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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
The largest hammer ever set into a wristwatch
Calibre VBA01
2.5 mm ultra-thin · Automatic micro-rotor · 5 Hz
Unveiled
Top Marques Monaco · May 2026 · Grimaldi Forum
The Maison
Six generations of one family kept time and gave it voice. The bells of Van Bergen marked the hours across cathedrals. The tower clocks measured them for cities. The carillons sang them. The Heero is the seventh generation, in the same hand, on a smaller scale.
The Heero Collection · Inaugural
Named for Heero Andries van Bergen, born 1738, whose precision founded the dynasty.
The Sonnerie au Passage
Two and a half millimetres. The entire timekeeping calibre was conceived within the spatial discipline imposed by the striking architecture, a world record born of 230 years of bell-founding mastery.
The half-hour sonnerie au passage strikes autonomously. Not a complication added. An identity expressed.
| Calibre | VBA01Manufacture · automatic micro-rotor |
| Thickness | 2.5 mmUltra-thin movement |
| Frequency | 5 Hz36,000 A/h |
| Edition | 230 piecesFive dial variants, individually numbered |
Inaugural Edition · From
€29,000
Acquisition by appointment.
The Calibre VBA01
An ultra-thin automatic manufacture calibre, 2.5 mm in profile, built around a striking architecture no watchmaker had attempted at this scale. Every bridge is hand-bevelled, every surface decided by hand, every note tuned by ear.
This is where 230 years of bell-founding becomes horology. We invite you to see it as we see it: openly, in full, without reservation.
Monaco 2026 · The World Première
In May 2026, Van Bergen 1795 made its world première as a watch maison at Top Marques Monaco, under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, at the Grimaldi Forum. The Heero Collection was revealed in its entirety, and the first Van Bergen ever to leave the atelier, a Pièce Unique, was presented to the Sovereign Prince. Its 18 carat white gold rotor bears the Princely coat of arms, hand‑painted by Swiss miniaturist André Martinez.
A second Pièce Unique was created for charity auction during the Monaco Grand Prix weekend in support of the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation. Neither carries a collector number. Both are one of one.
Fifteen percent of all Monaco Special Edition net sales are 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, Chief Executive Officer · Van Bergen 1795
The Dynasty
From a carpenter who dared cast a bell in 1795, to the wrist of those who will carry the next century.
Discover Our HeritageFoundation
Andries Heeres recasts a cracked church bell in Midwolda. A dynasty is born of bronze and precision.
World Stage
Medals at the world fairs of Vienna, London, Philadelphia and Paris. Van Bergen becomes the gold standard of carillon craft.
Arlington
Queen Juliana presents Van Bergen bells to President Truman. They ring still at Arlington National Cemetery.
Rockefeller
Fifty-eight 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 its last bell on 11 April. Not an ending. A transformation awaiting its hour.
The Wrist
The Heero Collection débuts at Top Marques Monaco. The bells speak again, now from the wrist.
Acquisition
Every Van Bergen is entrusted through a private appointment. The watch, the movement and its individual numbering are presented in person, either with our team or with an authorised partner.
