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BEHRENS

BEHRENS reimagines how time is read, an audacious house from Shenzhen where industrial design meets inventive, independent haute horlogerie.

2012
Since 2012

Measured in time.

Founded by Lin Bingqiang.

BEHRENS was founded in 2012 in Shenzhen by Lin Bingqiang, keeping design, research and manufacturing within its own walls.
The Story

Chapters of BEHRENS

I

The house honours Peter Behrens, the German pioneer of industrial design, whose creative philosophy its founders deeply admired.

II

Its Perigee features a near complete three dimensional carving of the Earth and Moon and introduced the first in house BM01 movement.

III

Created with Vianney Halter, the KWH displays the hour through a chain of synthetic rubies travelling around the edge of the dial.

IV

BEHRENS became the first Chinese independent watchmaking house to exhibit at Watches and Wonders Geneva, presenting the eight gram Pupil Ultralight.

The Signature

The KWH with Vianney Halter

A chain of rubies travels the edge of the dial to tell the hour.

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Where to find them
Shenzhen, China
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