Producing things like main springs and casting their own metals for balance springs are among Nivarox's more recent new talents. The newest thing for them is silicon (silicium). Already used in some Omega and Breguet watches, silicon is really proving to the material of the future for the high-end watch industry. It was debuted in a production watch about 10 years ago by Ulysse Nardin in their Freak watch. Nivarox is dedicated to exploring the technology more, as well as offering more silicon parts for their regulation systems. Silicon as a material is amazing. Once produced it will never deform, is immune to heat and magnetism, and requires zero lubrication.