From a young age, Vianney Halter was fascinated by mechanics, science fiction, and space exploration. He enrolled in the Ecole Horlogère de Paris, at the age of fourteen, and after graduating, spent the subsequent decade restoring vintage clocks and watches. Halter was then invited to join THA Èbauche, a collaborative movement manufacture, by F. P. Journe. In 1998, Halter unveiled his first watch, the Antiqua, whose futuristic aesthetics cemented the style which Halter has come to be associated with since.