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Bedat & Co Genève
Bedat & Co was founded in 1996 by Simone Bédat – co-founder of Raymond Weil - and her son Christian Bédat. The feminine brand produces luxury timepieces in Switzerland. It is the Swiss Italian designer Dino Modolo who imagined the quasi totality of the lines. They are said to be tainted with Art Deco traditions.

History

October 8th 1996 : Christian and his mother Simone Bedat found BEDAT & Co (formerly Bedat & Bedat) and dedicate the brand to Swiss authenticity with the creation of the A.O.S.C certificate.

Basel 1997 : The first collections No 3, No 7, are introduced at the Basel Show.

1998 : BEDAT & Co are sold in Switzerland and in the United States.

December 8th 2000 : Gucci Group acquires most of BEDAT & Co and incorporates the company into Gucci Group Watches

2003 : Launch of the No 1 collection.

2004 : Launch of the No 8 collection.

2006 : Departure of the founders.

2008 : Launch of the No 2 collection.

2009 : Acquisition of BEDAT & Co by Luxury Concepts.

Collections

5 Bedat & co lines have been created so far, they are completed along the years. They carry simple numbers as names. The numbers do not follow on from each other and are not associated with any particular chronological order. Each number or line corresponds to a form of shape:

•	No1: Square-shaped cases curved at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock

•	No2: Oval-shaped cases

•	No3: Tonneau-shaped cases

•	No7: Rectangular-shaped cases curved at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock

•	No8: Round-shaped cases

External link

www.bedat.com