1 - 6 April 2025
Villa Sarasin, 1 min. walk from Palexpo

1 - 6 April 2025
Villa Sarasin, 1 min. walk from Palexpo

French Watchmaking

Combining creative freedom with a tradition of excellence, French watchmaking perpetuates an inventive and lively culture of watchmaking. Finished with a French touch, these brands design authentic, elegant and unique products for consumers all over the world.

Buci
For more than 30 years, the heart of time beats in Besançon, at Utinam. Clocks, watches, automatons—Philippe Lebru's imagination has no limits. Beyond timekeeping, he envisions mechanical and kinetic artworks that defy traditional horology, reconnecting classical craftsmanship with contemporary creation. Time breaks free, flies away, to repeat endlessly.

Utinam
Since its creation in 2017 in Paris, Beaubleu has advocated a culture of going beyond time by combining singularity and lyricism. Through its emblematic round hands, the brand elevates the “moment” as a time measurement unit, creating aesthetic, astonishing, and symbolic watches. – ©Nicolas Ducoudert

Beaubleu
RALF TECH is a French brand founded in 1996. With its roots in professional scuba diving, it holds several world records. RALF TECH primarily supplies professional scuba divers, deep-sea divers and special forces operators in some fifteen countries, including Switzerland and France. The brand has been supplying selected watch retailers since 2012. In 2024, the brand is heading for space with the French National Space Agency. 

RALF TECH
Since 1948 YEMA designs sports watches specifically for Diving, Car Racing, Aviation and Sailing. Design, manufacturing, prototyping and assembling are manually and precisely taken care of at YEMA's workshops by highly experienced French traditional watchmakers. YEMA is run by a third generation watchmakers‘ family with a team averaging more than 40 years of service. – ©YEMA

YEMA
The Arilus watches, imagined by their creator Christophe Quillon, embody the epitome of French excellence, distilled into a perfectly timeless object. They carry with them the essence of craftsmanship and heritage, and a unique identity— with the mountains as their symbol and the two Savoie regions as their roots. – ©Le Studio’z

Arilus
Since 2017 we have been manufacturing watches that meet aesthetic and quality criteria but which are also designed and milled to recall certain parts of our motorcycles. For now 4 years, we have been working to relocate all our production to France. Our watch is inspired by a specific idea of elegance and freedom. A watch, reflecting a state of mind, of a man who pushes back its own personal limits and build its future. – ©Clément Rougier

Carzo et Lieutier
SAINT HONORÉ PARIS, a symbol of prestige and elegance, embodies Parisian joie de vivre as a hallmark of its identity. Rooted in the heart of Paris, the city remains its first source of inspiration. Today, Saint Honore Paris has evolved into a luxury lifestyle brand, capturing the attention of royalty and fashion connoisseurs with innovative designs.

Saint Honoré Paris
SYE [Start Your Engine] is a French premium watch brand bringing the concept of Sport Tailoring to your wrist. With its fine leather, impeccable finish, exclusive style and sharp design, you have so many reasons to get excited and give in to temptation.

SYE [Start Your Engine]

The Time Changer

* The Time Changer is only at the Watch&Match on Sunday, April 14, 2024.