques also are. Cases are 316L steel; movements come from Seiko (VK64, NH34), Citizen Miyota (82S7) and Soprod (P024, C105). The warranty is 2 years.
Are Charlie Paris watches Swiss made?
No. Two of the five models run Swiss movements, the Alliance Saphir on a Soprod P024 at $1,745 and the Alliance Phase de Lune on a Soprod C105 moonphase at $2,445, and all five are assembled in Paris. The GR chronograph runs a Seiko VK64 mecaquartz, the Initial a Miyota 82S7 and the Concordia a Seiko NH34 GMT.
What is the difference between the Charlie Paris Alliance Saphir and the Phase de Lune?
The complication, the water rating and $700. Both use the 39.5 mm case, 46.5 mm lug-to-lug, 9 mm thick, with a double-domed sapphire and a sapphire back. The Saphir runs a Soprod P024 automatic under a smoked sapphire dial, 100 m, $1,745; the Phase de Lune runs a Soprod C105 automatic with a perpetual moonphase, 30 m, $2,445, and was out of stock in all three dials on 19 September 2026.
