Gaël Petermann and Florian Bédat met while learning the fundamentals of watchmaking, at a time when attention was focused on precision, discipline and the understanding of mechanical systems rather than on outcomes. Their relationship developed around shared work, long hours at the bench, and a common respect for the traditions they were learning to master.

Their professional paths led them to work together over several years, in Switzerland and in Germany. These experiences refined their approach and strengthened a way of working based on patience, mutual trust and a constant dialogue with the object itself. What mattered was not speed, nor visibility, but the coherence of each decision.

Before creating their own Maison, they chose to share a workshop and continue working side by side. Establishing themselves in Renens followed the same logic. Removed from established circuits, it offered a setting where the rhythm of work could remain steady and undisturbed.

Their collaboration rests on continuity rather than ambition. It is shaped by the shared conviction that watchmaking demands time, restraint and an acceptance of its inherent limits.

Tradition is not a fixed form, but a foundation from which new paths can be explored.
At Petermann Bédat, heritage and know-how are not repeated. They are reinterpreted, placed in dialogue with creativity and innovation, to build a language that is both rooted and open. A language of images, gestures and emotion, where audacity does not oppose tradition, but reveals it differently.

What remains is the trace of this dialogue.
A watch shaped by heritage, opened to a freer and more expansive vision of time.