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A WatchWorld index lists an Atelier Wen feature dated 14 August 2024 as an effort to highlight the craftsmanship and quality of Chinese watchmaking. But the full feature is not available in the sources reviewed, so its factory scenes, location, workers and manufacturing steps cannot be confirmed. What can be established is how movement sourcing differs between two Atelier Wen collections: the Perception’s customised Dandong/Peacock calibre and the later Ancestra’s customised French Pequignet movement.
What does Atelier Wen’s movement manufacture look like?
The available record establishes the feature’s framing, not what appears on screen or in photographs. WatchWorld’s index lists the title “Atelier Wen Offers An Exclusive Look Inside Its Movement Manufacture” on 14 August 2024 and describes it as part of the brand’s effort to highlight Chinese watchmaking craftsmanship and quality. The indexed entry does not establish a factory address, production sequence, staff identities, output or specific quality-control results. WatchWorld’s indexed entry
That distinction matters: movement specifications published for a particular watch can explain a supplier relationship, but they do not verify the scenes or processes in the 2024 feature.
Who makes the movement in an Atelier Wen watch?
It depends on the collection. Time+Tide’s launch-era coverage of the Perception identifies its customised SL-3006 as a Dandong/Peacock movement. Atelier Wen later described Ancestra as its first venture beyond the Chinese watchmaking ecosystem, with a customised Pequignet EPM03. These are examples from different watches and dates, not evidence that every Atelier Wen model uses the same maker. Time+Tide on the Perception; Atelier Wen’s Ancestra journal
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Perception: customised Dandong/Peacock SL-3006
Time+Tide reports that the Perception’s SL-3006 is based on the ETA 2824-2 design. Its launch-era article gives a 41-hour power reserve, a rate of ±10 seconds per day and a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour. It also reports that Atelier Wen requested the movement’s decoration and that it was thinned to 3.4 mm. These are specifications and customisation details reported for the Perception, not a current-stock statement or a specification for all Atelier Wen watches. Time+Tide’s Perception feature
Ancestra: customised Pequignet EPM03
Atelier Wen’s own journal calls Ancestra its first venture beyond the Chinese watchmaking ecosystem and names the customised Pequignet EPM03. The brand states a 65-hour power reserve and accuracy of −4/+6 seconds per day. It says the movement was observed for 16 days in six positions, averaging ±2 seconds over that period. That average is the brand’s reported test account; it should not be read as the stated daily accuracy range. Atelier Wen’s Ancestra journal
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The same journal says 72% of the EPM03’s componentry is sourced within France and all parts come from within 80 km of Pequignet’s manufacture. Atelier Wen also describes a 446-character excerpt from the Chinese poem 天问 (tiān wèn) etched on the movement plate, alongside laser etching, black polishing, rotor decoration, anglage and perlage. These are the brand’s descriptions of Ancestra—not evidence about the 2024 manufacture feature.
How should the two movements be compared?
| Watch and movement | Maker and sourcing context | Published specifications | Source and qualification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perception — customised SL-3006 | Dandong/Peacock, as identified by Time+Tide; based on the ETA 2824-2 design | 41-hour power reserve; ±10 seconds per day; 28,800 vibrations per hour; reported thickness of 3.4 mm | Time+Tide launch-era product coverage; figures apply to the Perception account, not every Atelier Wen watch. Source |
| Ancestra — customised EPM03 | Pequignet; Atelier Wen describes Ancestra as its first departure from the Chinese watchmaking ecosystem | 65-hour power reserve; −4/+6 seconds per day; brand-reported 16-day observation across six positions averaging ±2 seconds | Atelier Wen’s own journal; specifications and test account are brand-published claims. Source |
The available figures do not establish that one movement is categorically better. They describe different calibres in different collections, and the test accounts are not presented on the same basis.
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Peacock’s own page, dated 19 March 2025, promotes its Ocean Wing Tourbillon Diver 300M and Plumage Gaze Tourbillon. In discussing a reviewer’s video, it describes Peacock as a maker of movements for other brands, including Atelier Wen. That is useful supplier context, but it is vendor-published material; it does not independently establish factory practices or reveal the contents of the 2024 feature. Peacock’s page
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