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Manufacture Horlogère ValFleurier, Branch of Richemont International SA

The canonical business is Manufacture Horlogère ValFleurier, Branch of Richemont International SA, a movement/component manufacture in Buttes rather than a consumer watch brand. 12

This profile covers the maker’s identity, history and documented work. A complete model catalogue is being researched separately.

At a glance

Subject
Confirmed Horological Business 12
Documented work
Buttes movement manufacture 123

Central cell versus manufacture

The museum’s Klein biography distinguishes a 1995 centralized movement cell from ValFleurier’s 2005 creation, requested by Jan Rupert with Henry-John Belmont; Eric Klein headed it until 2011. The municipality dates ValFleurier’s foundation to 2005; the reproduced register gives 12 May 2005 and identifies UID CHE-464.936.627. 312

Legal identity and sites

The canonical business is Manufacture Horlogère ValFleurier, Branch of Richemont International SA, a movement/component manufacture in Buttes rather than a consumer watch brand. The municipal directory lists development and production of movements and components at Les Sugits 21, 2115 Buttes, linking to Richemont.

The reproduced register marks the branch active and includes a 26 June 2026 FOSC notice; this is third-party register reproduction, not a certified extract. 12

Industrial operating boundaries

The 2006 industrial report separates movement development, machining, decoration and assembly across sites and brands; it describes brand autonomy rather than one undifferentiated factory. ValFleurier’s business significance is shared industrial capacity behind distinct Richemont brands; movement supply does not make ValFleurier the retail brand on those watches. 41

Why 1995 and 2005 are not competing ValFleurier birthdays

The museum places Forestier-Kasapi at Richemont in 2000 and later in Cartier-focused work; it does not establish a 2000 ValFleurier legal employment relationship. 31

Ownership and continuity

The canonical business is Manufacture Horlogère ValFleurier, Branch of Richemont International SA, a movement/component manufacture in Buttes rather than a consumer watch brand. 12

Watchmakers and designers linked to Manufacture Horlogère ValFleurier, Branch of Richemont International SA

These people have a sourced relationship to this brand in the Enjoy Watches register. The label beside each name states the relationship recorded; it should not be read as a broader employment or ownership claim.

Identification and service

For an individual watch, record the complete reference, serial, dial, case, and movement markings and compare them with dated primary documentation.

A brand history cannot authenticate, appraise, or establish the provenance of a particular watch.

Evidence and limits

How the claims are supported
  1. verified fact

    The canonical business is Manufacture Horlogère ValFleurier, Branch of Richemont International SA, a movement/component manufacture in Buttes rather than a consumer watch brand.

  2. verified fact

    The municipality dates ValFleurier’s foundation to 2005; the reproduced register gives 12 May 2005 and identifies UID CHE-464.936.627.

  3. verified fact

    The museum’s Klein biography distinguishes a 1995 centralized movement cell from ValFleurier’s 2005 creation, requested by Jan Rupert with Henry-John Belmont; Eric Klein headed it until 2011.

  4. verified fact

    The 2006 industrial report separates movement development, machining, decoration and assembly across sites and brands; it describes brand autonomy rather than one undifferentiated factory.

  5. verified fact

    The municipal directory lists development and production of movements and components at Les Sugits 21, 2115 Buttes, linking to Richemont.

  6. reasonable inference

    The reproduced register marks the branch active and includes a 26 June 2026 FOSC notice; this is third-party register reproduction, not a certified extract.

  7. verified fact

    The museum places Forestier-Kasapi at Richemont in 2000 and later in Cartier-focused work; it does not establish a 2000 ValFleurier legal employment relationship.

  8. verified fact

    ValFleurier’s business significance is shared industrial capacity behind distinct Richemont brands; movement supply does not make ValFleurier the retail brand on those watches.

Known limits

  • This identity dossier is not a complete catalogue of every watch or reference.

Direct sources

  1. Manufacture Horlogère ValFleurier Branch of Richemont International SACommune de Val-de-Travers · municipal business directory · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: full_text. External source.

  2. Manufacture Horlogère ValFleurier, Branch of Richemont International SAMoneyhouse · commercial register reproduction · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: indexed_register_and_notice_text. External source.

  3. Dossier de presse — Prix Gaïa 2021Musée international d’horlogerie / Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds · museum award research dossier · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: pdf_text_and_selected_page_image. External source.

  4. Val Fleurier responds to Richemont’s movement strategyEuropa Star · contemporary industrial reporting · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: full_text. External source.

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