Discover Our Story
Drawing on our experience in manufacturing watch components through our second company, CAP14, we have always felt that creative drive that lies dormant in every artisan: to breathe life into materials, to evoke emotion, and to tell a story.
This is how VONKA & BERNA was born—our laboratory of mechanical dreams, where technical excellence serves poetry. Here, every gear, every cam, and every movement is designed to inspire wonder.
Craftsmanship & Tradition
Every work of art has its own story—the one that gives it a soul. That soul is imbued by all the artisans who work to bring it to life.
From development to completion, every step is essential to the final result. We make it a point of honor to preserve traditional skills that are in danger of disappearing. The world of traditional craftsmanship thus comes together with industrial technology to create an exceptional product.
Sainte-Croix
Sainte-Croix is not like other towns.
For more than two centuries, this village in the Vaud Jura has carried on a craft that is unique in the world: the art of making music boxes and automatons.
It is here, in these workshops nestled at an altitude of 1,100 meters, that mechanical magic has flourished. Here, generations of artisans have learned to bring mechanisms to life and to evoke emotion through gears and cams.
This exceptional heritage has shaped the identity of an entire region and made Sainte-Croix the world capital of mechanical art. Even today, this craftsmanship is passed down, evolves, and reinvents itself.
Being based in Sainte-Croix means inheriting this tradition of excellence and carrying on an art form that has captivated the entire world.
