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History
PEQUIGNET: THE ART OF DIFFERENCE.
Located in Morteau, in the Jura, Pequignet has been perpetuating French watchmaking know-how since 1973. Pequignet is one of the only truly independent French Manufactures de Haute Horlogerie. This gives it real freedom in terms of creative choices and production.
Self-taught, Emile Péquignet began his career as a craftsman. Pioneering and innovative, in the 1960s, he was one of the first to propose a new watchmaking aesthetic combining love of beautiful design and advanced technical quality..
Overcoming the quartz crisis which, in the 1970s, led to the closure of several French watchmakers, Pequignet built itself independently by developing a French watchmaking art that combines aesthetics and innovation.
In the 2000s, after a career in making French timepieces, Emile Péquignet handed over to Didier Leibundgut, who came from a watchmaking line in the region. Subsequent takeovers by former executives and, more recently, by the family-owned ethical investment fund, Enowe, have not distracted the company from its goal: to promote French fine watchmaking.
By inaugurating its own Haute Horlogerie laboratory in 2008, Pequignet constantly defends an exceptional French watch industry. With highly talented watchmaking engineers with access to cutting-edge technology, Manufacture Pequignet opened in 2010. It designs and manufactures its movements in-house. Less than a year later, the Calibre Royal®, fitted on the watches of the Royale collection, was launched. It was followed in 2017 by its simplified version, the Calibre Royal Manuel®.
in 2014...
Pequignet received the State label, Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (EPV - Living Heritage Company). In 2021, as part of the Grande Exposition du Fabriqué en France organised at the Elysée, it unveiled the Calibre Initial®, its third French-made movement. Without compromising on the beauty and uniqueness of its creations, Pequignet masters and values the good workmanship of its watches and (re)invents the timepieces of today and tomorrow with style.
50 YEARS OF INNOVATION
1973
Emile Péquignet founded his eponymous watch Manufacture in Morteau.
1984
Invention of the Moorea link, a steel grain articulated with the bracelet that would become one of the brand’s symbols.
1987
Launch of the Equus line, illustrating Emile Péquignet's passion for horses.
2004
Didier Leibundgut took over the brand and created the Manufacture de Haute Horlogerie.
2011
Release of the Calibre Royal®, the first French-made movement. The lily became Pequignet’s emble.
2014
Pequignet received the State label, Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (EPV - Living Heritage Company).
2017
Acquisition by four former Pequignet executives who wished to maintain the last French Haute Horlogrie Manufacture.
2018
Presentation of a new Manufacture movement: le Calibre Royal Manuel®.
2021
Pequignet unveiled its latest movement, the Calibre Initial®.
2021
Takeover by Enowe Excellence, a family-owned ethical investment fund that supports exceptional French know-how.
2023
Pequignet celebrates its 50th anniversary and open a new chapter by reinventing its image.
2024
Pequignet unveils, at a preview showing during Watches & Wonders 2024, its first flying tourbillon, a true extraordinary horological feat. Designed for enthusiasts of French high watchmaking. Available to september, it will be manufactured in a limited series of 24 pieces.
1973
Emile Péquignet founded his eponymous watch Manufacture in Morteau.
1984
Invention of the Moorea link, a steel grain articulated with the bracelet that would become one of the brand’s symbols.
1987
Launch of the Equus line, illustrating Emile Péquignet's passion for horses.
2004
Didier Leibundgut took over the brand and created the Manufacture de Haute Horlogerie.
2011
Release of the Calibre Royal®, the first French-made movement. The lily became Pequignet’s emble.
2014
Pequignet received the State label, Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (EPV - Living Heritage Company).
2017
Acquisition by four former Pequignet executives who wished to maintain the last French Haute Horlogrie Manufacture.
2018
Presentation of a new Manufacture movement: le Calibre Royal Manuel®.
2021
Pequignet unveiled its latest movement, the Calibre Initial®.
2021
Takeover by Enowe Excellence, a family-owned ethical investment fund that supports exceptional French know-how.
2023
Pequignet celebrates its 50th anniversary and open a new chapter by reinventing its image.
2024
Pequignet unveils, at a preview showing during Watches & Wonders 2024, its first flying tourbillon, a true extraordinary horological feat. Designed for enthusiasts of French high watchmaking. Available to september, it will be manufactured in a limited series of 24 pieces.
With its roots deep in France, Pequignet has since 1973 continued the tradition and know-how of watchmaking in France. Pequignet is the only really independent French manufacture of Haute Horlogerie.
