De Rijke & Co. is a Dutch mechanical watch manufacturer based in Dordrecht, Netherlands, founded by Laurens de Rijke — a design engineer whose path into watchmaking began during an 11,000-kilometre journey along the ancient Silk Road on a 1960s Vespa scooter. At a Georgian flea market along the route, he purchased his first mechanical watch; its limitations ignited his ambition to develop a mechanical watch built specifically for drivers.

Back in the Netherlands, Laurens studied watch design and manufacturing under renowned Dutch designer Bruno Ninaber van Eyben. He established De Rijke & Co. at 173 Noordendijk, Dordrecht — an atelier where most components are designed, manufactured, finished, and assembled in-house. The brand's philosophy, in Laurens's own framing, is simply to "exercise skill in making (something)": every watch passes through an extended prototype stage of rigorous testing before production.

The flagship Amalfi Series was developed as the gentleman driver's dress watch — elegant in proportion, purposeful in detail, and rooted in the heritage of European motoring. The collection has since grown to include the Capri and a series of collaborations with Guy Allen (Sahara, Amazon, Turini, and Air editions). All watches are produced in small batches, ensuring individual attention at every stage.

The brand has been featured in Motor Sport Magazine (December 2018), Watching Magazine (Issue 1, 2019), Quote Magazine (August 2019), Esquire, Octane, Oracle Time, Worn & Wound, Monochrome Watches, and A Blog to Watch — a press record that reflects the brand's appeal to collectors who share the conviction that the finest watches are built by the people who drive them.