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• 01:24, 21 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:JSDH 1955 03-076 Adrien Brandt portrait.png (Portrait of Adrien Brandt from his obituary in Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, March 1955)
• 03:17, 2 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page César de Trey (Created page with "200px|right César de Trey was an industrialist credited with the creation of the Reverso (with Jaeger and LeCoultre) as well as the Ermeto (with Movado) and other key specialty watches in the 1930s. Marc César de Trey, known as César, was said to be from Chamblandes near Pully on the northeast shore of Lake Geneva. This is just east of Lausanne, and this city...")
• 03:17, 2 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:JSDH 1932 05-009 César de Trey.jpg (Portrait of César de Trey from Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, May 1932)
• 03:17, 2 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:JSDH 1932 05-009 César de Trey.jpg (Portrait of César de Trey from Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, May 1932)
• 03:07, 1 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:JSDH 1931 09-003 Hermann Obrecht.jpg (Portrait of Hermann Obrecht, from Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, September 1931)
• 03:07, 1 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:JSDH 1931 09-003 Hermann Obrecht.jpg (Portrait of Hermann Obrecht, from Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, September 1931)
• 03:06, 1 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:JSDH 1931 09-003 César Schild.jpg (Portrait of César Schild, from Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, September 1931)
• 03:06, 1 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:JSDH 1931 09-003 César Schild.jpg (Portrait of César Schild, from Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, September 1931)
• 03:01, 1 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:JSDH 1931 09-002 Ernest Strahm.jpg (Portrait of Ernest Strahm from Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, September 1931)
• 03:01, 1 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:JSDH 1931 09-002 Ernest Strahm.jpg (Portrait of Ernest Strahm from Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, September 1931)
• 00:53, 26 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Jules-Samuel Jéquier (Created page with "Jules-Samuel Jéquier (1836?-1915) was a watchmaker and politician in Fleurier. Jules-Samuel Jéquier was born around 1836. In addition to his work as an industrialist and watchmaker, Jéquier was also interested in public affairs. He was president of the School of Watchmaking for many years, one of the founders of the Consumer Society, and chairman of the board of directors of a local match factory. He was the last Fleurisan survivor of the Neuchâtel cara...")
• 23:35, 25 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Fleurier Watch Co. to Fleurier Watch Co
• 13:54, 15 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Jean-Claude Gueit (Created page with "Jean-Claude Gueit was a Swiss watch designer credited with the Piaget Polo and Baume & Mercer Riviera, two watches that set the styling trends of the 1980s. His son, Emmanuel Gueit is credited with the design of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore which was the styling icon for the 1990s. Category:Biography G")
• 13:46, 15 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Urquhart, Stephen to Stephen Urquhart
• 13:45, 15 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Golay, Georges to Georges Golay
• 03:12, 14 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Phénix (Redirected page to Phenix) Tag: New redirect
• 01:54, 13 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Graef, Otto to Otto Graef
• 01:54, 13 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Graef, Otto (Created page with "Otto Graef (1861?-1948) was a watchmaker and businessman who founded MIMO and purchased Girard-Perregaux. Otto Graef was born about 1861 and studied the trades of watchmaker and jeweler. In 1889, after visiting La Chaux-de-Fonds the young Graef decided to stay in the city thanks to the well-paid work he found there. Initially an independent watchmaker, his firm grew into MIMO, also called Graef & Co]]. In 1928 Graef seized the opport...")
• 00:55, 13 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Cervine (Redirected page to Montres Invar) Tag: New redirect
• 02:31, 12 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Emil Borer (Created page with "Emil Borer (sometimes spelled Emile but known professionally as E. Borer) was a technician-watchmaker who ran the Aegler factory in Bienne, producer of watch movements for Rolex for decades. By 1940, Borer was secretary of Manufacture des Montres Rolex Aegler SA under his grandfather Hermann Aegler (chairman) and Hans Wilsdorf (vice-chairman). In 1944, after Hermann Aegler's death, Emil Borer took charge of management of the Aegler factor...")
• 02:14, 11 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Edgar Convert (Created page with "Edgar Convert was a technician-watchmaker active in the first half of the 20th century. He is famous as the technical director of LeCoultre & Cie but previously held that position at Fabrique d'Horlogerie de Fontainemelon. Edgar Convert was born around 1891. Convert served as the technical director of FHF around 1921. In 1928, Convert went to work at LeCoultre & Cie in Le Sentier. He became the technical director of the firm and ser...")
• 01:25, 11 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Henri Colomb (Created page with "Henri Colomb was a technician-watchmaker for Zénith and Tavannes Watch. He is credited with many technical advancements, notably the anti-shock mechanism exploited by Parechoc. Henri Colomb graduated from the Neuchâtel Watchmaking School as a technician-watchmaker under Hermann Grossmann. After graduating he worked as a precision adjuster for Zénith in Le Locle. He then went to Porrentruy to head the Watchmaking School there....")
• 00:53, 11 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Technician-watchmakers (Created page with "Main Article: Technician-watchmaker Category:Biography")
• 00:52, 11 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Stamm, Heinrich to Heinrich Stamm
• 00:52, 11 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Lémania (Redirected page to Lemania) Tag: New redirect
• 00:49, 11 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Technician-watchmaker (Created page with "Technician-Watchmaker ("Horloger-Technician") was a diploma category offered by watchmaking schools in Switzerland and Germany in the first half of the 20th century. ==Notable Technician-Watchmakers== The following individuals distinguished themselves as technician-watchmakers: * E. Borer, Rolex * François Cart, Patek-Philippe * Gilbert Caussignac, Blancain/Rayville * Henry Colomb, Zénith * Edgar Convert, LeCoultre & Ci...")
• 23:27, 10 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page René Aellen (Created page with "René Aellen was a watchmaking executive who worked for Martel Watch in the 1960s and Vulcain in the 1970s. René Aellen came from Saanen in Canton Berne but lived in Ponts-de-Martel once he was given power of attorney for the Martel Watch company in 1962. The company was under the ownership of Zénith by this point and Henri Thiébaud joined the board at the same time, replacing Pierre Hainard. Aellen was removed from Martel management...")
• 21:23, 10 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Frey (Redirected page to Freco) Tag: New redirect
• 21:14, 10 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Henri Gustave Thiebaud to Henri Gustave Thiébaud
• 20:32, 10 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Uhrenfabrik Frey (Redirected page to Frey & Co) Tag: New redirect
• 20:32, 10 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Henri Gustave Thiebaud (Created page with "Henri Gustave Thiébaud was the director of the Swiss Gruen and Frey & Co watchmaking companies from the 1930s through the 1950s. He was a prolific inventor and is credited with many of Gruen's technological advancements in this period. He may be the same Henri Thiebaud who served on the board of Zenith and Martel in the 1960s. ==Early Life== According to Gruen press materials, Henri Thiebaud (sic) was born September 18, 1906 in Saint-Imier...")
• 18:50, 10 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Emil Frey (Created page with "Emil Frey (also called Emile) was the founder and namesake of Frey & Co, a maker focused on women's watches in Madretsch near Bienne in the early 20th century. Frey was born around 1880. His father, Rudolf Frey, was said to be from Weißlingen in Canton Zürich but formed a partnership with Jules Adolf Monnier of Tramelan in 1890 to produce watches there. Called Monnier & Frey, it was the predecessor in some ways to Emil Frey's firm. On October 7, ...")
• 13:56, 10 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Gottlieb Ruh (Created page with "Gottlieb Ruh (often misspelled Ruch) was co-founder of Frey & Co with Emile Frey. Gottlieb Ruh came from Buch near Schaffhausen. His father may have been Konrad Ruh, shoe-maker. On September 1, 1912, Ruh co-founded the watchmaking firm of Frey & Co with Emil Frey and limited partner Giacomo Trümpy. The firm was located in Madretsch near Bienne and Ruh invested and shared majority ownership with the eponymous Frey. Trümpy died the f...")
• 03:21, 10 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Freco (Created page with "Freco was the most popular brand of the Frey Watch Co (formerly Frey & Co) of Madretsch near Bienne. Frey & Cie. was founded on September 1, 1912 by Emile Frey (also called "Emil"), Gottlieb Ruh, and Giacomo Trümpy. The company was located in Madretsch near Bienne, which had previously been the location of Frey's Sigma factory, which was taken over by Péry after it failed in 1905. Emile Frey remained on at Péry until his new compan...")
• 03:07, 10 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Frey & Co (Redirected page to Freco) Tag: New redirect
• 18:05, 9 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Courvoisier Frères (Created page with "Although there were many watchmaking operations using the name Courvoisier, the name is most closely associated with a high-end maker of pocket watches in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the second half of the 19th century. Originally called Courvoisier & Cie., it was later renamed Courvoisier Frères under the sons of the founder. The company traces its roots to about 1770 and the firm of watchmaker Josué Robert. In 1787 Robert took on his son in law, Louis Courv...")
• 17:40, 9 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Courvoisier (Created page with "See: * Courvoisier Frères (originally Courvoisier & Cie.) maker of fine watches in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the second half of the 19th century * L. E. Courvoisier of Bienne Category:Disambiguation")
• 20:41, 4 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Martel Watch Co (Redirected page to Martel Watch) Tag: New redirect
• 03:07, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Centennial Exposition (Created page with "==Swiss Watchmakers== * Louis Audemars, Le Brassus * J. E. Antony-Bovy, La Chaux-de-Fonds * Baehni Frères, Bienne * J. M. Badollet & Co, Geneva * Eugéne Besancet-Blanc, Travers * J. B. Bitterlin-Schmidt, Le Locle * Désiré Colliot, Saint-Imier * J. Corcelle & Co, Geneva * Borel & Courvoisier, Neuchâtel * Daniel Ducommun, Gorgier * Dufaux, Lutz, & Fils, Geneva * Ernest Francillo...")
• 02:48, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Exposition Internationale (Created page with "* 1855 - Exposition Universelle de 1855 - Paris * 1867 - Exposition Universelle de 1867 - Paris * 1876 - Centennial Exposition - Phiadelphia * 1878 - Exposition Universelle de 1878 - Paris * 1889 - Exposition Universelle de 1889 - Paris * 1893 - World's Columbian Exposition - Chicago * 1897 - Exposition Internationale de 1897 - Brussels * Exposition Internationale de 1893 - Besanço...")
• 02:35, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Jeanneret Frères (Redirected page to Excelsior Park) Tag: New redirect
• 02:34, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page LeCoultre & Cie (Redirected page to Jaeger-LeCoultre) Tag: New redirect
• 02:32, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Girard-Perregaux & Cie (Redirected page to Girard-Perregaux) Tag: New redirect
• 02:32, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Patek, Philippe & Cie (Redirected page to Patek Philippe) Tag: New redirect
• 02:32, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Paul-D. Nardin (Redirected page to Ulysse Nardin) Tag: New redirect
• 02:31, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Müller & Cie (Redirected page to La Champagne) Tag: New redirect
• 02:30, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Moeri et Jeanneret (Redirected page to Moeris) Tag: New redirect
• 02:28, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page A. Lugrin (Redirected page to Lemania) Tag: New redirect
• 02:27, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Ernest Francillon & Cie (Redirected page to Longines) Tag: New redirect
• 02:21, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Louis Brandt & Frère (Redirected page to Omega) Tag: New redirect