ercigoj watches
Macro of a chenille-embroidered watch dial in dramatic low light

Ercigoj, Since 1923

Five generations at the needle

Now the needle tells the time.

Chenille-embroidered watch dials in the studio's wooden tray, ready for casing

CORNELY

Double spiral chain stitch dial with embroidered hour and minute track, and a Swiss automatic movement

Each dial is embroidered to order.

  • 40 mm, 316L steel
  • Sellita SW 200-1b, automatic
  • Spiral chain stitch, colors of your choice
  • Edition of 50, numbered on the rotor

2,500 € incl. 22 % VAT

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JACQUARD

Needle hands. Lugs drawn from an embroidery machine's presser foot.

Five different color sunburst fumé embroidered dials in a vintage-inspired case to match any style.

  • 40 mm, 316L steel
  • Sellita SW 200-2 M b Power+, manual wind
  • Sunburst fumé stitch, five colors
  • Engraved homage to Jacquard punched cards

2,800 € incl. 22 % VAT

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JACQUARD with a round steel case and an emerald green embroidered dial, on a black suede strap with green stitching
Chenille-embroidered watch dial emerging from darkness, needle-shaped hands catching the light

Every dial begins under the needle.

Dials are masterfully embroidered in-house, and watches are assembled, tested and finished by our experienced watchmaker.

At the Ercigoj embroidery studio: a dial set into the calibration device beside spools of thread

Handwork and modern embroidery machine craftsmanship

Embroiderers guide the embroidery machines with microscopic precision, and the textile dial is centered and aligned manually one watch at a time.

Chenille-embroidered reproduction of Michelangelo's Creation of Adam: the two reaching hands almost touching, full view

The Creation of Adam

Photorealistic embroidery, after Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel fresco.

Embroidery studio, since 1923

From banners to paintings in thread

Founded in 1923, we are a fifth-generation family business. We embroidered for the Church, created banners for societies and began making embroidery into a true art medium.

Today we embroider art in cooperation with artists and architects, intertwining millions of stitches on entire walls, and now on miniature scale in watches.

  1. 1923 Black-and-white photograph from the founding years: seven young women around two Pfaff sewing machines,

    Embroiderers during the founding years

  2. 1952 Black-and-white photograph of an embroidered banner of the volunteer fire brigade Rudnik Velenje hanging from a pole, with a laurel wreath and the years 1932 and 1952

    Embroidered banners were the staple of our work for a long time

  3. 2007 Photorealistic embroidery from 2007: the head and chest of a falcon against a pale blue sky

    Art pieces created in photorealistic embroidery techniques

  4. 2020 Embroidered artwork from 2020 in six panels: a saxophone player in a hat, in bold blue, orange and yellow brushstrokes

    Working with world renowned artists and exhibiting in galleries worldwide

  5. 2023 CORNELY wristwatch with a purple and blue spiral embroidered dial and a brown suede strap, resting on orange embroidered fabric

    Cornely – the first wristwatch by Ercigoj

  6. 2024 A square wall clock whose embroidered dial is a photorealistic close-up of a green leaf and its veins, with white markers and slim white hands

    Wall clocks with photorealistic embroidered dials

  7. 2026 JACQUARD with a round steel case and an emerald green embroidered dial, on a black suede strap with green stitching

    Jacquard – the second wristwatch by Ercigoj

Up close

What a photograph can't show

Embroidery as an art medium adds depth, texture and warmth to any piece of art that we stitch, something a painting or photograph is unable to achieve. Stitches catch and reflect light at angles depending on the stitch direction, and in a wristwatch this creates a play of light and color on your wrist, unlike anything else you have ever seen.

Embroidery under a macro lens, close enough to see each individual stitch: swirling blue thread with an arc of orange and yellow stitches
Embroidery under a macro lens, close enough to see each individual stitch
Country Road in Provence at Night by Ercigoj, an embroidered art piece after Van Gogh — cypress, crescent moon and star above a road with two walkers, rendered entirely in chenille thread
Country Road in Provence at Night by Ercigoj, an embroidered art piece after Van Gogh

A century of embroidery on banners and walls.

Wear it on your wrist in the embroidered color of your choosing.

Close view of the CORNELY dial: a spiral of raised red and black chain-stitch loops, needle-shaped steel hands across it

CORNELY

Automatic. Edition of 50.

2,500 €

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Close view of the JACQUARD dial: ice-blue sunburst stitch under a sloped chapter ring, needle-shaped steel hands across it

JACQUARD

Manual wind. Five colors.

2,800 €

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