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Maison Auvelle

Journal

Writing from
the partners.

The Journal is the occasional writing of the partners of the Maison. It is published when there is something to say.

Provenance

On the Patience of Provenance

On the long, slow, and inconvenient discipline by which an object's history is confirmed.

Spring 2026

Letters

A Letter From Mayfair

On a January spent in London, the city's older institutions, and the long question of what is worth keeping.

Winter 2025

Voyages

On the Quieter Kind of Travel

A note on the journeys our members increasingly prefer, and the small number of houses by which they are properly arranged.

Autumn 2025

Residences

On the Ethics of the Managed Estate

A short essay on the duties owed by the absent owner to the staff and the locality of a private estate.

Summer 2025

Provenance

Watch Collecting Beyond the Auction Houses

An essay on the older private trade in serious watches.

Spring 2025

Notes

A Craftsman in Kyoto

A note on a single afternoon spent in a workshop south of Gion.

Autumn 2024