Purnell

Jonathan Purnell and Stéphane Valsamides founded Cecil Purnell in 2006, naming it after Purnell's grandfather. Maurizio Mazzocchi relaunched it in Geneva as Purnell in 2020 around Eric Coudray's Spherion tourbillon; that company went bankrupt in November 2024.

No recent activity · 2026-10 Purnell SA, the Geneva company behind the brand, was declared bankrupt on 28 November 2024. In March 2026 a new company, Purnell Watches SA, was registered in Neuchâtel, but it has announced no watches.