With this mechanical solution directly inspired by a mainspring barrel, the Noës-based engineering office embodies the growing permeability between watchmaking, micromechanics and medical technologies.
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Could watchmaking expertise reshape care technologies? The ambition bearing the BEMRC signature, alias the Bureau d’Étude Mécanique Romuald Cappelle, finds itself a finalist in the “Watch Medtech Challenge” 2026, organised for the EPHJ fair by the Inartis Foundation.
Mechanical safety, the obvious choice
The invention, as technical as it is symbolic, consists of a mechanical syringe pump “of watchmaking precision“, designed to operate without any reliance on electricity. An innovative approach that meets the needs of certain environments where robustness, autonomy and mechanical reliability may prove decisive.
Inspired by the principles of regulation, precision and miniaturisation drawn from watchmaking»
he concept draws directly on watchmaking: the energy of a spring, released slowly, drives the piston of a syringe… a simple, reliable solution that is entirely independent of any energy source other than manual winding. It concretely illustrates those ever-stronger bridges that exist between the watchmaking and medtech industries, particularly in French-speaking Switzerland where technical skills flow naturally between the sectors.
20 years of pure discretion under the spotlight of a competition
An exceptional project calls for a particular context: BEMRC celebrates its 20 years of existence in 2026! For two decades, the Valais-based company from the Sierre area has been developing, in complete discretion, engineering and design solutions for projects combining high precision, industrial innovation and cross-cutting mastery of technologies.
Suddenly, the limelight! Here is BEMRC, a finalist in the “Watch Medtech Challenge“! “Beyond the project itself, this type of competition is essential for innovation structures like BEMRC,” notes Romuald Cappelle. “The sector is largely governed by NDAs (Ed.: non-disclosure agreements), confidential developments and patents. It is often impossible for us to communicate publicly about our developments and show what we can do for clients. A competition like the Watch Medtech Challenge thus offers a rare opportunity to concretely demonstrate our expertise and our capacity to innovate in the face of complex challenges.“
Watchmaking also saves lives
BEMRC’s mechanical syringe pump ultimately reminds us that watchmaking expertise clearly extends beyond the realm of timepieces. And at the EPHJ, as in BEMRC’s office and workshops, this is indeed an industrial and technological reality full of promise for the future…
