Pontifa: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Pontifa''' was watch and clock brand in [[Les Ponts-de-Martel]] active from the 1920s through the | '''Pontifa''' was watch and clock brand in [[Les Ponts-de-Martel]] active from the 1920s through the 2000s. | ||
==M. T. Stauffer-Jeune== | ==M. T. Stauffer-Jeune== | ||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
Leuthold died in [[1963]]. | Leuthold died in [[1963]]. | ||
==Pontifa SA== | |||
Pontifa SA continued to produce clocks in Les Ponts-de-Martel through the 2000s. | |||
[[Category:Watch brands Switzerland]] | [[Category:Watch brands Switzerland]] | ||
[[Category:Les Ponts-de-Martel]] | [[Category:Les Ponts-de-Martel]] | ||
Revision as of 21:08, 2 December 2022
Pontifa was watch and clock brand in Les Ponts-de-Martel active from the 1920s through the 2000s.
M. T. Stauffer-Jeune
M. T. (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 graduated with second-class honors with "repasseurs et remonteurs" from the watchmaking school in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1893. He married Harriet Hicks but was known as "Stauffer Jeune" or "the younger Stauffer".
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.
Pontifa SA
Pontifa SA continued to produce clocks in Les Ponts-de-Martel through the 2000s.