Manufacture of luxury watches and own manufacture calibres in Givrins, Switzerland
Biver (The Biver / JC Biver)
Givrins (CH)New on Amplifa
About Biver
Biver is an independent luxury watch brand founded in 2023 by Jean-Claude Biver and his son Pierre Biver in Givrins (Switzerland). The company develops and manufactures wristwatches from the AB, Automatique and Carillon Tourbillon collections, including its own manufacture calibres implemented together with Dubois-Dépraz – such as the automatic calibre JCB-003-A with a micro-rotor made of 22-carat gold, 25,250 semi-oscillations per hour and a 65-hour power reserve. Production begins in the atelier in Givrins; every dial, every index and every decorated surface is elaborately finished by hand. Materials used include stainless steel, titanium, gold alloys (rose, yellow and white gold), platinum as well as exceptional dial materials such as sodalite, obsidian, quartzite and tsavorite. The watches are aimed at the international luxury watch market.
- Site
- Givrins, Switzerland
- Processes
- Watch manufacture, Development of own manufacture calibres (with Dubois-Dépraz)
- Materials
- Steel, Rose gold, Yellow gold, White gold, Platinum, Titanium, 22-carat gold (micro-rotor), Sodalite (Dial)
- Founded
- 2023
- Industries
- Luxury watches, Horlogerie
- 01
Calibre development (with Dubois-Dépraz)
- 02
Component manufacturing and decoration in the atelier
- 03
Assembly of the watch movements
- 04
Final inspection and delivery
Materials & Processes
Stainless steel
Case material of the AB collection (Acier Biver), used for the first time at Biver.
Titanium
Case material of the Carillon Tourbillon models in 42 mm.
Rose/Yellow/White gold
Case materials of the Automatique and Carillon collections.
Platinum
Case material of selected Automatique references.
22-carat gold
Material of the micro-rotor in calibre JCB-003-A.
Sodalite, obsidian, quartzite, tsavorite
Special dial and gemstone materials of the collections.
Sites
Givrins
CHManufacture/Atelier – development and production
- Materials
- Stainless steel, titanium, gold, platinum, gemstones
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
History
- 2022
Beginning of the chairmanship at JC Biver (according to English-language Wikipedia).
- 2023
Founding of the luxury watch brand Biver by Jean-Claude Biver and his son Pierre in Givrins, Switzerland.
- 2025
Presentation of the expansion of the Automatique collection (eleven new references in gold and platinum) at Dubai Watch Week; calibre JCB-003-A with a micro-rotor made of 22-carat gold, developed with Dubois-Dépraz.