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The history of BERTOLUCCI is born from a marvelous love story...
A young Italian, Remo Bertolucci grows up around Pisa in maritime Tuscany. The influence of the Mediterranean seashore will feed his imagination and will become part of his unending source of inspiration. In 1965, he meets a young woman from Switzerland on vacation with her parents on the Italian Riviera. It is love at first sight. A few months later, the young Remo agrees to follow her to Switzerland and decides to join her family watch-manufacturing business located in region of Bienne. The company, established in 1911, was already a very reputable manufacturer of mechanical watches.
Remo, himself a skilled micro-mechanical engineer, discovers a passion for the world of watches. Soon the creative spirit of the young entrepreneur will awaken…
Soon, his Italian sense of style and his Swiss watch-making expertise start to come together.
In 1987, he decides to launch his own brand: BERTOLUCCI S.A. is born in Neuchâtel.
Remo draws inspiration from the pebbled beaches of his childhood to design his first creations, the Pulchra collection. Featuring a bracelet evoking organic pebbly shapes, he then unveils the Vir in 1994. BERTOLUCCI enters the world of high-end luxury watches to become an “overnight” success.
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