We are two friends who are actively running Monchard Watches, this passion project that emerged from a joint school project at University has turned into a full time job for both of us. We pour ourselves into this brand and do whatever we can to make it better and better every day. But who are the people behind the brand?

Often times when you look at the ”about us” section of a brand, it gives the story about the vision the founder had before starting, or how some want to transform an industry with their products. There is nothing wrong with that, on the contrary! We felt that we wanted to give a little more personal info about us, the guys behind the watches. If you don't want to read about our hobbies, dreams and passions, you can scroll down to the last section, where we have an overview of what we want to achieve with Monchard, no shame in getting straight to business. For the rest of you, come with us and say hello!

The two guys actively running the brand are Oskar Gydell and Jonathan Belvér, our last names are the formation for the ”parent company” behind Monchard Watches, ”Gydell & Belvér”. We met during junior year at University of Malmö, Sweden, where we'd both enrolled at the production design programme. While studying ”production methods and manufacturing” we were asked to do a special project as a school task. We chose to make a watch. It was a theoretical excersise, and the watch never materialized, but we felt that this could be something we should try in real life. Right around this time, watch microbrands were popping up left and right and we decided to join in.

Fast forward to today, and there has been many ups and downs, but everything we've encountered, from botched prototypes, failing movements, struggles with suppliers and technical problems to name a few, have given us important lessons. And a journey like this is never straight forward, it's twisty and a bumpy ride. So, who are we then?