Simon Brette is a watchmaker based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Simon Brette grew up among the wood shavings of his craftsman-carpenter father’s workshop. He quickly acquired a taste for a job well done as well as a sense of effort and commitment as his core values. After beginning his career in mechanical design, he fell in love with designing timepieces and chose to study watchmaking engineering at a specialized university in Switzerland.

After completing his studies to become an engineer in 2011, Simon joined renowned watchmaker Jean-François Mojon’s movement conception and development company Chronode, where he spent years as a technical constructor. He later went on to join the avant-garde watch brand MCT as a project manager responsible for bringing the brand’s time display concepts to reality. Finally, Simon joined MB&F as Development Project Manager, where he was responsible for the management and implementation of movement concepts from R&D to production.

In 2021 he founded his own independent watch brand to create exceptional watches.

In 2023 Simon Brette won the Horological Revelation Prize at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève.

Simon Brette SA
Rue Eugène-Marziano 23
1227 Les Acacias
Geneva, Switzerland

• simonbrette.com, company website