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== Merger of nationalized watch companies in Glashütte == ...sophistication or with the outstanding reputation of the well-known Swiss brands. ...

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

'''Montbrillant Watch Manufactory''' was the name given by [[Breitling]] to a row of buildings in ...y after Gaston Breitling took over was G.-Léon Breitling S.A. Montbrillant Watch Manufactory. To this day, Breitling uses the Montbrillant name for special ...

'''Hoeter''' was a Swiss watch brand founded in [[1872]]. It is associated with [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] and H. Hoeter was founded in [[1872]] in Germany as a watch manufacturer. It was located in La Chaux-de-Fonds on Rue Fritz-Courvoisier ...

...es for women, Glycine was a pioneer of [[automatic watch]]es and [[24 hour watch]]es. ...g the similar brand "Joffrench". A distinctive crossed flags logo with "L. G." was registered in [[1916]] and the company was officially renamed "Fabriq ...

'''Gala''' was a watch brand through most of the 20th century. Originated around [[1900]] by [[Fav Favre Frères quickly rose to become the most important watch factory in Cormoret, producing gold, silver, and nickel watches in volume. ...

...legal issues due to confusion with the Alfa or Alpha brand watches sold by G. Kessel of Mexico. ...chi took over the remainder of the company as part of his growing group of watch component companies known as Radicchi Horlogerie group. The company was hea ...

'''Omega SA / Omega Watches''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, currently part of the [[Swatch Group]]'s Prestige and Luxury ...etia''', and these trademarks would become the foundation of the [[General Watch Co.]] Between [[1895]] and [[1906]] the Brandt brothers separated their com ...

...denbrand began on January 15, [[1949]], when the firm known officially as "G. Dubey and R. Schaldenbrand" was formed. Located in La Chaux-de-Fonds, wher [[Category:Watch brands]] ...

...ciated with the [[Nouvelle Fabrique de Tavannes]], which bore the Vigilant Watch brand name on the facade. ...ux-de-Fonds]]. He was widely memorialized for over five decades there as a watch manufacturer and member of the community. ...

...g in the family. Frédéric Piguet specialized in ultra-thin and complicated watch movements. The Piguet family firm was acquired by [[Swatch Group]] in [[199 ...]s in his workshop, primarily supplying high-end [[Geneva]] and [[London]] brands, including [[Dent]], [[Gübelin]], [[Breguet]], and [[Frodsham]]. Piguet was ...

'''Blancpain''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, currently part of the [[Swatch Group]]'s Prestige and Luxury ...in the world, the [[Blancpain Golden Profile|Golden Profile]] and the only watch with 53 jewels, the [[Blancpain Cyclotron|Cyclotron]]. ...

...SIH''' (Société Suisse pour l’Industrie Horlogére SA) was a group of Swiss watch companies. It was formed in [[1929]] and merged with [[ASUAG]] in [[1983]], ...ition among watch producers after World War I caused a crisis in the Swiss watch industry. Although the strongest firms had recovered by the late 1920s, the ...

'''Hublot''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, currently part of the [[LVMH]] group. ...s, and the bracelet was in black [[rubber]]. According to the shape of the watch it was called "Hublot" (French for porthole). ...

'''Breitling''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer ...A., [[Montbrillant Watch Manufactory]]'' one specializes first on [[pocket watch|pocket]] [[chronograph]]s. ...

'''Girard-Perregaux''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, currently part of the [[Kering]] group but being spun off to ...e with high quality in the area of continous development of the mechanical watch. ...

...[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== ...

...an-Dessus]] for most of its history and was associated with the [[Unitas]] watch movement factory, which it owned. ...]) was born in [[St-Sulpice]] and trained to become a banker. Drawn to the watch business, Reymond moved to [[Tramelan-Dessus]] and established a modest wat ...

..."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 ...

[[File:1971 General Watch mark.png|right|200px]] The General Watch Holding Co. Ltd. was founded on February 18, [[1970]] to unite seven of the ...