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Robert Cart is listed in [[Le Locle]], Switzerland by [[1909]], when the watchmaker received a patent for a "mécanisme de compteur instantané aux chronographes" ("instant mechanism for chronograph counters"). Robert Cart's name was organized as a corporation in August [[1920]] and as a Société Anonyme in December [[1924]]. The company was run by business man Charles Bonny of Chevroux in Canton Vaud, watch dealer Charles Wimaier of [[Schaffhausen]], and Robert Cart himself. Related businesses, Robert Cart Fils and André Cart were in operation by [[1928]]. In April [[1934]], Robert | Robert Cart is listed in [[Le Locle]], Switzerland by [[1909]], when the watchmaker received a patent for a "mécanisme de compteur instantané aux chronographes" ("instant mechanism for chronograph counters"). Robert Cart's name was organized as a corporation in August [[1920]] and as a Société Anonyme in December [[1924]]. The company was run by business man Charles Bonny of Chevroux in Canton Vaud, watch dealer Charles Wimaier of [[Schaffhausen]], and Robert Cart himself. Related businesses, Robert Cart Fils and André Cart were in operation by [[1928]]. In April [[1934]], Robert Cart SA was reorganized with Cart as president, and his sons Georges-Robert Cart and Maurice Cart as directors, Bonny and Widmayer removed (with capital reduced by 18,000 francs). Charles-André Cart was added as a director in May [[1946]]. | ||
In the 1920s, Robert Cart S.A. already boasted of producing "qualité supérieure" complicated watches, including [[repeater]]s, [[chronograph]]s, [[perpetual calendar]]s, and [[ultra-thin]] watches. This put it in competition with [[Paul Buhré]], [[H. Barbezat-Bole]], and [[H. Moser & Cie.]] who were also located in the city. In the 1970s, all of these companies would come together under [[Dixi]]. | In the 1920s, Robert Cart S.A. already boasted of producing "qualité supérieure" complicated watches, including [[repeater]]s, [[chronograph]]s, [[perpetual calendar]]s, and [[ultra-thin]] watches. This put it in competition with [[Paul Buhré]], [[H. Barbezat-Bole]], and [[H. Moser & Cie.]] who were also located in the city. In the 1970s, all of these companies would come together under [[Dixi]]. | ||
Revision as of 22:05, 22 October 2022
Robert Cart was a maker of thin complicated watches in Le Locle from at least 1909 through 1970, when it was purchased by Dixi and merged with Paul Buhré.
Robert Cart, Watchmaker
Robert Cart is listed in Le Locle, Switzerland by 1909, when the watchmaker received a patent for a "mécanisme de compteur instantané aux chronographes" ("instant mechanism for chronograph counters"). Robert Cart's name was organized as a corporation in August 1920 and as a Société Anonyme in December 1924. The company was run by business man Charles Bonny of Chevroux in Canton Vaud, watch dealer Charles Wimaier of Schaffhausen, and Robert Cart himself. Related businesses, Robert Cart Fils and André Cart were in operation by 1928. In April 1934, Robert Cart SA was reorganized with Cart as president, and his sons Georges-Robert Cart and Maurice Cart as directors, Bonny and Widmayer removed (with capital reduced by 18,000 francs). Charles-André Cart was added as a director in May 1946.
In the 1920s, Robert Cart S.A. already boasted of producing "qualité supérieure" complicated watches, including repeaters, chronographs, perpetual calendars, and ultra-thin watches. This put it in competition with Paul Buhré, H. Barbezat-Bole, and H. Moser & Cie. who were also located in the city. In the 1970s, all of these companies would come together under Dixi.
In the 1920s, Robert Cart was located next door to rival Paul Buhré on Rue Beau-Site, also the home of the massive Tissot factory. In the 1930s, the company moved to a nearby building at Rue des Tourelles 5.
Robert Cart patented a jump hour and rising minutes display by 1930 and used this in both pocket and wrist watches. The company lasted through World War II and boasted a prize at the Neuchâtel Concours in 1948.
In the 1960s, Robert Cart specialized in ultra-thin watches, building an inventory of movements produced by Frédéric Piguet of Le Sentier. But the consolidation of that era saw them acquired by Dixi and merged with Paul Buhré. The ultra-thin movements would be used by H. Moser & Cie. after they are also acquired by Dixi in 1974.
On October 29, 1988, Robert Cart (along with H. Moser & Cie., Jean Perret, Luxor, Paul Buhré, Terrasse, and Zodiac) was officially dissolved and integrated into Zenith. These brands were officially abandoned in 1989. Zodiac would be re-launched in 1990, Moser in 2002, and the rest would be mostly forgotten.