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• 18:23, 13 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Paul Robert (Created page with "Paul Robert-Tissot (1863-1940) was the heir to and leader of the Fabrique d’Horlogerie de Fontainemelon from 1890 through 1940 and was a founding board member of Ebauches SA. ==Biography== Paul Robert-Tissot was born in 1863 in Le Locle and later lived in La Chaux-de-Fonds. As reported in his obituary, his life "was essentially devoted to the factory of Fontainemelon blanks." In 1888, Robert-Tissot was appointed director of th...")
• 17:00, 10 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Euseb Obrecht-Kessler (Created page with "Eusèb Obrecht-Kessler was a watchmaker in Grenchen responsible for the companies Obrecht & Cie and Société d'Horlogerie de Granges. Category:Biography O Category:Grenchen")
• 14:59, 10 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Société d'Horlogerie de Granges (Created page with "The Société d'Horlogerie de Granges was a large maker of ebauches in Grenchen in the late 19th century. Established in 1871, the company quickly surpassed the firms of Girard Frères and Schild Frères and became one of the largest suppliers of watch movements in the world. Established in 1871, the Société d'Horlogerie de Granges was founded to capitalize on the success of Urs Schild and others in manufacturing ebauches in Grenchen...")
• 13:10, 10 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Lengnau (Created page with "Lengnau is a municipality located very close to Grenchen and Pieterlen.")
• 12:19, 10 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page P. Obrecht & Cie (Redirected page to Obrecht & Cie) Tag: New redirect
• 12:19, 10 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page E. Obrecht (Redirected page to Obrecht & Cie) Tag: New redirect
• 12:18, 10 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Gebr. Schild & Cie (Redirected page to Eterna) Tag: New redirect
• 19:38, 8 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Fabrique Suisse de Balanciers (Created page with "Fabrique Suisse de Balanciers was a company that produced balances for watches, first in La Chaux-de-Fonds and later in La Sagne. It was active between 1906 and 1934. ==La Chaux-de-Fonds== The Fabrique Suisse de Balanciers was established in La Chaux-de-Fonds on July 13, 1906. Its purpose was the acquisition and operation of watch balance factories and the sale of these items, including escapement parts. The initial share capital was 80,...")
• 18:50, 8 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Charles-Albert Vuille (Created page with "Charles-Albert Vuille was an industrialist focused on watchmaking in La Chaux-de-Fonds. He was long the administrator of Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies and was also a founding member of UBAH. ==Biography== Charles-Albert Vuille was born on March 4 1866. Born to modest parents in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Vuille showed great promise and interned in Glasgow in 1886 before returning home to work. In 1898, Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies selected the...")
• 18:32, 8 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Société des Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies SA (Redirected page to Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies) Tag: New redirect
• 18:20, 8 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page SR (Redirected page to Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies) Tag: New redirect
• 18:19, 8 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page FAR (Created page with "{{Disambiguation}} * Fabriques d'Assortiments Réunies * Nivarox-FAR")
• 18:18, 8 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page FSR to Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies
• 18:18, 8 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs deleted page Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies (content was: "#REDIRECT FSR")
• 18:35, 7 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Jean Schwarzentrub (Created page with "==Timeline== * 1892 - Jean Schwarzentrub resigns from P. Obrecht & Cie of Grenchen * 1893 - August 1 - Jean Schwarzentrub and Arthur Müller form Schwarzentrub & Müller in Grenchen * 1893 - December 26 - Schwarzentrub & Müller is dissolved with the operation taken up by Jean Schwarzentrub alone * 1897 - July 6 - Friedli, Triebold & Cie is established as a maker and finisher of ebauches and escapements; Louis Friedli and Jean Schwarzentrub are m...")
• 15:08, 7 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Adolf Michel (Created page with "Adolf Michel (1866-1928) was a watch movement manufacturer in Grenchen and founding member of Ebauches SA. He founded the firm of A. Michel in 1898 with Jean Schwarzentrub. Note that his name is consistently spelled "Adolf" in German and "Adolphe" in French, both at the time and today. Category:Ebauches SA Category:A. Michel Category:Grenchen Category:Biography M")
• 15:02, 7 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Adolphe Michel to A. Michel
• 01:40, 7 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Baptiste Savoye (Created page with "Baptiste Savoye was a Swiss watchmaker and a prominent figure in the Swiss watchmaking industry. Savoye was born on October 8, 1851, in Corgémont, and his family moved to Saint-Imier the following year. Savoye began working as an office employee for Ernest Francillon, the director of the watchmaking factory that is now known as Fabriques des Longines, on January 1, 1871. He worked for 56 years, contributing significantly to the growth a...")
• 20:26, 6 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Resist SA (Created page with "==J.-H. Perret== A mainspring workshop was operated by J.-H. Perret in La Chaux-de-Fonds as early as 1848. It was located on Rue du Pont. This is listed as Jules-Henri Perret in 1861 and is located on Grande Rue 18B. This street was renamed Léopold-Robert in the 1870s, and the factory remained at the same address. By 1883 the factory was operated by Albert Perret. The firm was taken over by Rudolf Alfred Schwab of Siselen in June 1885. He regis...")
• 18:50, 6 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Robert Henri Guye (Redirected page to Robert Guye) Tag: New redirect
• 18:48, 6 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Camille Flotron (Created page with "Camille Flotron (1886-1941) was head of a mainspring factory called Resist SA and was active in many watchmaking organizations, including UBAH and ASUAG, where he was a founding board member. He died in a motor vehicle accident with Robert Guye on May 7, 1941. ==Biography== Camille Flotron was born in 1886. He was well-known throughout the watchmaking region, both as an industrialist and merchant. He was head of a watch spring factor...")
• 03:51, 5 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Ernest Dubois (Created page with "Ernest Dubois (1896-1968) was the head of the Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies. Ernest Dubois was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1896 and lived there most of his life. He attended the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and considered himself a scientist and engineer throughout his life. He researched the properties of various balance spring materials and developed many improvements in the field. Dubois was particularly a follower of...")
• 03:03, 5 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Louis-Edouard Berthoud (Created page with "Louis-Edouard Berthoud (1867-1947) was a Swiss watchmaker and co-founder of Universal Genève (originally called Perret et Berthoud). Louis-Edouard Berthoud was born around 1867 in Couvet in Neuchâtel, where he registered a watchmaking workshop in 1883. He moved to Le Locle and joined the firm of Numa-Emile Descombes and George-Ulysse Perret in 1896. Following Descombes death a year later, the firm was reorganized as Perret...")
• 02:36, 5 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Louis Muller to Louis Müller
• 02:35, 5 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Louis Muller (Created page with "Louis Muller (1864-1943) was a watch manufacturer based in Bienne known as the founder of the La Champagne factory there as well as his work in Swiss watch manufacturing organizations including ASUAG. Louis Muller was born around 1864, son of Louis Müller senior and Caroline Finkbeiner. After attending school in Bienne and Neuchâtel, the younger Muller joined the firm of his father, of the same name, in the city. In 1890, after his...")
• 22:35, 4 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Louis Huguenin (Created page with "Louis Huguenin (-1940) was director of an assortiment factory in Le Locle and was active in Fabriques d'Assortiments Réunies and ASUAG. ==Biography== Louis Huguenin dedicated his life to the watchmaking industry, working to improve and advance the craft. He was born into a family of watchmakers, and in May 1892, after his father Charles-Louis Huguenin passed away, Louis and his brother Charles took over the family business, the Fabrique d'Assortime...")
• 20:59, 4 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Hermann Obrecht (Created page with "Hermann Obrecht was a Swiss politician who served his country in various capacities throughout his career. He was born in 1882 in Grenchen and studied at the local teacher training school before becoming a primary school teacher. He then went on to work for the Soleure state government as a secretary in the department of finance, before eventually becoming the director of the newly created Solothurner Zeitung newspaper. Obrecht's career in politics began in 19...")
• 12:30, 4 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Landeron to Charles Hahn
• 21:37, 3 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Sydney de Coulon (Created page with "Sydney de Coulon (1889-1976) was called the "Grand Patron" of Swiss watchmaking. He ran Ebauches SA from 1933 through 1964, giving him indirect control over most Swiss watch manufacturers through ASUAG and the cartel. ==Early Life== Sydney de Coulon was born on March 24, 1889 and raised on the family estate known as Treytel along the shore of Lac de Neuchâtel near Bevaix. His father Alfred de Coulon and mother Léonie had 13 chi...")
• 22:39, 2 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Emile Schweingruber (Created page with "Emile Schweingruber (1867-1936) was a manufacturer of balance springs and mainsprings in Saint-Imier. Emile Schweingruber was born in 1867 in Saint-Imier. The son of Christian Schweingruber, he founded a balance spring factory there in 1898 to compete with the FSR cartel. The company was initially simply called "Emile Schweingruber" (often "Ele") but was renamed "Fabrique de Spiraux de St. Imier" in 1901. The company registered the "...")
• 16:03, 23 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Ébauches SA (Redirected page to Ebauches SA) Tag: New redirect
• 12:06, 21 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Montres Germinal (Created page with "Montres Germinal was a 20th century watchmaking company that traces its roots to the 19th century firm of Raphaël Picard and his sons, Moïse and Léon. Raphaël, Moïse, and Léon Picard came from Morteau in France ==Timeline== * 1883 - A survey of businesses show Picard Père & Fils as run by Raphaël, Moïse, and Léon Picard; it is engaged in the manufacture and sale of watches and is located at Rue de la Serre 10 in La Chaux-de-Fonds * 1886 - Picard Pè...")
• 11:55, 21 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Edmond Picard-Ulmann (Created page with ":See Also: Edmond Picard-Lévy Edmond Picard (1873-1942) was the founder of Montres Germinal, a Swiss watch company active in the first half of the 20th century. Edmond Picard was born December 3, 1873. He married Marthe-Gertrude Ulmann of Neuchâtel. Picard was closely associated with his home city of La Chaux-de-Fonds, where his watchmaking company, Montres Germinal was located. Edmond Picard died on July 7, 1942 after a long illness. He was...")
• 19:54, 20 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page La Champagne (Created page with "La Champagne was a watchmaking company based in Bienne in a former agricultural area of the same name. The firm was founded by Louis Müller and passed to his son (of the same name) in 1890. The company registered the "La Champagne" brand in 1906 and continued to use the name through the 1960s. ==Louis Müller== Louis Müller operated a watchmaking business in Bienne by 1866. The company was located at Rue Neuve 2 that year but relocated to Rue de l...")
• 14:51, 20 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page R. Picard (Redirected page to Invicta) Tag: New redirect
• 13:17, 20 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page R. Picard Fils (Redirected page to Invicta) Tag: New redirect
• 12:02, 20 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Edmond Picard (Created page with "Two prominent watchmakers of the late 19th and early 20th century were named Edmond Picard: * Edmond Picard-Lévy (1853-1914) - Partner in R. Picard Fils, the company that started the Invicta brand * Edmond Picard-Ulmann (1873-1942) - Founder of Picard et Co, the company behind the Germinal brand Category:Disambiguation")
• 18:32, 19 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Emile Meyer (Created page with "Emile Meyer (1859-1935) was a businessman involved in watchmaking, chiefly in La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the late 19th and early 20th century. His watchmaking and sales business, Blum & Frères Meyer, was a major force around the turn of the century and Meyer made his mark as representative, and later secretary, of the Société Suisse des Spiraux. Emile Meyer was born on January 18, 1859, in Canton Neuchâtel. His legal birth address was La Chaux-de-Fonds, b...")
• 16:18, 18 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Société Suisse des Spiraux (Created page with "Société Suisse des Spiraux (SSS) is a balance spring factory created by major Swiss watch manufacturers to compete with the cartel known as Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies (FSR). The group succeeded in building a competitive factory in La Chaux-de-Fonds and producing springs for their own use, blunting the impact of the cartel. ==Establishment== When the five largest makers of balance springs in Switzerland came together as a cartel to contr...")
• 21:16, 17 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Borle et Jéquier (Created page with "Borle et Jéquier was a balance spring maker in Fleurier set up to provide an alternative to the Fabriques de Spiraux Rèunies (FSR) cartel. The company was established in June 1896, less than a year after FSR was announced, and lasted until 1932. Borle et Jéquier was created to provide an alternative to the Fabriques de Spiraux Rèunies (FSR) cartel which controlled the balance spring industry since 1895. The company was founded by...")
• 18:47, 17 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Montandon-Lütz (Created page with "Lse. Montandon-Lütz et Fils was a maker of balance springs in Geneva in the late 19th century. The company was likely founded by Adolphe Montandon-Lütz and his brother Jean. ==Timeline== * 1878 - L. Montandon-Lütz & Cie, maker of balance springs, receives a silver medal at the Universal Exposition in Paris * 1880 - L. Montandon-Lutz & Fils advertises itself as successor to J.-C. Lutz & Fils and is located at Chantepoulet 9 in Geneva as a maker of harden...")
• 18:46, 17 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Baehni Frères (Redirected page to Baehni) Tag: New redirect
• 18:46, 17 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Rivenc-Paquet & Sandoz (Redirected page to Sandoz Spiraux) Tag: New redirect
• 18:26, 17 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Julien-Albert Courvoisier-Clément (Created page with "Julien-Albert Courvoisier-Clément was a maker of balance springs in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the late 19th century. ==Timeline== * 1871 - March 15 - Julien-Albert Courvoisier-Clément is born in Neuchâtel * 1889 - a business survey shows Julien-Albert Courvoisier-Clément as proprietor of J. A. Courvoisier of La Chaux-de-Fonds; the company's business was fabrication of balance springs and the office is Rue Daniel JeanRichard 19 * 1894 - J.-A. Courvoisier regi...")
• 14:14, 17 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Chronology of Watchmaking (Created page with "* 1766 - Antide Janvier, born in St-Claude, composes at the age of fourteen a celestial sphere received with praise by the Academy of Sciences of Besançon. * 1768 - F. Berthoud submits his new theory of balance spring isochronism. * 1770 - J.-Ant. Lépine presented Louis XV with a so-called astronomical repeater, with equation and perpetual calendar. * 1773 - Experiments by F. Berthoud on the effect of temperature variations. * 1775 (...")
• 12:56, 17 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page C.-A. Paillard (Created page with "Charles-A. Paillard was a watchmaker who investigated the properties of stainless steel and palladium balance springs in the 19th century. Paillard experimented extensively with stainless steel as a balance spring material in the 1870s and regularly corresponded with other watchmakers on the subject. A series of letters and publications beginning in 1877 in Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie involved Paillard, Crausaz, and Moritz Grossmann, John Huguenin, Marc Gl...")
• 12:52, 16 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Dufaux Lutz (Created page with "The Geneva balance spring factory of Dufaux Lutz et Fils was founded by Emma Dufaux (1824-?), daughter of J.-S. Lutz (1800-1864). The company would take the name of Charles Dufaux in the 1890s and was a founding member of the FSR cartel in 1895. Category:FSR Category:Geneva")
• 13:52, 14 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Jacques Nardin (Created page with "Jacques Nardin was a 20th century watchmaker. Grandson of Ulysse Nardin, Jacques was head of Doxa. Son of Paul-David Nardin and grandson of Ulysse Nardin, founder of the Nardin chronometer factory in Le Locle, Jacques Nardin was born in 1891. He worked alongside his brothers before marrying the daughter of Georges Ducommon, founder of the Doxa watch factory. He soon became director of that factory. Jacques Nardin was very active within t...")
• 02:57, 14 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Sandoz Spiraux (Created page with "Páquet and Rivenc 1845 ==Timeline== * 1875 - G. Sandoz at Rue St-Pierre 12 is first listed as a watchmaking workshop * 1877 - Rivenc-Paquet is first listed as a maker of balance springs at Rue des Philosophes in Geneva * 1879 - G. Sandoz is listed as a depot for Rivenc balance springs; it is located at Rue St-Pierre 12 in La Chaux-de-Fonds * 1880 - Fr. Nicoud at St-Pierre 12 in La Chaux-de-Fonds is listed as a depot for "spiraux-trempes Rivenc-Paquet,...")
• 19:40, 12 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Huguenin-Girard (Created page with "Huguenin-Girard was a maker of balance springs in the 19th century. It was one of the five companies that combined in 1895 to form a cartel to corner the production of these springs, Société des Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies (FSR). ==Timeline== * 1883 - The firm of J. Huguenin-Girard is noted in a survey of existing businesses; the company was run by Jules Henri Huguenin of Le Locle who lived in La Chaux-de-Fonds, with Charles Perrin a...")