{"id":245,"date":"2020-07-28T09:40:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T07:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cenic-watches.ch\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T14:35:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T12:35:03","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cenic-watches.ch\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Introducing CENIC \u2013 ahead of its time<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p><strong>\u00abMaking full-circle watch artisanship available sustainably and timelessly.\u00bb<br \/>\n<\/strong>We are dedicated to this mission with CENIC Watches.<\/p>\n<p>The face behind CENIC?\u00a0<strong>Nicolas\u00a0 Huissoud<\/strong>, a young watchmaker with a great love and nostalgia for watches and the art of watchmaking.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4503\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4503\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-4502 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cenic-watches.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicola-131.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.cenic-watches.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicola-131.png\" alt=\"nicolas huissoud\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%27933%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201400%20933%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%27933%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cenic-watches.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicola-131-200x133.png 200w, https:\/\/www.cenic-watches.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicola-131-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cenic-watches.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicola-131-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/www.cenic-watches.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicola-131-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/www.cenic-watches.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicola-131-700x467.png 700w, https:\/\/www.cenic-watches.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicola-131-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cenic-watches.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicola-131-800x533.png 800w, https:\/\/www.cenic-watches.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicola-131-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cenic-watches.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicola-131-1200x800.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.cenic-watches.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/nicola-131.png 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Growing up in the watchmaking region of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seeland_(Switzerland)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seeland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nicolas-huissoud-a2b067158\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicolas Huissoud<\/a> discovered his passion for watchmaking at an early age. It is a wonderful feeling to have time for his passion. He has given this feeling a place and a name with CENIC. Today, he gets to spend time with watchmaking every day. \u201cIt\u2019s a craft that should stand the test of time and generations to come.\u201d This is the approach he takes with CENIC.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Many a watch has already made history.<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p>The story of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/cenic-watches-ag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CENIC Watches<\/a> began in a watch atelier in the time center in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grenchen.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grenchen<\/a>. During his training as a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watchmaker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watchmaker<\/a> rhabilleur, he laid the foundation for what he does today. Since then, he not only breathes life back into old watches, but also deals with the watchmaking trade in a future-oriented way. With CENIC, he is currently able to call the company, his own watchmaking studio and a large <a href=\"\/en\/product-categories\/watch-parts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stock of fourniture<\/a> his own. Nicolas Huissoud has recognized the signs of the times: From hobby to profession, he is dedicated to the past, the present and the future of watchmaking.<\/p>\n<p>CENIC wants to make watches, fournitures and the precision craft available to customers at home and abroad. In doing so, CENIC acts sustainably and tries to stay ahead of the times.<\/p>\n<p>Together with his worldwide network, Nicolas Huissoud wants to help ensure that the history of watches does not only include the past \u2013 but continues to write the future.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-1 fusion-animated\" style=\"--awb-title-color:var(--awb-color6);--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-bottom:20px;\" data-animationType=\"slideInUp\" data-animationDuration=\"0.3\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"reading-box\" style=\"background-color:#f9f9fb;border-width:1px;border-color:rgba(226,226,226,0);border-top-width:3px;border-top-color:var(--primary_color);border-style:solid;\"><div class=\"reading-box-description\">In addition to watches, CENIC Watches AG also values direct contact. We are happy to take time for you.<\/div><div class=\"reading-box-additional\">\n<p>Get acquainted with Cenic and visit us at our workshops on <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/Q4hmDDvrnxbEHBFc8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Solothurnstrasse 1 in R\u00fcti bei B\u00fcren<\/a> \u2013 a place where passionate watch connoisseurs meet.<\/p>\n<p>Do not hesitate to get in touch with us. We\u2019re here for you, full circle for watches.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-245","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>About us - CENIC Watches &amp; Parts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CENIC \u2013 Young watchmakers from the Biel\/Bienne region and beyond, carrying the tradition of watchmaking into the next generation.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cenic-watches.ch\/en\/about-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About us - CENIC Watches &amp; 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