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Emile Maître (1837-[[1891]]) was a watchmaker focused on manufacturing [[ebauche]]s and machine tools to aid their production around the turn of the 20th ce ...Maître, Frène & Künzli in Moutier. The article continued, mentioning a new ebauche factory in [[Tavannes]] (likely [[Henri Sandoz]]' [[Tavannes Watch]] factor ...

...ut advertising the change in suppliers. Today, most non-Swatch Group watch makers use this movement instead of the ETA. ==Ebauche Variants== ...

...ing school to bookkeeping for watch production. Schild then joined the new Ebauche factory of the Girard brothers, taking over the business in [[1856]]. Schil In [[1856]], a new ebauche factory appeared under the name of [[D. Girard and Schild]], and this would ...

...he [[ETA 6497|6497]] to popular acclaim, though they do not use Cal. 6498. Makers who use Cal. 6498 include [[Eberhard]], [[Longines]], [[Martin Braun]], [[M == Ebauche Variants == ...

...on May 1, [[1904]], and Marc Favre & Cie became one of the most important makers of compact watch movements in the 20th century. He registered the Siva bran [[Category:Ebauche makers]] ...

...Adolf had worked with his brother [[Urs Schild]] before starting his own [[ebauche]] factory, known as [[A. Schild]]. ...Théodor Schild]], and other [[dissident watchmakers]]. César Schild joined makers of other components, bankers, and the Swiss federal government in creating ...

...ase|Luminor]], and [[Panerai Luminor Marina|Luminor Marina]] models. Other makers who use this calibre include [[Alpina]], [[Anonimo]], [[Chronoswiss]], [[Do == Ebauche Variants == ...

...lowed to specialize in automatic movements by the cartel of Swiss movement makers, Ebauches SA, along with [[ETA]] and [[A. Schild]]. * [[List of ebauche factories]] ...

...h manufacturers, [[Ebauches SA]] in [[Neuchâtel]], which united the main [[ebauche]] factories, and the [[UBAH|Union des Branches Annexes de Horlogerie (UBAH) ...ded to July 31 of that year, with all attention focused on the dissident [[ebauche]] producers. ...

...its architecture with the 4L. It is very likely that this was the initial ebauche customer for SII. Soprod's statement that the A-10 is "calibrated 2892" has It appears that the poor sales of the SARA line, the elimination of the only ebauche customer, and the availability of other movements, notably the [[Seiko 6R|6 ...

...found strength led to a glut of product on the market. Soon, the component makers especially began to undercut each other, "dumping" product in America just ...int included a dozen of the strongest [[ebauche]] makers) and later adding makers of [[assortment]]s, [[balance wheel]]s, and [[hairspring]]s. ...

'''A. Schild S.A.''' (also known as '''ASSA''') was an [[ebauche]] and [[watch movement]] maker operating from the 1890's through the 1970's ...d produced many different movements and became one of the largest movement makers in Switzerland by the 1920's. It was unrelated to [[Schild Frères]] which a ...

...Réunies''' (commonly abbreviated '''FAR''') was a [[holding company]] for makers of [[assortment]]s established in [[1932]] within [[ASUAG]]. It was merged ...in [[Le Locle]], which was home to the majority of balance and escapement makers and assortiment houses at the time. The initial components represented most ...

...Horlogère Suisse''' (commonly called '''ETA''') is the best-known Swiss [[ebauche movement]] manufacturer. Part of the [[Swatch Group]], ETA traces its linea ...ert-Droz, Francois|Francois Humbert-Droz]] founded the first factory for [[ebauche movement]]s, [[FHF|Fabrique d'Horlogerie de Fontainemelon (FHF)]], in [[Fon ...

...this was bankrupt in [[1898]]. He was also part of the team behind another ebauche manufacture, [[Friedli, Triebold & Cie]], in [[1897]], but this was purchas ...company was moved to [[Grenchen]], adding the production of conventional [[ebauche]]s. The firm used a former beer barrel factory owned by [[Adolf Girard]], w ...

...rganization established in [[1917]] to bring order to the ever-expanding [[ebauche]] manufacturing business in Switzerland. Driven by advances in machine tool ...per year. He approached [[Paul Robert]] of [[FHF]], the large and historic ebauche maker in [[Fontainemelon]], and the pair then went to [[Adolf Michel]] of [ ...

...[Cortébert]]), [[Charles Hahn & Cie]] of [[Landeron]], among other smaller makers in [[1927]]. The next year, Ebauches SA added 10 more companies, including ...ame a founding member of [[ASUAG]] and would become the focus for movement makers within that group. This gave them additional power to purchase more compani ...

...he cartel. Even so, Kurth signed on as a [[dissident watchmakers|dissident ebauche maker]] that objected to the control of Ebauches SA. ...continue to produce its own movements for decades, and also supplied other makers within the Ebauches SA/ASUAG group. But the company did not try to break th ...

...and [[chiming]] watch [[complication]]s were patented and licensed to many makers, notably [[Jules-Frédéric Jeanneret]] and [[Leonidas]] in [[Saint-Imier]]. ...] when demand required more space and workers. Lugrin initially produced [[ebauche]]s for simple and complicated watches but began producing complications in- ...

By [[1907]] Auguste Reymond was operating an [[ebauche]] factory in [[Les Bioux]] in the [[Vallée de Joux]]. This small village wa ...ith fears of [[chablonnage]] and loss of Swiss dominance. Thus, the Unitas ebauche factory was an early target for consolidation. ...