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For over two centuries, Van Bergen cast time in bells,
tower clocks and carillons across the world.
Now, that precision finds expression on the wrist.
1795. Reimagined.
World Record
Largest gong ever fitted to a wristwatch
Calibre
2.5 mm ultra-thin · Automatic · Micro-rotor · 5 Hz
World Première · Monaco
Top Marques · 6–10 May 2026 · Grimaldi Forum
Inaugural Collection · 230 Numbered Pieces · Five Dial Variants
The Sonnerie au Passage
Two and a half millimetres. The entire timekeeping calibre was conceived within the spatial constraints imposed by this gong, a world record born of 230 years of bell-founding mastery.
The half-hour sonnerie au passage strikes autonomously. Not a feature, an identity.
Calibre VBA01
2.5 mm ultra-thin
Manufacture calibre · Automatic · Micro-rotor
Developed in close cooperation with a leading Swiss movement manufacturer
Frequency
5 Hz
36,000 A/h
Edition
230 pieces
Monaco Special Edition · Titanium & White Gold
Van Bergen 1795 makes its world première as a watch manufacturer at Top Marques Monaco, 6–10 May 2026, at the Grimaldi Forum. This historic debut is celebrated with the Monaco Special Edition — a collection created exclusively for the occasion. Monaco is not merely our setting. It is the city whose spirit, of precision, elegance, and the pursuit of the extraordinary, mirrors everything Van Bergen 1795 was built to express. There is no more fitting stage for a watch born of 230 years of acoustic mastery.
The edition comprises 50 pieces in Titanium Grade-5 and 9 pieces in White Gold, each carrying the world-record gong, the sonnerie au passage, and a red dial exclusive to this edition.
The first Van Bergen ever to leave the atelier is a Pièce Unique presented to H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco. A second Pièce Unique will be offered at charity auction during the Monaco GP in support of the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation. Both are one of one. Neither carries a collector number.
Fifteen percent of all Monaco Special Edition net sales are additionally donated to the Foundation.
A Van Bergen without sound would be a Van Bergen without soul.
Our founders shaped bronze into music; we shape movements into melody.
Erik Meijer, CEO · Van Bergen 1795
The Dynasty
From a carpenter who dared cast a bell in 1795, to the wrist of those who shape the next century.
Foundation
Andries Heeres I recasts a cracked church bell in Midwolda. A dynasty is born from bronze and precision.
World Stage
Medals at world fairs in Vienna, London, Philadelphia, Paris. Van Bergen becomes the gold standard of carillon craft.
Arlington
Queen Juliana presents Van Bergen bells to President Truman. They ring today at Arlington National Cemetery.
Rockefeller
58 bells recast for Riverside Church, New York. A Rockefeller commission that dared name a flaw no other founder would.
The Final Bell
Van Bergen casts the last bell on 11 April. Not an ending, a transformation.
The Wrist
The Heero Collection débuts at Top Marques Monaco. The bells speak again, from the wrist.
Priority Access
Priority clients registered before the Monaco première receive first access to numbered piece selection.
