Founded in Rome in 1982 by Riccardo Zannetti, ZANNETTI is an independent family-run Italian Haute Horlogerie manufacture rooted in a multi-generational passion for fine craftsmanship. The family story begins with Carmine Zannetti, a master goldsmith and watch enthusiast, followed by Mario Zannetti, a design professor and international artist whose love of geometric lines and mechanical complexity still shapes the brand today. Riccardo inherited this cultural legacy and united it with the skills of a great watchmaker and an artist — designing every watch exclusively by hand, from pencil sketch to finished piece.
Each Zannetti timepiece is unique, numbered, and registered. Riccardo does not merely customise aesthetics or mechanics in isolation — he reinterprets a watch in its entirety, creating pieces that are impossible to copy and perfectly finished in every technical detail. The brand is one of the few artisan workshops still carrying on a tradition that began 500 years ago, spreading Italian creativity across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the USA.
The flagship boutique is located in the historic Via di Monte d'Oro 23 in Rome, the city that has always been the soul of the brand.