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'''Pontifa''' was watch and clock brand in [[Les Ponts-de-Martel]] active from the 1920s through the 1980s. | '''Pontifa''' was watch and clock brand in [[Les Ponts-de-Martel]] active from the 1920s through the 1980s. | ||
==M. T. Stauffer Jeune== | ==M. T. Stauffer-Jeune== | ||
Marc-Timothée Stauffer-Jeune (1874-1950) established his own watchmaking workshop in Ponts-de-Martel by [[1916]]. The company sold a [[rattrapante]] [[chronograph]] under the Pontifa name by [[1926]] and also produced movements finished to the [[Geneva]] standard. | |||
Stauffer was born on January 21, [[1874]] and died November 8, [[1950]]. He married Harriet Hicks. | |||
==Marc Leuthold== | ==Marc Leuthold== | ||
The business was continued by Marc Leuthold | The business was continued by Marc A. Leuthold (1902-1963) through the 1960s. The company produced ultra-thin watches and alarm watches but specialized in travel alarm clocks and 8-day clocks. It also produced electric clocks by this time. | ||
Leuthold died in [[1963]]. | |||
[[Category:Watch brands Switzerland]] | [[Category:Watch brands Switzerland]] | ||
[[Category:Les Ponts-de-Martel]] | [[Category:Les Ponts-de-Martel]] | ||
Revision as of 20:40, 2 December 2022
Pontifa was watch and clock brand in Les Ponts-de-Martel active from the 1920s through the 1980s.
M. T. Stauffer-Jeune
Marc-Timothée Stauffer-Jeune (1874-1950) established his own watchmaking workshop in Ponts-de-Martel by 1916. The company sold a rattrapante chronograph under the Pontifa name by 1926 and also produced movements finished to the Geneva standard.
Stauffer was born on January 21, 1874 and died November 8, 1950. He married Harriet Hicks.
Marc Leuthold
The business was continued by Marc A. Leuthold (1902-1963) through the 1960s. The company produced ultra-thin watches and alarm watches but specialized in travel alarm clocks and 8-day clocks. It also produced electric clocks by this time.
Leuthold died in 1963.