1973
- The Calibre Valjoux 7750 is produced from 1973 on.
- The Frenchman Emile Péquignet founds in the Swiss Jura the watch manufacturer Pequignet, named after himself.
- The watch company Langendorf (Lanco) has to close down.
- Nepro, Universal Geneve, Gübelin, and Roamer introduce their first quartz watches.