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Fritz Huguenin ([[1847]]-[[1917]]) was the editor of [[La Fédération Horlogère]], the official journal of the Swiss watchmaking federation, a member of ma Huguenin founded [[La Fédération Horlogère]] in [[1885]] as well, and lead the publication for the rest of his life. U ...

Kenel settled in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] in [[1885]] to represent the watchmaking factory of his br ...dent in [[1915]]. Kenel was also on the Editorial Board of [[La Fédération Horlogère]]. ...

...[Malleray]] and representatives in [[Bienne]] ([[Henri Hilty-Wolf]]) and [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] ([[Arnold Matthey]]). ...ey were the same person. The organization was successful, as La Fédération Horlogère reported in November 1890 that a new ebauche factory in [[Delémont]] starte ...

...pecially in supplying machine tools to other ebauche makers. La Fédération Horlogère reported in November 1890 that a new ebauche factory in Delémont started pr ...peration was then taken over as a branch of [[Les Fils de R. Picard]] of [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]]. In [[1895]] it was known as [[Weber, Ruedin & Cie]] and t ...

...ourquin]] in [[1887]], served on the central committee of the [[Fédération Horlogère]] that year as a patron member under [[James Perrenoud]], along with [[Loui ...he was the son or nephew of Edouard Fallet. The firm was located at Rue de la Montagne 38. ...

...éunies (FSR)]]. The group succeeded in building a competitive factory in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] and producing springs for their own use, blunting the impa ...coalesced with the idea of creating a competing spring factory. Meeting in La Chaux-de-Fonds on May 11, [[1898]], the group agreed to create their own co ...

...randt]], which he opens in [[1848]] at the young age of only 23 years in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]]. With the watches he travels through Europe in order to br ...der escapement]] watches. These would later be marketed under the brand '''La Generale''' and '''Helvetia''', and these trademarks would become the found ...

...d Fs-H. Bourquin (noted as "Maison à Londres" and appears to relocate to [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] soon after). Bourquin Frères appears in [[1847]] and [[184 ...ith workshops in Poland and Russia and the establishment of new brands, '''La Populaire''' and '''Léonidas'''. ...

...ough it was unrelated to the previous [[La Générale|General Watch Company, La Générale]] of [[Reconvilier]], General Watch Co. took over the trademarks a ** (1975-1983) [[René Cuendet]], [[Service d'Information de la Fédération Horlogère]], vice-director, director (1978), with signature (until 1983) ...

...-spelled as "Ronget" in some early listings. Located at Grognerie 10a in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]], now known as Rue du Progrès, the small building still sta ...z 17 in [[1868]] (a few blocks down, near the railroad) and east at Rue de la Chapelle 3 from [[1869]] through [[1873]]. These were residential houses wi ...

Paul Perret ([[1854]]-[[1904]]) was a [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] watchmaker and regulator famous for his invention of an in ...d prevented from regularly attending a local school" before he "settled in La Chaux-de-Fonds as an apprentice watchmaker" in [[1872]]. He likely learned ...

Favre Frères was a maker of watches in [[La Neuveville]] and later [[Cormoret]] from the 19th century through World War ...s founded in [[1859]], and modern sources suggest that it was started in [[La Neuveville]] before opening a branch in [[Cormoret]] on the western bank of ...

...d in legal proceedings. It was a simple cypher, created by [[L'Information Horlogère Suisse]] with a new key released each April. WBHJLIB YXORWNBWI, la chaux-de-fonds ...