Philosophy
Find similar
Brand vibe
Hegid is the rare French maison that turned an engineering problem into a love language. Founded in 2016 by Henrick Gauché — a former Louis Vuitton executive who fell for watchmaking on a factory visit — and patented two years later, the brand's EVOL system lets owners swap the capsule (the entire movement + dial sandwich) into a different case in seconds, no tools required. The result is a wardrobe of watches that grow with you: a steel sport case at the office, the same movement slipped into a gold capsule for the wedding, a desert-bronze case for the weekend. Designed, machined, and assembled in France, Hegid sits in the strange in-between of high-end indie and modular toy, and the more time you spend with it the more the gimmick reveals itself as a quiet rebellion against the disposable.
Release Archive
Find Out More
Head over to the Hegid website for the full collection.
Is this your brand? You can claim your profile
Sourcing & Build
Community verifiedSourcing Notes: Cases, capsules and bracelets are manufactured in France with Swiss automatic movements (typically Soprod or Sellita base calibers, varying by capsule). Assembly and final regulation happen in the brand's Paris atelier. The patented EVOL fastening system is engineered in-house.
Cost Transparency
Ships from Paris, France
We don't have a verified US import tariff rate on file for this origin yet. Tariffs are assessed based on where the watch is assembled — not where individual components originate.
Learn more about watch tariffs →Related independent watchmakers
- Reiser WatchesElst, Netherlands · est. 2019
- Angles WatchesHong Kong · est. 2020
- Atelier WenHong Kong · est. 2017
- Direnzo WatchesGeneva, Switzerland · est. 2017
- HorageBiel, Switzerland · est. 2007
- JustinianiCiudad Victoria, Mexico · est. 2020
- MD Watches StudioCork, Ireland
- MingKuala Lumpur, Malaysia · est. 2017
This page was last updated: September 2, 2026 at 4 am