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...omerate founded in [[Le Locle]] in [[1904]], which incorporated many local watch companies in the 1970s including [[Zenith]]. ...or]], [[Paul Buhré]], [[Robert Cart]], [[Terrasse]], and [[Zodiac]]. These brands were abandoned in [[1989]]. ...

...a brand of watches produced by '''First Moscow Watch Factory''', a Russian watch manufacturer. ...ooling and companies. Production began after the American [[Dueber-Hampden Watch Co.]] (see [[Amtorg]]) was acquired, with machines and assistance imported ...

...egan as a Swiss watch manufacturer before moving to America and becoming a watch and lifestyle products group. == The foundation of the watch company Ditesheim == ...

...]], [[Switzerland]]. It is 51% owned by [[Hong Kong]]/[[America]]n fashion watch giant, [[Fossil]]. ...]] by a group on [[Lugano]] investors under Hans Ulrich Saurer as '''Prime Watch Holding Production (PWP)'''. The company specialized in assembling and fini ...

...joint venture with [[Hamilton]] in the United States to produce [[electric watch]]es. Takano suffered from poor sales in the face of dominant domestic brands [[Seiko]] and [[Citizen]], and was forced to bankruptcy in [[1961]]. ...

'''Zodiac''' is a historic Swiss watch brand, currently owned by [[Fossil Group]]. ...was advertised heavily in the following years, was an early [[automatic]] watch with the first [[power reserve indicator]]. Located at 6 with a bottom-pivo ...

German watch manufacturer ...d''' and the pocket watch brand [[Jubilar]] again followed his vision of a watch, which should be "clearly legible, of high quality and still affordable". ...

'''Marvin''' is a Swiss watch brand dating to the early 1900s. ...a Chaux-de-Fonds]]. In [[1895]] Henri-Albert took over the management. The American market became the marketing focus. The export to America was organized by t ...

'''Roamer''' is a historic Swiss watch brand dating to [[1888]] and continuing to this day in [[Solothurn]], [[Swi ...expanded internationally at that time, entering the UK market as '''Medana Watch Co.''' under Fritz Meyer's son, Leo. In [[1915]], Charles Meyer took over m ...

...f a watch that was too thin to wear and thin movements that would dominate watch sales for the next decade. ...lated into sales, especially in America and Asia, and threatened the Swiss watch industry. ...

...e-Fonds]] in [[1887]]. It is best known for the [[Avia]] and [[Protector]] brands. By [[1916]], Degoumois had registered the '''Protector Watch Co.''' brand, and would use this at least through [[1937]]. ...

...]]'s [[1897]] establishment of a factory in [[Geneva]] to supply [[Waltham Watch]], which moved to La Chaux-de-Fonds in [[1901]]. The bankrupt company was p ...chronographs. Nordmann registered patents with other pioneering Swiss and American watchmakers, including [[Henry-Alfred Lugrin]], [[Charles Morlet]], and [[C ...

{{File|Longines|Lindbergh|The legendary<br>[[Hour angle watch]]<br>[[Longines Lindbergh]]}} '''Longines''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, currently part of the [[Swatch Group]]'s High Range division. ...

...3]] his sons Aldo, Vasco, Ugo and Rodolfo take over the company. The first American store in New York is opened. Branches in London, Palm Beach, Paris and Beve ...ues, Italy's largest brand and among the top 100 of the world's well-known brands ranks as number 46. Today the company is almost entirely owned by the luxur ...

'''Universal Genève''' is a Swiss watch [[manufacture]]. ...s (1863-1897) and George-Ulysse Perret founded an etablissage workshop and watch dealership on January 13, [[1894]] in [[Le Locle]]. The firm was known offi ...

'''Paul Buhré''' is a historic watch brand established in [[1815]] and produced through [[1987]]. ...Paul Buhré traces its roots to [[1815]], when Paul Léopold Robert opened a watch and clock store in St. Petersburg, Russia. His son, Paul Buhré, was a skill ...

...904]] the company was officially renamed Ph. Wolf, Fabrique Auréole. Other brands at the time included Vade-Mecum, Philidor, L'Espero, and Verda Stelo. ...oor attachment to a larger building. The firm created its own movements in American size 11 and 13. ...

...'' is a long-running watch brand, currently known for mid-priced [[fashion watch]]es. ...mport and sale of rubies and other gems for the watch industry (though not watch [[jewel]]s specifically). Picard opened a shop in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] by ...

'''Richard Mille''' is a [[French]] watch manufacturer, one of the few remaining [[independent brand]]s. Anyone who wants to deal with trendy brands of today cannot ignore Richard Mille. His products are located in the upper ...

'''Baume & Mercier''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, currently one of the Specialist Watchmakers of [[Richemont]]. Baume & Mercier traces its history to the [[Les Bois]] watch shop opened in [[1830]] by brothers Louis-Victor and Célestin Baume. '''Frè ...