1900
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- Louis Brandt & Frere starts production of the first "bracelet watch" with the Omega and Labrador brands.
- Hans Wilsdorf, the later founder of Rolex, leaves Germany after a commercial education in order to work as an employee for an import/export business in La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland.
- Maurice Ditisheim lets protect the name Vulcain as a brand name for his watches.
- FHF begins American-style mass production of watch tools.