Emile-Albert Jauslin

Emile Jauslin (1919-1964) was a Le Locle businessman best known as the general manager of the Doxa watch factory in Le Locle.

Emile-Albert Jauslin was born on April 1, 1919. He was the son of well-known Le Locle butcher Emile Jauslin, who out-lived his son by three years.

Jauslin joined Doxa management in 1946, shortly after Eric-Alfred Perrenoud. They worked under Jacques Nardin and his wife Hélène Nardin-Ducommun, daughter of the founder of the firm, Georges Ducommun. When Nardin died suddenly in 1950, Perrenoud and Jauslin were elevated to management under his long-standing associate Edouard Jenny.

When Edouard Jenny also died in 1953, management of the firm fell to Jauslin, who moved aggressively to update the company's products and advertising. He was responsible for the Doxa Grafic line in the 1950s. With the passing of Hélène Nardin-Ducommun in 1955, Jauslin was the head of the firm.

On January 9, 1964, Emile Jauslin was killed by in a car accident. On the way from his home in Auvernier to the Doxa factory in Le Locle, he stopped along the side of the road between Valangin and Boudevilliers to check the malfunctioning engine in his car. Another motorist, Eric Bauer, approached too fast and was blinded by the smoke from Jauslin's car. He struck the car, throwing Jauslin into a stone gargoyle at the side of the road. He was transported to the hospital but died several hours later. He was 45 years old and a father of three children, an 8 year old boy and two girls aged 18 and 19.