At the heart of our journey, time is art — shaped by feeling.
It does not tick the same for all: in joy, it stretches like golden honey; in fear, it contracts like a clenched fist. Absorbed in passion, hours dissolve into air; waiting, seconds swell into lifetimes. This is not illusion — it is perception, sculpted by attention, emotion, presence. Psychologists call it temporal distortion; neuroscientists trace it to dopamine and amygdala; philosophers like Bergson named it duration — lived, qualitative, never measured.
MOMENTIA is born from this truth:
Time is three-dimensional — an inner landscape.
Each moment becomes emotion. Memory. Breath.
MOMENTIA does not count time. It dresses it.
A silent companion to your pauses, your impulses, your most sacred instants.
David Cottier-Angeli — The Art of Fashion Jewellery Reimagined.
A spark from the past is reborn.
From grandfather Cottier — pioneer of horological innovation — and mother Angeli d’Assisi, steeped in Etruscan bronzes and classical beauty — emerges a dual heritage: honed time, and living art.
Trained at Piaget in Swiss haute joaillerie — where metal, gem, and gesture must unite without flaw — I ventured deeper: into archaeometallurgy. There, I reconstructed ancient Etruscan granulation and patination — directly from artefacts of Tuscany and Umbria (Cottier-Angeli, 2018). Lost for millennia, these techniques now breathe again — on custom alloys and patinas — evoking antiquity’s depth, warmth, and quiet elegance.
Designed for those who seek the exceptional — not in fashion, but in the soul of the gesture — each creation is a dialogue: poetry, tradition, bold modernity.
David Cottier-Angeli — Where archaeology becomes adornment.
Crafting time!
Join in exploring time’s richness — where every experience is a gem, and every moment, an invitation to embrace the art of living.
MOMENTIA arrives with variants:
Neckless, by fitting two bracelets you obtain a unique choker necklace
Bracelet, this creation is a strictly limited version of seven unit.
Ring, it is my pleasure to offer more colour on your finger.
MOMENTIA does not count time. It dresses it.
A silent companion to your pauses, your impulses and your most sacred instants.
Neckless; 9’000 CHF
Bracelet; 6’000 CHF
A Living Creation
Each creation by Cottier-Angeli is a fashion jewel in motion, alive upon the wrist, an adornment not merely worn but lived. To wear these pieces is to play with light and harmony, with colours that breathe, forms that move, and metals that awaken under changing skies. Bronze, blended with gold or silver, unveils subtle, living variations. Unconventionally floating gems find their own rhythm of radiance. Each detail is considered, each curve balanced for grace and comfort. Every piece becomes a personal signature of elegance, a movement shaped by emotion.
The Path of Ultimate
For each individual, the minute becomes a singular jewel, holding a rare density or an ethereal lightness that shifts with one’s state of mind. In the extraordinary suspension of experience, time is no longer measured but suggested, each minute unfurls as a fleeting shimmer of inner brilliance. Sometimes, a moment transcends its bounds as pure emotion, a silent vibration where the instant abandons all mechanisms and becomes a wellspring of sensation, fresh thought, or cherished memory. Within this suspension, each minute becomes an artful experience, exquisitely spinning and delicately unique, a rare creation designed to be savoured in one’s own fleeting intervals of being. Here, time is not a relentless measure but a collection of personal, exquisite momentums, silent masterpieces lived fully and deeply, resonating in the private theatre of our own soul.
The Poetry of Metal
Beneath the glow of creative fire, forgotten copper awakens. Once archaeological, industrial, and silent, it is tenderly reclaimed and reborn in a dance of transformation. Flame softens memory. Creation begins anew. Within this molten heart, silver and gold whisper their brilliances, uniting in bronze to compose a secret alloy of rare harmony. From fusion, a material with soul emerges, its patina blooming like time’s own perfume, enriched with every season. Beauty radiates quietly through the passage of years as Cottier-Angeli transforms alchemy into lasting fashion. Here, metal becomes poetry and poetry becomes light.
At the heart of our journey, time is art — shaped by feeling.It does not tick the same for all: in joy, it stretches like golden honey; in fear, it contracts like a clenched fist.
Absorbed in passion, hours dissolve into air; waiting, seconds swell into lifetimes. This is not illusion — it is perception, sculpted by attention, emotion, presence.
Psychologists call it temporal distortion; neuroscientists trace it to dopamine and amygdala; philosophers like Bergson named it duration — lived, qualitative, never measured.
MOMENTIA is born from this truth:
Time is three-dimensional — an inner landscape.
Each moment becomes emotion. Memory. Breath.MOMENTIA does not count time. It dresses it.
A silent companion to your pauses, your impulses, your most sacred instants.David Cottier-Angeli — The Art of Fashion Jewellery Reimagined.
A spark from the past is reborn.
From grandfather Cottier — pioneer of horological innovation — and mother Angeli d’Assisi, steeped in Etruscan bronzes and classical beauty — emerges a dual heritage: honed time, and living art.
Trained at Piaget in Swiss haute joaillerie — where metal, gem, and gesture must unite without flaw — I ventured deeper: into archaeometallurgy. There, I reconstructed ancient Etruscan granulation and patination — directly from artefacts of Tuscany and Umbria (Cottier-Angeli, 2018). Lost for millennia, these techniques now breathe again — on custom alloys and patinas — evoking antiquity’s depth, warmth, and quiet elegance.
Designed for those who seek the exceptional — not in fashion, but in the soul of the gesture — each creation is a dialogue: poetry, tradition, bold modernity.
David Cottier-Angeli — Where archaeology becomes adornment.
Join in exploring time’s richness — where every experience is a gem, and every moment, an invitation to embrace the art of living.Crafting time!
MOMENTIA arrives with variants:
Neckless, by fitting two bracelets you obtain a unique choker necklace
Bracelet, this creation is a strictly limited version of seven unit.
Beneath the glow of creative fire, forgotten copper awakens. Once archaeological, industrial, and silent, it is tenderly reclaimed and reborn in a dance of transformation. Flame softens memory. Creation begins anew. Within this molten heart, silver and gold whisper their brilliances, uniting in bronze to compose a secret alloy of rare harmony. From fusion, a material with soul emerges, its patina blooming like time’s own perfume, enriched with every season. Beauty radiates quietly through the passage of years as Cottier-Angeli transforms alchemy into lasting fashion. Here, metal becomes poetry and poetry becomes light.Ring, it is my pleasure to offer more colour on your finger.
MOMENTIA does not count time. It dresses it.
A silent companion to your pauses, your impulses and your most sacred instants.
For each individual, the minute becomes a singular jewel, holding a rare density or an ethereal lightness that shifts with one’s state of mind. In the extraordinary suspension of experience, time is no longer measured but suggested, each minute unfurls as a fleeting shimmer of inner brilliance. Sometimes, a moment transcends its bounds as pure emotion, a silent vibration where the instant abandons all mechanisms and becomes a wellspring of sensation, fresh thought, or cherished memory. Within this suspension, each minute becomes an artful experience, exquisitely spinning and delicately unique, a rare creation designed to be savoured in one’s own fleeting intervals of being. Here, time is not a relentless measure but a collection of personal, exquisite momentums, silent masterpieces lived fully and deeply, resonating in the private theatre of our own soul.Neckless; 9’000 CHF
Each creation by Cottier-Angeli is a fashion jewel in motion, alive upon the wrist, an adornment not merely worn but lived. To wear these pieces is to play with light and harmony, with colours that breathe, forms that move, and metals that awaken under changing skies. Bronze, blended with gold or silver, unveils subtle, living variations. Unconventionally floating gems find their own rhythm of radiance. Each detail is considered, each curve balanced for grace and comfort. Every piece becomes a personal signature of elegance, a movement shaped by emotion.Bracelet; 6’000 CHF
A Living Creation
The Path of Ultimate
The Poetry of Metal