Simon & Vlad · The founders
Two founders. One enduring fascination with objects that reward a closer look.
The people behind the house
Simon and Vlad share a passion for the relationship between history, material and design. The rhythm of a geometric border. The balance of a watch case. The surprising colour held within mother-of-pearl. These are the details at the heart of Zenobia.
Their vision is to bring that fascination to women's watches: expressive pieces with an assured silhouette, a rich visual world and the steady presence of a Swiss movement.
Syrian inlay offers a compelling starting point. Its beauty lives in the relationship between individual pieces. A watch asks a similar question: how can form, finish, movement and material become one coherent object?
Co-founder
A passion for considered objects.
Simon is part of the curiosity at the heart of Zenobia: an obsession with the way a pattern, a material or a carefully judged proportion can give an everyday object a deeper presence.
That passion finds a natural home in a watch. So much expression contained in something so small, and so close to the person who wears it.
Co-founder
A fascination with every detail.
Vlad shares that exacting interest in how a beautiful object comes together. The tension between a clear silhouette and an intricate surface. The warmth of a metal beside the softness of pearl.
For Zenobia, this becomes an ambition to consider the whole watch as one composition, with each small decision contributing to its character.
A shared philosophy
The position of a line. The space around a numeral. The way a hand crosses the centre of a rosette. A watch is full of decisions that may be felt before they are consciously noticed.
Simon and Vlad's passion lives in those relationships. Zenobia gives that attention a direction: take a rich source of inspiration, understand what makes it compelling, and let it find a contemporary expression.
The aim is a watch that keeps inviting you back. Something you enjoy at a glance and appreciate even more when you give it a moment.
Our approach to craftsmanshipThe ambition we share
These are the principles behind the house we are building. A place for cultural imagination, the pleasure of fine detail and the confidence to wear something with its own point of view.
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