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1878 — German entrepreneur Gerhard D. Wempe opens a watch shop, beginning the construction of the company that would become Wempe.
1976 — Workers for Lip in Besançon begin their second occupation of the factory.
2015Ernest Frédéric Schneider, who purchased Breitling in 1979 and lead the company to its modern success, dies.