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Andrei Trofimtchouk speaks about how he built Batiscafo

For more than twenty years, I have worked in industrial and automotive design, creating products where emotion, engineering and function must exist in perfect balance.

That experience shaped the philosophy behind BATISCAFO.

Every curve, surface and proportion must have a reason. Design should not be decoration; it should serve the object, the wearer and the experience of use.

After years of shaping vehicles produced in hundreds of thousands of examples around the world, I began to ask a simple question:

Why should exceptional industrial design be reserved only for those able to spend the price of a car on a watch?

 

BATISCAFO was created to answer that question.

It is not a fashion brand, and it is not built around borrowed prestige. It is a design-driven watch company founded on the belief that strong proportions, honest materials and functional beauty should be accessible to more people.

The inspiration comes from many places: architecture, aviation, automotive design and the great icons of watchmaking. But inspiration is only the beginning. The goal is not to recreate the past, but to apply the discipline of professional industrial design to watches that feel original, purposeful and emotionally engaging.

Every BATISCAFO watch is designed around clear principles:

proportion, material honesty, visual tension, durability and forms that age with character.

 

Bronze has become one of our signature materials because it tells a story. It changes with time, use and environment. Every mark, every scratch and every layer of patina becomes part of the owner’s journey, making each watch increasingly personal.

To keep BATISCAFO accessible, we use direct sales and carefully structured launches whenever possible, reducing unnecessary markups and investing where it matters most: design, materials and manufacturing quality.

BATISCAFO is made for people who value substance over status.

For those who appreciate original thinking.

For those who believe that outstanding design should be worn, lived with and enjoyed — not locked behind an inaccessible luxury price tag.

BATISCAFO. Professional industrial design, made accessible.

BATISCAFO by CENTVM – Designed for Those Who Value Design, Not Status
 

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Zero45 Bezel Auto 45mm

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