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...ial journal of the Swiss watchmaking federation, a member of many industry groups and associations, and an influential politician. ...silver watch case manufacturers in [[Bienne]], the first of many industry groups he would join. ...

...ts of his family, his home town and its workers, and the Swiss watchmaking industry. ...is father remained active in management of the factory as well as industry groups like [[FSR]] and Louis became interested in the emerging cartels. ...

...Universo was a way to set aside the ruthless competition then sweeping the industry and allow them to focus on quality and serving the new, larger, mechanized ...watch hands in the world and also produced drill bits and tooling for the industry. A [[1970]] article in [[Europa Star]] mentions 37 locations plus the La Ch ...

...was published in [[1864]]. The expanded publication, covering much of the industry with as many as 10 local editions, was launched in [[1865]]. In [[1870]], t ...to '''Indicateur Davoine''', with a biennial edition focused on the entire industry as well as local La Chaux-de-Fonds editions. But the work proved too much f ...

...orld War I meant punishing price reduction and threatened the entire watch industry. The goal of the Société was to control production and export. ...panies produced ebauches for over 500 watchmakers in Switzerland. With the industry in debt by over 200 million francs, the banks began searching for a more ef ...

...st-war period saw La Chaux-de-Fonds become one of the focal points for the industry. Many [[group]]s were centered there, along with [[Geneva]] and [[Bienne]]. ...

...Charles-Louis was deeply involved in the consolidation of the Swiss watch industry, serving on the board of [[FSR]] and as a founder of [[ASUAG]] and [[FAR]]. ...duction of high-quality anchor escapements and escape wheels, known in the industry as [[assortiment]]s. Williams and Charles-Louis married sisters Marie and S ...

...]], is intended to bring order to the chaotic watch movement manufacturing industry, and it expands rapidly. Soon, Ebauches SA is the largest producer of watch The [[quartz crisis]] causes another contraction in the industry in the 1970's and, in [[1979]], A. Schild is merged into ETA to become the ...

...d in Japan, where [[Seiko Group]] and [[Citizen Holdings]] own much of the industry, and in America, which is dominated by [[Movado Group]]. ** [[G. Flury]] exits the watch industry ...

...in-house and opened [[boutique|company-owned retailers]], starting a major industry trend. And Audemars Piguet moved even more up-market, raising prices and mo ...

...e companies in [[1969]], marking a key period of advancement for the watch industry. This "race" to develop an automatic chronograph was one of the last notabl ...ce an automatic chronograph had consumed the Chronomatic and Zenith-Movado groups, Seiko was apparently unaware that there was a race at all. Their automatic ...

...pecial jury prize. Originally given by the [[Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry]] (FH), the GPHG became a registered public interest organization in [[2011 ...er. One can compare it with the Academy Awards ("Oscars") of the U.S. film industry. An Asian Edition was also held. The winner of the ''Aiguille d'Or'' (Golde ...

...Venus]], [[Martel]], [[Leonidas]], and [[Lemania]] were merged into larger groups or watchmaking firms. ...ior Park continued to focus on chronographs and stopwatches for sports and industry, as seen in this 1962 ad]] ...