PRESENTATION OF JOUVENOT MANUFACTURE SA
Jouvenot Manufacture SA is a new Swiss watchmaking brand. Frédéric Jouvenot founded his private limited company (Ltd) in 2008 to express his talent as a designer of inventive fine watches:
- The creation of the first chronograph in history fitted with an automatic winding mechanism which is completely visible in the dial, showing the beauty of the movement.
- The production of a unique piece – a removable chronograph watch inserted in a luxury phone set with diamonds.
These first extraordinary designs, backed up by his experience, attracted the attention of active partners from different countries. In 2010 Luxembourg and Swiss funds allowed him to upgrade the status of his Ltd company to a public limited-liability company.
Frédéric Jouvenot’s career to reach this point was atypical and courageous: After micro-mechanic, micro-technician and sales studies, Frédéric Jouvenot was not naturally destined for a career in watchmaking.
The production of a tomographic scanner for the prestigious Centre Suisse d’Electrotechnique and Micro-technique (CSEM) opened the doors to the selective world of fine watchmaking. He thus joined the Minerva factory.
There he developed a house calibre, a few complications and a mystery tourbillon without hands at the age of 27.
In 2005, he decided to raise a new challenge and became a partner in a complication development company. There, he fully expressed his talent by creating movements for independent brands and for established watchmakers; a discreet man, his name never appeared on the dial of watches.
In 2008 he decided to create his eponymous brand: he funded the filing of the patents, the production of his chronograph and the first marketing actions by trading-in rare timepieces. He also restored antique pieces that he sold to collectors.
they trust him
After Baselworld 2010, Frédéric Jouvenot met various partners who enabled him to set up Jouvenot Manufacture S.A. in La Chaux-de-Fonds. These include the Archiduke Carl Peter von Habsburg-Lothringen, who has since become the brand ambassador.
Baselworld 2011
First participation of Jouvenot Manufacture S.A. to Baselworld 2011
Frédéric Jouvenot wins superwatch award
7:30pm: a large audience had gathered at GTE 2011, impatient to learn the name of the winner of the 1st Superwatch Award. A few minutes later all was revealed: the jury unanimously voted Frédéric Jouvenet's Helios as the most accomplished independent watch in terms of design, avant-garde nature and technique. Ressence and Heritage Watch Manufactory were named runners-up.
