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Two childhood buddies in Le Mans apparently tired of analyzing other people's watches and built their own. The name is the first letters of their family names smashed together... Beguin and Hof-something... which is the most French-microbrand origin story imaginable. All it needs is a pack of smokes.
The catalog is a tour of what they actually like: a 39mm integrated-bracelet sport watch (the Urban 39), a checkered-dial Urbanstar that looks like a picnic blanket someone gave a sapphire crystal, a Wright Brothers aviation pair (Wilbur and Orville, because of course), a couple of skeleton/skull plays, and the Junglestar in tapestry-pattern dials in colors a respectable Swiss brand would never approve.
Movements are Miyota 8N24s and 8315s, cases are 316L sourced from China and Japan, and final regulation happens in Le Mans through a partner watchmaker called "The Guardians of Time" — a name they presumably did not workshop because it absolutely rules. If you want a sub-$700 French-assembled automatic with a sense of humor about itself, you've found it.
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InferredSourcing Notes: Components manufactured primarily in China and Japan; 316L stainless-steel cases; K1 mineral crystal on most models, sapphire on the Urbanstar. Movements are Japanese Miyota 8N24 (automatic) and Miyota 8315 (60h automatic). Final assembly, in-house dial decoration ("decorated BegHof"), regulation, after-sales service and watchmaking handled in Le Mans, France by partner watchmaker The Guardians of Time (10 Star Street, 72000 Le Mans).
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Ships from Le Mans, France
Current Rate
10%
6% HTS + 4% Section 301 (forced labor)
Est. Duty
$35–$70
on $350–$700 watch
EU is capped at 10% total including MFN duty under the Section 301 forced-labor tariffs effective July 24, 2026. With a ~6% HTS base rate, the incremental Section 301 duty is 4%.
Tariffs are assessed based on where the watch is assembled, not where individual components originate. A watch with a Japanese movement assembled in the US incurs no import duty.
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This page was last updated: August 13, 2026 at 4 am