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'''Aegler SA''' was a maker of [[watch movement]]s based in [[Bienne|Bienne/Biel]]. It was renamed '''Manufacture ...1886]]. The firm specialized in small watch movements, including [[pendant watch]]es for ladies, [[remontoir]]s, and case finishing. The firm received one o ...

'''IWC''' ('''International Watch Co. Schaffhausen''') is a Swiss watch manufacturer established in [[1868]] and currently one of the Specialist Wa ...founding year of [[1868]] there are the unsurpassed high-quality [[pocket watch]]es by IWC. ...

...mpany, originally called '''Borel et Courvoisier''', was one of the finest brands from [[Neuchâtel]] and remained in the hands of three generations of the fo The earliest predecessor to Ernest Borel was the watch finishing workshop of Ulysse Roulet, which is first listed in [[Indicateur ...

DeLaneau (originally Delano) is a watch brand currently in [[Geneva]] but originally from [[Bienne]]. Founded by Al ...ear. The Delano name was likely chosen to honor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, American president during World War II. ...

'''Solvil''', '''Titus''', and '''Didis''' are brands created by watchmaker and entrepreneur [[Paul Ditisheim]], whose family had ...he movements. Ditisheim himself was interested in producing smaller shaped watch movement for ladies and novelty watches, though the majority of his work in ...

'''Alpina''' is a German and Swiss watch brand. In existence since 1883, the Alpina brand is part of [[Citizen]] as ...n of watches. From [[1901]], the association was called "Union Horlogère" (Watch Association). There were factories in [[Geneva]], [[Biel]] and in French [[ ...

'''Omega SA / Omega Watches''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, currently part of the [[Swatch Group]]'s Prestige and Luxury ...e factory with modern machines. They also open up new markets, such as the American. ...

:See Also: Swiss-American watchmaker [[Henry-Alfred Lugrin]] ...founder of [[Lemania]]. His groundbreaking [[chronograph]] and [[chiming]] watch [[complication]]s were patented and licensed to many makers, notably [[Jule ...

'''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 ...

'''Election''' was a historic Swiss watch brand active from [[1848]] through the 1980s. Founded by the Braunschweig f ...cluding J. Braunschweig & Cie (at Serre 25) which produced watches for the American market and [[Braunschweig & Hirsch]]. ...

...in [[1985]]. It was a large-scale producer of [[chronograph]]s and [[stop watch]]es and is associated with the [[Bourquin]] and [[Jeanneret]] families and ...business with workshops in Poland and Russia and the establishment of new brands, '''La Populaire''' and '''Léonidas'''. ...

Swiss watch manufacturer == Three generations of successful watch entrepreneurs == ...

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 ...

'''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 ...

...[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== ...

'''H. Moser & Cie.''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, partially held by [[MELB Holding]]. ...]) founded '''H. Moser & Co.''' in [[1828]] in St. Petersburg and opened a watch factory in [[Le Locle]] the following year. Moser returned to [[Schaffhause ...

...e de Tavannes as it appeared before the first World War, with the Vigilant Watch Manufactory name]] ...es]]. It was financed by the leading families in the town after [[Tavannes Watch Co|their first such experiment]] succeeded wildly a decade earlier. This pr ...

A '''Chronograph''' is a type of [[watch]] or [[movement]] that records the passage of time. A chronograph is a [[watch]] with additional short-time measurement (stopwatch), shown by an additiona ...

...eparate companies in [[1969]], marking a key period of advancement for the watch industry. This "race" to develop an automatic chronograph was one of the la ...ir [[microrotor]] concept, which placed the rotor on the [[barrel]] of the watch rather than adding a thick full-diameter rotor above the [[top plate]] of t ...

...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 ...belin]], [[Breguet]], and [[Frodsham]]. Piguet was also a supplier for the American market through [[C.-H. Meylan|Charles-Henri Meylan]] and [[Audemars Piguet] ...