====== BNB Concept ======
**BNB Concept** was a Swiss manufacturer of complicated movements, founded near [[Geneva]] in [[2004]] and taken over by [[Hublot]] in [[2010]]

===== Foundation =====
Initially established in Crans-près-Céligny near [[Geneva]], BNB Concept is a high-end movement manufacturer founded in May [[2004]]. The name comes from the the three young watchmakers behind the company Mathias Buttet, Michel Navas, and Enrico Barbasini. The three had previously worked at [[Franck Muller]] and had grown their team from 4 to 20 employees in [[2005]], 60 in [[2006]], and 230 [[2008]], indicating the success of the company. The new company's headquarters is in Duillier.

BNB specializes in movement construction in the high end range. Customers include [[Jörg Hysek]] ([[HD3 Complication]]), with the [[HD3 Complication Bi-Axial Tourbillon "Vulcania"]] clearly showing the capabilities of the movement producer. [[Hublot]] is another customer, sourcing the [[tourbillon]] [[chronograph]] movement in the [[Hublot Bigger Bang|Bigger Bang]]. Other customers include [[Jacob & Co.]], [[Bell & Ross]] and [[DeWitt]]. Numerous other watch companies also rely on BNB, but do not want to be named.

BNB was capable of producing high-end movements, complications, and whole watches and rivaled [[Renaud & Papi]] and [[Chrostophe Claret]]. Notable products included the [[Hublot]] [[Hublot Bigger Bang|Bigger Band]], [[Concord]] [[Concord C1 QuantumGravity|C1 QuantumGravity]], [[Jacob & Co.]] [[Jacob & Co. Quenttin|Quenttin]], [[Bell & Ross]] [[Bell & Ross Minuteur|Minuteur]], [[Romain Jerome]] [[Romain Jerome Day & Night|Day & Night]].

===== Confrérie Horlogère =====
The watch guild, [[Confrérie Horlogere|Confrérie Horlogère]] was created in [[2008]] based on an idea by Mathias Buttet, the founder and president of BNB Concept SA. It offered BNB staff a platform to realize their own vision. Every year, Buttet picked seven watchmakers to work on their own designs.

===== Bankruptcy, Hublot, and La Fabrique du Temps =====
In January [[2010]] BNB filed bankruptcy. The company's supply of spare parts, CNC machinery, and 29 employees, including Buttet, were taken on by [[Hublot]], one of its biggest customers. The concept of "Confrérie" (brotherhood) was continued under the name "Confrérie Horlogère Hublot". These elements were moved to [[Nyon]], near Geneva.

Navas and Barbasini went on to form [[La Fabrique du Temps]], a similar company that produced high-end watches for the likes of [[Jacob & Co.]] starting in [[2011]]. This company was purchased by [[Louis Vuitton]] the next year, becoming that manufacturer's high-end watch studio.

===== Address =====
BNB Concept SA\\ Zone Industrielle Les Bucléis\\ CH-1266 Duillier

===== Video =====
  * [[Hublot & BNB Video]]


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