The secret of tourmaline

For the tourmaline series of its watches, Niveau élevé uses a technology that reads the beat of time from the frequency of natural tourmalines. These “time jewels” of the Niveau élevé watches are volume oscillators with an absolutely constant frequency. The new technical possibilities of this process have not yet been fully grasped in the five years of research by Niveau élevé. However, the new “time standard” does not only justify its value in technical terms. Equally significant is the mystical component and symbolism hidden in tourmaline technology. Tourmalines were used by the Vikings around the turn of the millennium as a kind of compass to navigate according to the position of the sun in bad weather. When the Vikings discovered America, they had tourmalines on board to help them stay on course. With tourmalines we can make a watch movement run according to a new principle. But we can also use their perfect symbolism to dive deep into the mysticism of the ancient Northmen, into the world of elves and goblins, dwarves and titans. If we follow the trail of tourmalines and their history, it takes us into the realm of explorers and researchers, to a time when magic was still a recognized science, when Leif Eriksson discovered the largest still unknown continent. Tourmaline watches do not vibrate at a purely technical frequency like all quartz watches or automatic watches. Although tourmaline is a much higher quality piezoelectric crystal than quartz, the Niveau élevé brand does not focus on technical superiority in the Tourmaline Watches, but rather works with frequencies according to the laws of numerology. 777 kHz, 888 or 999 kHz have a symbolic meaning and are deliberately chosen to overcome the narrow limitation of relying on the functional aspects of the movement. A good clockwork not only has precise time, but also builds bridges to other worlds. The tourmaline watch is intended for all those for whom normal is not good enough. It is the watch for explorers, for those who work on themselves, for those who want to go beyond the obvious.