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• 19:09, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:ETA (Created page with ":Main article: ETA Category:Ebauches SA Category:Swatch Group Category:Grenchen")
• 19:03, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Jura triangle (Created page with ":Main Article: Jura triangle Category:Watch regions")
• 19:02, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Le Locle (Created page with "Category:Jura triangle Category:Canton of Neuchâtel")
• 19:01, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:La Chaux-de-Fonds (Created page with "Category:Jura triangle Category:Canton of Neuchâtel")
• 14:49, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography K (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 14:48, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography J (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 14:47, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography E (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 14:46, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography (Created page with "Biographical Articles")
• 22:01, 23 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Grail Watch Wiki:General disclaimer (Created page with "All Grail Watch Wiki content is based on public domain information. To protect privacy, we attempt to limit our research to public figures and deceased individuals. We will remove any information about private living persons upon request.")
• 21:58, 23 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Grail Watch Wiki:About (Created page with "Grail Watch Wiki is Stephen Foskett's personal notebook for research into the history of horology. Although this wiki is open to the public, we do not allow registrations or contributions. This is simply a vehicle for Stephen Foskett to keep a notebook of his research. No article here should be considered "done" since he is constantly modifying and updating them. All content here is based on independent research from a wide variety of primary sources. Some of these sou...")
• 12:56, 22 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Bæhni (Redirected page to Baehni) Tag: New redirect
• 12:55, 22 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Bähni (Redirected page to Baehni) Tag: New redirect
• 19:00, 19 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page La Nationale-Spiraux (Redirected page to Fabrique Nationale de Spiraux) Tag: New redirect
• 15:44, 19 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Fabrique Nationale de Spiraux (Created page with "Fabrique Nationale de Spiraux was a dissident maker of balance springs in La Chaux-de-Fonds operating from 1905 through 1929. The company was officially registered as La Nationale-Spiraux SA in November 1905 (though even then it used the name "Fabrique Nationale"), briefly represented Paul Perret's Invar springs, and merged with the defunct competitor G.-A. Ulrich (formerly Bucher-Moser) in 1914. The company was purchased by th...")
• 15:28, 16 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Paul Perret (Created page with "Paul Perret (1854-1903) was a watchmaker and regulator famous for promoting Invar, the material invented by Charles-Edouard Guillaume, for use in balances and hairsprings. He died just as his spring factory was getting started and it was sold to the FSR cartel. In 2014, a watch brand was created to celebrate Perret, but this failed as of 2022. Category:Biography P Category:FSR")
• 00:29, 16 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page J.-A. Courvoisier (Redirected page to Julien-Albert Courvoisier-Clément) Tag: New redirect
• 00:28, 16 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Charles Dufaux (Redirected page to Dufaux Lutz) Tag: New redirect
• 00:28, 16 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Baehni et Cie (Redirected page to Baehni) Tag: New redirect
• 16:23, 12 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Charles-Adolphe Huguenin (Created page with "Charles-Adolphe Huguenin (1865-1910s) was the second generation of the Huguenin family to produce escapements in Le Locle. He worked with his brother Charles-Louis "Louis" Huguenin as "Chs et Ls Huguenin" before striking out on his own. Commonly called Chs-Ad Huguenin, Charles-Adolphe was a successful watchmaker and his villa in Le Locle remains an important historic home. ==Charles and Lewis Huguenin of Le Locle and La Chaux-de-Fonds=...")
• 15:56, 12 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Charles-Louis Huguenin (Created page with "Charles-Louis "Louis" Huguenin (1869-1940) was the second generation of the Huguenin family to produce escapements in Le Locle. He worked with his brother Charles-Adolphe Huguenin-Perrenoud as "Chs et Ls Huguenin" and later under the name the La Concorde. Commonly called Louis Huguenin (like his son), Charles-Louis was deeply involved in the consolidation of the Swiss watch industry, serving on the board of FSR and as a founder of ASUAG and ...")
• 13:38, 11 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Louis-Edouard Huguenin-Jeanneret (Created page with "Louis-Edouard Huguenin-Jeanneret (1894-1973) was the third generation of the Huguenin family to produce escapements in Le Locle. He inherited the La Concorde factory from his father, Charles-Louis Huguenin, following his death in 1940, and his son (also of the same name) took over on his retirement. ==Charles and Lewis Huguenin of Le Locle and La Chaux-de-Fonds== The Huguenin families of Le Locle and La Chaux-de-Fonds were quite large an...")
• 21:37, 9 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page La Concorde (Created page with "La Concorde was the name used in the early 20th century for the Le Locle-based assortiment factory established in 1850 by the Huguenin brothers that became the foundation for Nivarox-FAR. In 1850, the brothers William Huguenin and Charles-Louis Huguenin came from La Brévine to settle in Le Locle to produce assortiments for watches. Their earliest products included the anchor and escape wheel needed to produce watches. After his d...")
• 17:39, 9 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Nivarox SA (Redirected page to Nivarox) Tag: New redirect
• 03:12, 9 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Pierre Renggli (Created page with "Pierre Renggli (1926-[[]]) was chairman of ASUAG from 1972 through Pierre Renggli was born on July 14, 1926, in Bienne. Renggli completed his primary and secondary studies in his native town before attending the universities of Bern and Paris. A doctor of law and a lawyer, he took an early interest in watchmaking. His father, Paul Renggli, had followed a similar career trajectory and was president of ASUAG from 1935 through 1962. At...")
• 02:46, 9 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Théodore Renfer (Created page with "Théodore Renfer (1897-) was president of ASUAG from 1955 through 1971. Born on December 19, 1897 in Bienne, Théodore Renfer Renfer handed over the presidency of ASUAG to Pierre Renggli in 1971 at the age of 73. The two had worked closely together since 1968. For a few more years, he continued to sit on the board of directors of several holding companies and devoted his attention to major financial problems. Théodore Renfer m...")
• 22:11, 8 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Paul Renggli (Created page with "Paul Renggli (1886-1978) was a notable figure in the Swiss watchmaking industry who made significant contributions to the economy and the horological field. Paul Albert Renggli was born about 1886 and lived to be 92 years of age. Paul Renggli began his professional career as a lawyer, practicing at the well-known law firm of Mes Moll and Renggli. However, his passion for industry and innovation led him to explore opportunities beyond the legal realm. In 1...")
• 12:53, 4 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography V (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 12:53, 4 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography U (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 12:53, 4 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography T (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 12:52, 4 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography S (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 12:52, 4 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography R (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 12:52, 4 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography P (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 12:51, 4 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography O (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 12:51, 4 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography N (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 12:50, 4 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography L (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 12:49, 4 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography H (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 12:49, 4 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography G (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 12:48, 4 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography F (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 12:48, 4 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography C (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 12:47, 4 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography B (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 12:46, 4 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography M (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 12:46, 4 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography D (Created page with "Category:Biography")
• 21:37, 25 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Meier & Giroud (Created page with "Meier & Giroud was a maker of assortiments in Bienne from 1924 through its takeover by FAR in 1933, at which time it was absorbed into "Branch E" of the cartel. ==History== The company was founded for the manufacture and sale of anchor assortments and related items in 1924 as Meier, Giroud & Cie. It was established in Bienne as a limited partnership with two unlimited partners, Alwin Meier and Adhémar Giroud, and Hans Trösch as...")
• 21:19, 25 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Adhémar Giroud (Created page with "Adhémar Giroud (1885-1956) founded an assortiment factory in Bienne and was a founding member of FAR. Adhémar Giroud was born in Le Locle in 1885. In 1922, Giroud founded an assortiment factory in Bienne. When Fabriques d'Assortiments Réunies was founded, Giroud was made director of the Bienne branch, which was consolidated at his factory. Giroud retired in 1951 and died in April 1956. Category:Biography G Cat...")
• 13:38, 24 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Reinhard Straumann (Created page with "Reinhard Straumann (1892-1967) was a Swiss engineer and inventor who made significant contributions to the field of precision engineering and watchmaking. ==Early Live== Reinhard Straumann was born on November 3, 1892 in Bennwil, Switzerland, to Reinhard Straumann, a teacher, and Anna Heinimann. He spent his early years in Waldenburg, where his father was later elected as a teacher, and was closely associated with that town throughout his life. He atten...")
• 13:19, 24 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Paul Pingeon (Created page with "Paul-Louis Pingeon (1907-1963) was a founder and director of Nivarox SA in Saint-Imier. ==Biography== Paul-Louis Pingeon was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1907 and studied watchmaking at the technical school there. After graduating he moved to Geneva and Schramberg to work before returning to his home region and settling in Saint-Imier. When Le Locle industrialist Georges Perrenoud took over the Saint-Imier spring factory...")
• 20:34, 22 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Gaston Schwarz (Created page with "Gaston Schwarz (1893-1952) was the founder of Sultana Watch Company, a board member of Le Phare and Astin, and inherited a share of Schwarz-Etienne. Paul Gaston Schwarz was born on September 23, 1893 in Renan, Canton Berne, Switzerland. He showed aptitude for business at a young age, and his father, founder of the Schwarz-Etienne watch company, taught him the ropes. He married Marguerite Laubscher, who survived him, and had two su...")
• 20:07, 21 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Georges Perrenoud (Created page with " Georges-Alfred Perrenoud was born on September 22, 1885, in La Sagne, Switzerland. After taking over his family's assortiments business in Le Locle, Perrenoud rose to become one of the most important industrialists of the town. He is best remembered as the owner of Dixi machine tools, though he also initiated the creation of FAR and owned Zénith for a time. ==Obituary== Perrenoud's first venture was with his family's assortiment busine...")
• 18:15, 20 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Marguerite Gallay (Created page with "Marguerite Gallay was a watchmaker who managed the Gallay assortiment factory in Le Sentier in the 1930s. Marguerite Gallay was the daughter of John-Henri Gallay, maker of assortiments in Le Sentier. After his death, Marguerite managed the company along with her brother Georges Gallay. On November 16, 1933, the Gallay factory became Branch D of the Fabriques d'Assortiments Réunies. Marguerite and Georges Gallay remained on as managers and the f...")
• 13:36, 19 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Werner Ruch (Created page with "Werner Ruch (1899-1952) was the namesake and founder of the spring maker W. Ruch & Cie of Saint-Imier. Werner Ruch was born around 1899 in Mitloedi, but the Ruch family relocated to Saint-Imier before 1923. Ruch married Jacqueline née Guenat. Together with his father Albert Ruch (son of Abraham Ruch), Werner Ruch founded a spiral spring factory in Saint-Imier on August 12, 1929. The company avoided competing with the balan...")