Terms of sale
Terms of sale
Article 1 — The seller
Products sold under the Black Corner name on black-corner.com and shop.black-corner.com are sold by LUMIIK, a French SAS with share capital of €1,000, registered with the trade register of Paris 918 407 776.
Registered office: 19 avenue d’Italie, 75013 Paris, France.
SIREN: 918 407 776. SIRET: 918 407 776 00015. EU VAT number: FR32 918 407 776. EORI: FR918 407 776.
Email: legal@black-corner.com. Telephone: +33 6 31 69 02 86. Publication director: Benjamin Coriou.
Black Corner is a brand operated by LUMIIK. The party to the contract is LUMIIK, never the brand.
Article 2 — Scope and acceptance
These terms govern the sale of the products offered on the site. They apply to the exclusion of any other terms, including those applying to sales in a shop or through any other channel.
They are addressed first to consumers — any natural person acting for purposes outside their trade, business, craft or profession. The provisions of the French Consumer Code cited below benefit that buyer only.
Placing an order means having read these terms and accepted them. They are available on the site at all times, in a format that can be saved and printed.
They may change at any time. The version that applies to an order is the one in force on the day that order is placed; a later change has no effect on contracts already concluded.
Article 3 — The products
The essential characteristics of each product are described on its page: materials, dimensions, movement, stated water resistance, edition size, price, availability and delivery time.
Sailing Stones is an edition limited to 100 pieces. Each caseback carries an edition engraving in the form "1 of 100".
That edition engraving is not personalisation. The exclusion of the right of withdrawal in article L. 221-28 1° of the French Consumer Code covers goods made to the consumer's specifications or clearly personalised; a number the maker engraves on every piece of a series of its own design is neither. The right of withdrawal therefore applies in full, and nothing in these terms sets it aside.
Photographs and renders are as faithful as the technique allows. Slight differences in tone, finish or screen rendering are not a lack of conformity.
Where a price or description is obviously wrong, LUMIIK tells the buyer before dispatch and offers either cancellation with a full refund or the order at the corrected price. Silence counts as cancellation.
Article 4 — Prices, taxes and customs duties
Prices are shown in euros, inclusive of all taxes for delivery within the European Union. The contract price is the one displayed when the order is confirmed.
Delivery charges are shown separately before any payment and are summarised in article 8 and on the shipping and returns page.
Outside the European Union, prices exclude customs duties and import taxes. Those are payable by the buyer to the carrier or to their country's authorities, on top of the price and the delivery charge; LUMIIK does not collect them and cannot know the amount in advance. Under article L. 221-6 of the French Consumer Code, no charge beyond those announced before the order is made.
LUMIIK may change its prices at any time. That has no effect on orders already placed.
Article 5 — The order and how the contract is formed
The buyer selects the product, checks the order, enters their details and delivery address, chooses a means of payment, reads these terms and confirms.
Under articles 1127-1 and 1127-2 of the French Civil Code, the buyer can check the detail of their order and its total price, and correct any mistakes, before confirming it to express their acceptance. Final confirmation carries an obligation to pay: by clicking the payment button, the buyer places an order with an obligation to pay within the meaning of article L. 221-14 of the French Consumer Code.
The contract is formed when payment is accepted. LUMIIK then sends an order confirmation by email without undue delay. That confirmation, which repeats these terms, is the confirmation on a durable medium required by article L. 221-13.
Under articles L. 213-1 and D. 213-1 of the French Consumer Code, a contract concluded electronically for 120 euros or more is kept for ten years from delivery. LUMIIK archives every order on that basis and gives the buyer access on request at the address in article 1.
Orders are limited to 1 piece per buyer during the launch. An order plainly placed for resale may be cancelled and refunded in full.
Article 6 — Payment, and what the sums paid are not
The price is payable in full when the order is placed. The means of payment are those offered at checkout, operated by Shopify Payments, provided by Shopify International Limited, The Sidings, 4th floor, Grand Canal Quay, Dublin D02 E7K8, Ireland.
If payment is refused the order is cancelled automatically and no contract is formed.
The sums paid at the time of the order are not arrhes. The parties expressly agree, by way of the contrary stipulation allowed by article L. 214-1 of the French Consumer Code, that those sums are payment in full of the price of the product ordered. Article 1590 of the French Civil Code therefore does not apply: neither the buyer nor LUMIIK may walk away from the contract by forfeiting the sums paid or repaying double.
This takes nothing away from the buyer. It sets aside a mutual walk-away mechanism, not a right: the buyer keeps in full the right to cancel a pre-order before dispatch set out in article 7, which is more favourable, and the statutory right of withdrawal in article 9, which cannot be departed from.
Under article L. 214-2 of the French Consumer Code, where delivery happens more than three months after payment, sums paid in advance bear interest at the legal rate from the end of that three-month period until delivery. Since the price is paid in full at the order there is no balance to set that interest against: LUMIIK pays it to the buyer on delivery.
Invoices are issued by LUMIIK and sent electronically.
Article 7 — Pre-orders
Some products are sold as pre-orders: the price is paid at the order, and manufacture and dispatch follow.
For Sailing Stones, the estimated dispatch window is "autumn 2026".
That window is an estimate. LUMIIK undertakes to dispatch by 30 November 2026 at the latest, and to deliver, within the meaning of article L. 216-1 of the French Consumer Code, by 15 December 2026 at the latest. All three dates are given because they do different jobs: the first says what LUMIIK hopes to hold to, the second what LUMIIK controls, the third what LUMIIK is bound by.
If the estimate moves, LUMIIK tells the buyer by email, giving the new window and the reason. The buyer is then free to keep the order or to cancel it and be refunded in full. Silence means the order stands and never means giving up any right.
Cancelling before dispatch. The buyer may cancel a pre-order, for any reason or none and at no cost, at any time while the parcel has not been handed to the carrier, by writing to the address in article 1 with their order number. A full refund is made to the original means of payment within fourteen days of the request at most. This right is granted by LUMIIK; it sits on top of the statutory right of withdrawal in article 9 and does not replace it.
None of this displaces article L. 216-6 of the French Consumer Code: if LUMIIK fails to deliver by the agreed date, the buyer may terminate the contract after requiring LUMIIK to deliver within a reasonable further period, and immediately where LUMIIK refuses to deliver or where the delivery date was an essential condition for them. Under article L. 216-7, LUMIIK then refunds everything paid within fourteen days of termination.
Cancellation by LUMIIK. If LUMIIK cannot fulfil a pre-order, the buyer is told and refunded in full, without losing any other right.
Article 8 — Delivery
Zones served, charges, transit times, handover and excluded destinations are set out on the shipping and returns page, which forms part of these terms.
The delivery charges in force at the date of publication are summarised below and are, in every case, displayed before any payment.
Products ship by insured express carrier, signature required on delivery, in neutral packaging. The tracking number is sent as soon as the parcel is dispatched.
Under articles L. 216-4 and L. 216-5 of the French Consumer Code, the risk of loss or damage passes to the consumer when they take physical possession of the goods, or when a third party they have named, other than the carrier, does so.
| Destination | Delivery charge | Taxes and duties |
|---|---|---|
| France | Free, no minimum | French VAT included in the price |
| European Union, outside France | Flat €30 incl. VAT | VAT included under the applicable rules |
| Rest of the world | Flat €50 incl. VAT | Import duties and taxes payable by the buyer (DAP) |
Article 9 — Right of withdrawal
A consumer has fourteen days to withdraw, without giving a reason and without bearing any cost other than those set out below (articles L. 221-18 and following of the French Consumer Code).
That period runs from the day the buyer, or a third party they have named other than the carrier, takes physical possession of the goods. The day of receipt does not count, and if the period ends on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday it runs to the next working day.
The right, however, is open from the moment the contract is concluded: on a pre-order the buyer does not have to wait for delivery to use it. The fourteen-day period merely ends fourteen days after receipt.
How to use it. LUMIIK provides, free of charge, an online withdrawal functionality, available at all times from the site footer and at black-corner.com/legal/withdrawal, under the third paragraph of article L. 221-21 of the French Consumer Code. The buyer may also use the model form reproduced on the shipping and returns page, or send any other unambiguous statement to the address in article 1. A written acknowledgment, repeating the content of the withdrawal together with its date and time, is sent on a durable medium.
Returning the goods. The goods must be sent back no later than fourteen days after the decision to withdraw is communicated. LUMIIK gives the return address and instructions as soon as it receives the declaration.
Return costs. Under article L. 221-23 of the French Consumer Code, and because this information is given before the order, the direct cost of return is allocated as set out on the shipping and returns page: LUMIIK bears it in France and in the European Union, where a prepaid label is provided; outside the European Union a flat €50 logistics fee is deducted from the refund where LUMIIK arranges the return, and the buyer remains free to arrange a tracked, insured return themselves at their own cost.
Where the return is because of a lack of conformity, a hidden defect or a mistake by LUMIIK, LUMIIK bears the return cost in full, wherever the buyer is.
Refund. Under article L. 221-24, LUMIIK refunds everything paid, including the outbound delivery charge, no later than fourteen days after being informed of the decision to withdraw. The refund may be held until the goods are recovered or until the buyer provides proof that they have been sent, whichever happens first. It is made by the same means of payment as the order, unless the buyer expressly agrees to another, and at no cost to them.
Loss in value. The buyer is only liable for a loss in value resulting from handling beyond what is needed to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods — for a watch, the handling a shop would allow. The condition expected on return is set out on the shipping and returns page.
What these terms cannot do. The chapter on the right of withdrawal is a matter of public policy (article L. 221-29). Any clause shortening the period, adding a restocking fee, requiring unopened packaging, excluding limited editions or barring withdrawal before delivery would have no effect, and none appears here.
Article 10 — Legal guarantees
Independently of any commercial warranty, LUMIIK remains bound by the legal guarantee of conformity (articles L. 217-3 and following of the French Consumer Code) and by the guarantee against hidden defects (articles 1641 to 1649 of the French Civil Code). Neither can be excluded or limited by contract.
The buyer has two years from delivery to bring a claim under the guarantee of conformity. Any defect appearing within twenty-four months of delivery is presumed to have existed at delivery unless proved otherwise; the buyer therefore need establish only the defect, not when it appeared. Where goods are repaired, the guarantee is extended by six months (article L. 217-13).
The box below is reproduced in the terms fixed by the annex to article D. 211-2 of the French Consumer Code, and translated for convenience. The French version in the French terms of sale is the one that governs.
Translated from the annex to article D. 211-2 of the French Consumer Code
The consumer has two years from delivery of the goods to obtain the benefit of the legal guarantee of conformity where a lack of conformity appears. During that period the consumer need establish only the existence of the lack of conformity, not the date on which it appeared.
Where the contract of sale provides for the continuous supply of digital content or a digital service for more than two years, the legal guarantee applies to that digital content or digital service throughout the supply period provided for. During that period the consumer need establish only the existence of the lack of conformity affecting the digital content or digital service, not the date on which it appeared.
The legal guarantee of conformity obliges the trader, where applicable, to supply all updates necessary to keep the goods in conformity.
The legal guarantee of conformity entitles the consumer to repair or replacement of the goods within thirty days of their request, free of charge and without major inconvenience to them.
If the goods are repaired under the legal guarantee of conformity, the consumer benefits from a six-month extension of the initial guarantee.
If the consumer asks for the goods to be repaired but the seller imposes replacement, the legal guarantee of conformity is renewed for two years from the date of replacement.
The consumer may obtain a reduction in the purchase price and keep the goods, or terminate the contract and be reimbursed in full against return of the goods, if:
1° The trader refuses to repair or replace the goods;
2° Repair or replacement of the goods occurs after thirty days;
3° Repair or replacement of the goods causes major inconvenience to the consumer, in particular where the consumer definitively bears the cost of taking back or removing the non-conforming goods, or bears the cost of installing the repaired or replacement goods;
4° The non-conformity of the goods persists despite the seller's unsuccessful attempt to bring them into conformity.
The consumer is also entitled to a reduction in the price of the goods or to termination of the contract where the lack of conformity is so serious that it justifies immediate price reduction or termination. In that case the consumer is not required to ask for repair or replacement first.
The consumer is not entitled to terminate the sale if the lack of conformity is minor.
Any period during which the goods are out of use for repair or replacement suspends the remainder of the guarantee until the repaired goods are delivered.
The rights set out above result from the application of articles L. 217-1 to L. 217-32 of the French Consumer Code.
A seller who obstructs the implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity in bad faith incurs a civil fine of up to 300,000 euros, which may be raised to 10% of average annual turnover (article L. 241-5 of the French Consumer Code).
The consumer also benefits from the legal guarantee against hidden defects under articles 1641 to 1649 of the French Civil Code, for two years from discovery of the defect. That guarantee gives a right to a price reduction if the goods are kept, or to a full refund against return of the goods.
Article 11 — Commercial warranty and after-sales service
LUMIIK also grants a 2-year commercial warranty from delivery, covering defects in material and manufacture under normal use: movement, case, bezel, crystal, hands and original strap or bracelet, excluding normal wear.
The commercial warranty does not cover normal wear and marks of use, impact and misuse, opening or repair outside the approved network, water damage beyond the stated water resistance or following incorrect use of the crown, theft and loss, or modifications, engravings added after purchase and non-original parts.
This commercial warranty sits on top of the legal guarantees in article 10; it does not replace them and does not restrict them in any way. Relying on one never prevents relying on the others.
To use it, write to legal@black-corner.com with the order number, a description of the fault and photographs. Where the warranty applies, repair or replacement and return shipping to the buyer are covered by LUMIIK.
Outside warranty, LUMIIK can quote for servicing. Times and prices are given case by case.
Article 12 — Liability and force majeure
LUMIIK is liable as of right for the proper performance of the obligations arising from a distance contract, under article L. 221-15 of the French Consumer Code, unless it proves that the failure is attributable to the buyer, to the unforeseeable and insurmountable act of a third party unconnected with the contract, or to force majeure.
Force majeure has the meaning given by article 1218 of the French Civil Code. Performance is suspended for the duration of the event; beyond that, article 7 applies.
Nothing in these terms limits LUMIIK's liability for fraud, gross negligence or personal injury, or deprives a consumer of a mandatory right.
Article 13 — Intellectual property
The trade marks, designs, text, photographs, video and graphic elements of the site and of the products are protected. Selling a product transfers ownership of the object delivered and no intellectual property right.
Reproduction or representation, in whole or in part, for commercial purposes is prohibited without prior written permission.
Article 14 — Personal data
The processing of personal data is described in the privacy policy, linked from the site footer.
For an order, data is processed on the basis of performance of the contract and, for invoicing and accounting, of a legal obligation. The recipients are the commerce platform, the payment provider and the carrier.
Article 15 — Complaints and consumer mediation
Any complaint should go first to LUMIIK, by email to legal@black-corner.com or by post to the address in article 1.
Under articles L. 611-1 and following and L. 616-1 of the French Consumer Code, a consumer whose written complaint has not been resolved within one year of sending it may refer the dispute free of charge to a consumer mediator for amicable resolution.
The mediator appointed by LUMIIK is Centre de Médiation de la Consommation des Conciliateurs de justice (CM2C).
Postal address: 49 rue de Ponthieu, 75008 Paris.
Email: declarer-un-litige@cm2c.net. Website: https://www.cm2c.net. Online referral: https://www.cm2c.net/declarer-un-litige.php.
Mediation is free for the consumer. It can only be started after a written complaint to LUMIIK, and using it takes away no right to go to court.
Article 16 — Governing law and jurisdiction
These terms and the contracts they govern are subject to French law.
That choice does not deprive a consumer resident in another European Union member state of the protection afforded by the mandatory provisions of the law of their habitual residence, under article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008.
A consumer may bring proceedings, at their choice, in the court for the place where they lived when the contract was concluded or where the harmful event occurred, or in one of the courts with territorial jurisdiction under the French Code of Civil Procedure, in accordance with article R. 631-3 of the French Consumer Code.
Article 17 — General
If one provision of these terms is held void or unenforceable, the others remain in force.
LUMIIK's failure to rely on a breach does not waive its right to rely on it later.
These terms are written in French. Any translation is provided for convenience; where they differ, the French version prevails.