PASSION
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Bianchet founders, Rodolfo and Emmanuelle Festa Bianchet, decided to follow their dream to build a Swiss watchmaking brand reflecting their passion for design, technology and the tourbillon mechanism. In creating BIANCHET, they have infused an Italian and French heritage into the pinnacle of Swiss micro-engineering craftsmanship.
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Rodolfo Festa Bianchet, started his career as a successful Italian entrepreneur in the FinTech industry. He created the first online financial trading app for smartphones. His brainchild, the forecasting analysis engine used in the app to predict market trends was based on the Fibonacci sequence and the Golden Ratio.
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Passionate about watches from a young age, and a watch collector, Rodolfo decided to create his watch brand after selling his FinTech company.
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"Watches are the love of my life. They always have been".
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Born to a family of French artists, Emmanuelle Festa Bianchet first began a career in journalism, while at the same time pursuing her passion for music and painting.
A lover of fine objects, architecture and design, she embraced the family’s watchmaking adventure with the conviction that the search for beauty and harmony could build a legacy.
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"Our voyage started with a dream and unfolds towards a future that is both faithful to tradition and open to innovation. It is a privilege to share this journey with lovers of fine horology and appreciators of the exceptional.
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Our intent is to create experiences inspired by design and beauty,
and the magic of the tourbillon movement. "
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BRAND HISTORY
oct.
2017
CREATION OF BIANCHET
mar.
2019
FIRST PROTOTYPE PRESENTED AT BASELWORLD
aug.
2021
LAUNCH OF THE TOURBILLON B 1.618 AT THE "GENEVA WATCH DAYS"
dec.
2021
BIANCHET OPENS THE FIRST SHOWROOM IN NEUCHATEL, SWITZERLAND
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For Bianchet founders, passion represents the very starting point of their Haute Horlogerie adventure. ​​
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