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• 01:00, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Association Horlogère Suisse (Redirected page to Alpina) Tag: New redirect
• 13:32, 30 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Ditesheim (Redirected page to Movado) Tag: New redirect
• 13:31, 30 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page César Racine (Redirected page to Cesar Racine) Tag: New redirect
• 13:30, 30 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Exposition Internationale Universelle de 1900 (Created page with "The Exposition Internationale Universelle was held in Paris in 1900. This event marked a transition from watchmaking as a craft to the modern industry, and many watchmakers from around the world were present. ==Switzerland== * Aeschlimann Fils (Alexandre), Fleurier, Neuchâtel - Pierres et contre-pivots pour boussoles. Phonographes et appareils électriques. * Association Horlogère Suisse, Bienne and Genève — Montres de poche * [[Battiaz]...")
• 05:37, 24 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Gedeon Thommen (Created page with "Gedeon Thommen (1831-1890) was a significant figure in the Swiss town of Waldenburg, known for his contributions to the watchmaking industry and his local community. ==Early Life and Education== Gedeon Thommen was born on December 7, 1831. The son of Martin Thommen, a rope-maker turned magistrate in Waldenburg. The Thommen family had its roots in Eptingen, where Gedeon's father had learned the rope-making trade. Martin Thommen moved to Waldenburg in 1825, where...")
• 21:17, 20 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Le Porte-Echappement Universel (Redirected page to Portescap) Tag: New redirect
• 21:17, 20 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Henri Quaile (Created page with "Henri Quaile (1907-1979) was a La Chaux-de-Fonds watchmaker closely associated with Portescap, where he worked for over 50 years. Henri (later called Henry) Quaile was born on May 25, 1907. He was of a watchmaking family and studied at the Technicum in La Chaux-de-Fonds to become an engineer. Quaile married Paulette Sara Isaac. Henry Quaile founded Le Porte-Echappement Universel with Fritz Marti and Georges Braunschweig in 1931 and s...")
• 00:16, 18 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Porte-Echappement (Redirected page to Portescap) Tag: New redirect
• 13:32, 17 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Brevet (Created page with "Brevet is the French word for patent. The Swiss Federal Office of Patents opened on November 14, 1888, with Paul Perret waiting overnight to receive the first to be issued. ==History of Patents in Switzerland== As early as 1849 a motion requesting the introduction of patents was presented to the National Council, which rejected it. In 1851, a similar petition from Theodore Zappinger of Mannedorf and two other Zurich manufacturers was made. In 1854,...")
• 02:05, 17 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Fritz Marti (Created page with "Frédéric "Fritz" Marti (1892-1983) was a Swiss engineer and businessman famous for inventing Incabloc and leading Portescap. ==Early Life== Frédéric "Fritz" Marti was born in Lyss in 1892. His family were poor farmers, with a few cows and horses, and young Fritz worked in the fields. He was sent to Bevaix to learn French, showing quick aptitude for learning. On the advice of an aunt, his father sent Fritz to the technical school in Berthoud. He...")
• 02:05, 15 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Paul Berret (Created page with "Paul Berret (1889-1949) was a watchmaker closely associated with the town of Moutier and the Fabrique d'Ébauches Vénus, which he founded in 1924. Paul Berret was born in Cornol in 1889 and was raised in Delémont, where his father had a wine business. It is said that he had "the Ajoulots' fiery temperament and easy laughter" and hid a serious nature behind an appearance of carelessness. After his technical studies, Berret became technical dire...")
• 01:44, 15 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Montres Sultana (Redirected page to Sultana) Tag: New redirect
• 14:57, 13 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Emmanuel-Daniel Hirsch to Daniel Hirsch
• 14:57, 13 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Hirsch (Created page with "The Hirsch watchmaking family originated in Hattstatt, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, and came to La Chaux-de-Fonds around 1874. The most prominent member was Achille Hirsch, founder of Montres Invar, though his brother Daniel Hirsch was also influential as founder of Levrette. * Cerf Hirtzel Hirsch (April 6, 1813-October 30, 1888) married 1835 Eve Zivy (1809-1841) and married 1843 Caroline Dreyfus (1822-1874) ** Félix Hirsch (1837-1838) ** Isaac Hirsch (18...")
• 05:10, 13 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Emmanuel-Daniel Hirsch (Created page with "Emmanuel-Daniel Hirsch was a watchmaker and businessman in La Chaux-de-Fonds around the turn of the 20th century. Daniel Hirsch married Lucie Bloch of Alsace in March 1884 and the couple had a son, Fernand, in April 1885. It is likely that he was the brother of Achille Hirsch, founder of Montres Invar, as both are mentioned in the 1888 death announcement of Cerf Hirsch. Hirsch went into business with Isaac Braunschweig, who was likely his br...")
• 14:00, 11 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Braunschweig (Created page with "The Braunschweig family was deeply involved in watchmaking, especially in La Chaux-de-Fonds: * Lazare Lucien Braunschweig (1819-November 02, 1899) married Caroline Lévy (1824-November 09, 1897) founded Election ** Alphonse Braunschweig (November 02, 1855-August 10, 1906) married June 15, 1883 Adrieenne Bloch (1863-1928?) became director of Election around 1885 *** Arnold Braunschweig (March 07, 1884-July 13, 1918) married 1918 Suzanne Esther Levy - mana...")
• 03:52, 11 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Levrette (Created page with "Levrette was a mid-priced watch brand registered in 1902 by the Braunschweig family of La Chaux-de-Fonds. It was taken over by Charles Wilhelm in 1932, who moved it up-market especially after World War II. The brand failed in the 1970s but was briefly re-started in the 1990s by Franco Boiocchi as a mid-priced line below his Paul Picot brand in Italy. ==Braunschweig== Moïse Braunschsweig settled near La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1832, le...")
• 15:04, 8 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Glycine (Created page with "Glycine (originally "La Glycine") is a watch brand established in Bienne in 1914. Originally focused on watches for women, Glycine was a pioneer of automatic watches and 24 hour watches. ==La Glycine== The firm of Fabrique d'horlogerie La Glycine was formed as a joint-stock company based in Bienne on March 2, 1914. The company was formed for "manufacture and trade in watches" with share capital of 70,000 francs divided into 70 registered shares....")
• 18:50, 30 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Martel to Martel Watch
• 17:16, 21 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Ponts-de-Martel (Created page with ":Main Article: Ponts-de-Martel Category:Canton Neuchâtel")
• 16:30, 21 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Ponts-de-Martel (Created page with "Les Ponts-de-Martel is a small town near Le Locle that has historically been home to complicated watchmaking. ==Notable Companies== * Pontifa - Also called M.-T. Stauffer-Young, Pontifa was founded in 1865 by Henri Stauffer and produced pocket and bracelet watches, ultra-thin watches, chronographs, stopwatches, clocks, alarm clocks, and speciality equipment. * E. Mathey-Tissot - Founded in 1886 by Edmond Mathey-Tissot, the company produced complica...")
• 16:27, 21 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Les Ponts-de-Martel (Redirected page to Ponts-de-Martel) Tag: New redirect
• 12:45, 21 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Universal (Redirected page to Universal Genève) Tag: New redirect
• 13:50, 19 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Rueff Frères (Created page with "There were a few different watchmaking companies in La Chaux-de-Fonds around the turn of the 20th century. Most notable was Rueff Frères, made up of Maurice and Aimé Rueff. Rueff Frères was founded as Didisheim & Rueff Frères, with the widow of Gabriel Didisheim joining Maurice Rueff of Belfort and Aimé Rueff of Epiquerez. Didisheim and Maurice Rueff lived in Saint-Imier at this time, while Aimé Rueff was from La Chaux-de-Fonds, where the company was establish...")
• 21:26, 18 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Montres Venus (Redirected page to Venus Watch) Tag: New redirect
• 13:41, 18 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Schwarz-Etienne (Created page with ":Main Article: Schwarz-Etienne Category:Watchmaking families Category:La Chaux-de-Fonds")
• 13:37, 18 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Poldy Froidevaux (Created page with "Poldy Froidevaux (1920-1985) was a maker of watch glass in La Chaux-de-Fonds. He was the son of Helyette Schwarz, eldest child of watchmaker Paul Schwarz-Etienne, and Roger Froixdevaux. Poldy-Roger-Gaston Froidevaux was born on April 2, 1920, in Le Noirmont. His mother Helyette Schwarz came from the Schwarz-Etienne watchmaking family. She and her brother Gaston Schwarz married Roger Froidevaux and Marie-Pauline-Léontine Froidevau...")
• 17:47, 17 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Helyette Schwarz (Created page with "Helyette Schwarz (1890s-1955) was the eldest of the children of watchmaker Olga and Paul Schwarz-Etienne of the namesake 20th century watchmaking company of La Chaux-de-Fonds. Helyette and her brother Gaston Schwarz purchased Montres Sultana in 1935 and this became a key component of the Schwarz family watch firms. ==Personal Life== Paul-Arthur Schwarz (1870-1940) was a watchmaker known for the La Chaux-de-Fonds...")
• 15:43, 17 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Caesar Racine (Created page with "Caesar Racine was a historic maker of complicated watches, notably repeaters and chronographs, in Le Locle. Category:Le Locle Category:Watch brands R")
• 15:42, 17 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Bossert et Jacot (Created page with "Bossert et Jacot was a maker of chronograph watches in Le Locle. The company succeeded Auguste Breting & Cie, a house created in 1835, and specialized in complicated watches. Category:Le Locle Category:Watch brands B")
• 15:39, 17 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Henchoz Frères (Created page with "Henchoz Frères was a historic maker of watches, notably chrongraphs, in Le Locle. The company used brands such as Ascot, The Tattersall, and The Winner. The company manufactured its own chronograph movements, and these were used by other brands, in particular Guinand. Category:Le Locle Category:Watch brands H")
• 16:12, 5 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Le Phare-Jean d'Eve (Redirected page to Jean d'Eve) Tag: New redirect
• 02:05, 3 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Eloyes to Adolphe Gutmann
• 01:56, 3 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Eloyes (Created page with "Eloyes Watch was a the company of Adolphe Gutmann, a Prussian watchmaker in Saint-Imier and La Chaux-de-Fonds around the turn of the century. Adolphe Gutmann was a Prussian watchmaker, born in Eberswalde. Adolphe Gutmann is listed as a watchmaker in Saint-Imier by 1873 on Rue du Stand. He moved to Grande Rue 17 by 1883 and Rue du Temple 4 by 1898. Gutmann was keen on producing open heart watches with cut-away dials and exposed balances,...")
• 01:04, 3 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Mildia (Created page with "Mildia was a long-running watchmaking company in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Founded as U. Mosimann & Fils in 1876, it became Mosimann Frères in 1889, Mosimann & Cie in 1895, Fabrique Mildia in 1918, Fabrique des Montres Mildia SA in 1931, acquired by the Schwarz-Etienne in 1976, and finally liquidated in 2012. Category:Schwarz-Etienne Category:La Chaux-de-Fonds")
• 18:52, 2 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Fédéral Watch (Created page with "Fédéral Watch was the name used by the Gutmann family of La Chaux-de-Fonds from 1909. ==Jacob Gutmann== Jacob Gutmann was active as a watchmaker at Léopold-Robert 14 in La Chaux-de-Fonds by 1883. He brought his son André Gutmann into the firm by December 1896. ==Gutmann & Cie== Jacob Gutmann brought his son André Gutmann in to a partnership known as Gutmann & Cie. on July 1, 1900. The company focused on the manufacture, purchase, and sale of watc...")
• 15:44, 2 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Aero Watch (Created page with "Aero Watch (often spelled Aéro) was a watch brand in Neuchâtel founded by Jean Grandy in 1937 and operated by Maxime Courvoisier from 1942 through 1973. In December 1942, Crevoisier joined Aero Watch with founder Jean Grandy as the company was reorganized. He reorganized the company as a Société Anonyme on June 15, 1945 with 52,000 francs of capital. Both Courvoisier (president) and Grandy (secretary) remained with the com...")
• 14:33, 2 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Maxime Crevoisier (Created page with "Maxime Crevoisier (1907-1975) was an industrialist most associated with Aero Watch but also formerly chairman of Astin. Crevoisier died in Neuchâtel on September 4, 1975 at the age of 68. Category:Biography C")
• 13:30, 2 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Montres Astin (Redirected page to Astin) Tag: New redirect
• 02:09, 2 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Gaston Cattin (Created page with "Gaston-Henri Cattin was a watchmaker from Le Noirmont who worked in La Chaux-de-Fonds. He founded Astin in 1926 and Rodams in 1936. Cattin founded Montres Astin in 1926 but the company entered bankruptcy proceedings in 1931. It continued operating, though Cattin left the firm in favor of Charles Donzé in August of 1936. Astin was taken over by the Schwarz-Etienne family in 1944 and remained in their hands through th...")
• 01:25, 2 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page André Schwarz (Created page with "André Schwarz (1924-1993) was an industrialist and heir to the Schwarz-Etienne family legacy. He inherited a variety of watchmaking businesses in La Chaux-de-Fonds from his father Herbert Schwarz and his uncles, including the eponymous business started by his grandfather, Paul Schwarz-Etienne. André Schwarz was born about 1924. His father was Herbert Schwarz (1895-1955) and his mother was Hedwige Bachmann (1893-1966). He...")
• 23:59, 1 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Astin (Created page with "Astin Watch Co. was founded in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1926 and continued in operation for decades. It was later part of the Schwarz-Etienne family of watchmaking companies. Category:La Chaux-de-Fonds")
• 23:34, 1 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Alfa (Created page with "Montres Alfa was a Lucerne watchmaker founded in 1933. Montres Alfa was founded as a Société Anonyme on November 13, 1933. Share capital was set at 20,000 francs, and the board of directors consisted of industrialist Georges Perrenoud and businessman Kaspar Schmid. The company was located at Eisengasse 9 in Lucerne. Category:Lucerne")
• 13:43, 1 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Paul-Arthur Schwarz to Paul Schwarz-Etienne
• 22:27, 30 June 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Paul Berner (Created page with "Paul Berner (1858-1942) was watchmaker born and died in La Chaux-de-Fonds. After an apprenticeship at the watchmaking school in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Paul Berner perfected his skills with the best watchmakers in La Sagne, Le Locle and Geneva. In 1882, he became a teacher of watchmaking theory at the Watchmaking School in Bienne, as well as work supervisor in the field of escapements. Two years later, he was appointed director of the watchmaking school of La Chaux-de-Fonds....")
• 00:59, 29 June 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Paul-Arthur Schwarz (Created page with "Paul-Arthur Schwarz (1870-1940) was a watchmaker known for the La Chaux-de-Fonds firm of Schwarz-Etienne which he founded in 1902 or 1905. He married Olga Etienne, taking on her name to become Schwarz-Etienne, by 1912. Paul Schwarz was born in 1870 in Lauperswil and was active as a watchmaker in La Chaux-de-Fonds early after the turn of the century. Although many sources claim that he established his firm in 1902, it is specif...")
• 19:13, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Swiss Cantons (Created page with "Category:Switzerland")
• 19:12, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Canton Berne (Created page with ":Main Article: Canton Berne Berne")
• 19:10, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Canton Solothurn (Created page with ":Main Article: Canton Solothurn")
• 19:10, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Grenchen (Created page with ":Main Article: Grenchen Category:Canton of Solothurn")