Page 4 of Corporate Brochure by Bedat & Co

christian bédat christian bédat was born on july 21 st 1964 after graduating from the h.e.c business school in lausanne in 1987 he left for hong kong to work for eco swiss china time heading the production of benetton watches by bulova he stayed there two years in 1990 he joined raymond weil in geneva the company founded in 1975 by mr raymond weil and his mother simone bédat until july 1996 he worked in the purchasing production and sales departments and gradually took charge the founders simone bédat born in 1931 in lugnez near porrentruy simone bédat began an apprenticeship at the lang sa watch-case manufacturer at the age of fifteen and a half three years later she became head clerk of the sales department she stayed there for about a decade before joining the camy watch company in geneva where she worked in close cooperation with a certain raymond weil who was to be appointed managing director on the owner s death they both left camy and joined forces to create the raymond weil brand in 1975 the brand became the 5 th leading swiss watch exporter in 1989 with ex-factory sales amounting to 130 million francs in 1995 simone bédat decided to sell her 24 stake to mr raymond weil she left the firm in july 1996 along with her son christian who had joined the company in 1990 and exercised various responsibilities ultimately becoming art director she founded bedat c° with her son in october 1996 of the design department his last collection was the w1 in july 1996 he left the company with his mother on october 8 th 1996 they jointly founded bedat c° at the 1997 basel show just six months after the brand was created christian bédat presented its global concept along with two collections n°3 and n°7 which were an immediate success company founder christian bédat is also the creative talent behind the watches he imagines the new models and designs them with his team of swiss designers and artisans who have always worked with him and his mother simone bédat each bedat c° watch is the fruit of his personal reflection his knowledge of watchmaking history his experience and his desires 6 7

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