The history of Montres Charmex SA goes as far back as 1926. This was the year when Max Bürgin, the father of today’s owner and CEO started his apprenticeship in one of the leading watch factories near Basel, Switzerland. His exceptional talents soon caught the attention of the management – he was promoted and eventually made head of the technical department… What he really wanted though was to have his own business, pursuing the traditional art of manufacturing state-of-the art timepieces. His dream finally came true and in 1989 his son Manfred Bürgin together with his wife Kathleen joined the by then prospering company. 1999 their son Frank M. Bürgin followed and thus continued the family’s tradition. Manufacturing bespoke timepieces using but choice materials of the highest quality remains the credo of Montres Charmex SA to this very day.