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'''Greubel Forsey''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer. === A New Star in the Watch Sky === ...

'''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 ...

'''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 ...

'''Breguet''' is a Swiss watch [[manufacture]], currently part of the [[Swatch Group]]'s Prestige and Luxu The current Breguet company is descended directly from watch case manufacturer [[Bernard Bréguet-Bréting]], who registered the current s ...

DeLaneau (originally Delano) is a watch brand currently in [[Geneva]] but originally from [[Bienne]]. Founded by Al ...his son. Kneuss registered the Akvil ("Albert Kneuss Villeret") and Delano brands in September of that year. The Delano name was likely chosen to honor Frank ...

...ingly received the fakes. It was also claimed that he traded a fake luxury watch for a car in the 2000s. ...t-Baume SA]] in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]]. A supplier to many well-known Swiss brands, especially [[Franck Muller]] and [[Girard-Perregaux]], Jaquet found succes ...

...ars. Dubey and Schaldenbrand had previously filed for patent protection in France (on March 6) and the United States (on March 4). [[Category:Watch brands]] ...

...ria. One featured a manual calendar while the other had a small functional watch. This is widely considered to be the world's first wristwatch, and became a ...re-launching the company and releasing new watches late in the decade. The watch brand was officially re-launched in [[1983]]. ...

...]]'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 From 1876 until 1890, all of the complicated watches sold by the [[Waltham Watch]] company were produced by Nordmann in New York. ...

'''Audemars Piguet''' is a [[Swiss]] watch [[manufacture]], one of the few remaining [[independent brand]]s. This traditional watch manufacturer is the oldest [[manufacture]] of [[Haute Horlogerie]], which w ...

...idor Wolf]] ([[1839]]-[[1930]]) was born on July 30, [[1839]] in Mulhouse, France (though he was listed as "Neuchâtelois in his death notice). He moved to Sw ...904]] the company was officially renamed Ph. Wolf, Fabrique Auréole. Other brands at the time included Vade-Mecum, Philidor, L'Espero, and Verda Stelo. ...

'''Cartier''' is a Paris jewelry and watch company, currently one of the Jewellery Maisons of [[Richemont]]. ...he trade with new watches is systematically expanded. Apart from [[pocket watch]]es under their own name also timepieces from well known luxury companies a ...

...e master watchmaker behind the company. Journe is a member of the renowned watch artist association [[AHCI]]. His motto »Invenit et Fecit«, which is everywh ...nce watch of the King of France. In [[1983]] Journe first built a [[pocket watch]], and later a [[wristwatch]]. ...

...ciated with the [[Nouvelle Fabrique de Tavannes]], which bore the Vigilant Watch brand name on the facade. ...sch]] was born on February 17, [[1847]], in Hattstatt , Haut Rhin, Alsace, France. Hirsch was the son of Cerf Hirsch (1813-October 31, 1888) and Caroline (né ...

...dré Gindrat-Delachaux of [[Tramelan]] and shared the famous [[Montbrillant Watch Manufactory]] building with [[Breitling]] and [[Couleru-Meuri]]. He acquire ...6 Gindrat-Delachaux Ad.jpg|left|thumb|200px|This 1896 ad promises an 8-day watch, though it was likely still in development with Couleru-Meuri]] ...

Adolf Michel ([[1865]]-[[1928]]) was a watch movement manufacturer in [[Grenchen]], founding the firm of [[A. Michel]] i Michel subsequently went into production of watch case components on his own, building a three-story house with a workshop at ...

...[LVMH]], [[Kering]], and so on) controlling most of the Swiss and European watch industry. Similar consolidation occurred in Japan, where [[Seiko Group]] an ==The Rise of Brands== ...

..."Golden Balance" in English) is a watch award given annually by the German watch magazine [[Uhrenmagazin]] and the German magazine Focus since [[1998]]. ...ance next at 13% and Germany claiming just 3.21% of awards. Even the Swiss brands that have won are predominantly in German-speaking areas: [[IWC]] is the 3r ...

...", French: "Société Générale de l'Horlogerie Suisse") was a group of Swiss watch companies formed to protect the industry from financial collapse in [[1931] ...Horlogerie Suisse S.A., tasked with achieving a monopoly in the mechanical watch parts sector. ...

'''Bremont Watch Company''' is a luxury, aviation-themed British watchmaker based in [[Engla ...al outlook was evident even in the name. Following an emergency landing in France in the late 1990s that Nick and Giles were taken in by a gracious farmer wh ...