1908
- Hans Wilsdorf registers the today world-famous brand name "Rolex" (perhaps inspired by "horlogerie exquise") to protect his watches.
- Cartier openes the first Russian branch in St. Petersburg.
- Heuer Watch Company launches a line of Sphygmometer watches for measuring the pulse.
- Zenith founds a subsidiary in Russia, in Moscow.
- Minerva produces its first chronograph movement.