Bianchet is a Swiss tourbillon manufacture founded in October 2017 by Rodolfo and Emmanuelle Festa Bianchet in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Rodolfo, an Italian entrepreneur who built one of the first online financial trading apps for smartphones — its forecasting engine rooted in the Fibonacci sequence and the Golden Ratio — channelled a lifelong passion for watchmaking into creating the brand after selling his FinTech company. Emmanuelle, born into a family of French artists and shaped by careers in journalism, music, and painting, brought the conviction that the pursuit of beauty and harmony could build a lasting legacy. At Bianchet, the tourbillon is the founding principle of the manufacture: every calibre is developed and assembled entirely in-house in La Chaux-de-Fonds, and every timepiece undergoes hours of hand bevelling — each angle worked until the metal catches light with a precision no machine can replicate. Form is the first decision, and every decision that follows serves it.
Bianchet
2017
Rodolfo and Emmanuelle Festa Bianchet found Bianchet in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, with a vision to build a Swiss tourbillon manufacture infused with Italian and French heritage.
2019
The first Bianchet prototype is presented at Baselworld, introducing the world to the brand's philosophy of form-first design and in-house tourbillon engineering.
2021
Launch of the Tourbillon B 1.618 at Geneva Watch Days — a watch whose proportions are governed by the Golden Ratio, the same mathematical principle that inspired the founders.
2021
Bianchet opens its first showroom in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, bringing the manufacture experience directly to its clientele.
