1976
- Chopard introduces the Happy Diamonds line.
- Patek Philippe brings the model Nautilus, designed by the Gérald Genta, on the market .
- Michel Parmigiani begins his career with the restoration of elaborate art of the haute horlogerie.
- Raymond Weil launches his own brand of watches.
- Junghans stops the production of mechanical movements completely and shifts the focus of all development efforts entirely on the perfection of the quartz watch.
- Citizen creates the first solar watch, the Crystron Solar Cell