Jämes Favre-Fallet

Jämes Favre-Fallet (1848-1895) was a watchmaker in Saint-Imier active in the late 19th century. He was the brother of Georges Favre-Jacot, founder of Zénith, and his son Jämes-Albert Favre would marry his cousin and take control of Zénith in 1911.

Early Life

Jämes Favre-Bulle was born in 1848, the son of Jules-Louis Favre-Bulle (1816-) and Albertine Matthey. His brother was Georges-Emile Favre-Bulle, who would found the famous Le Locle watchmaking company later known as Zénith.

He married Ida Fallet. They had 7 children: Jämes, Ida, Berthe, Pauline, Jeanne, Marthe, and Jean.

Now known as James Favre-Fallet, he and his family lived in Ponts-de-Martel.

Work

James Favre-Fallet established an eponymous watchmaking workshop in Saint-Imier. It was registered on March 26, 1883 on Rue Agassiz.

On February 15, 1889, Favre-Fallet registered the trademark "Hélice" with a propellor logo and the subtitle "Homberg Bern" for movements, dials, and cases of watches. This brand expired in 1909.

Favre-Fallet's son Jämes became a registered director of the company on January 11, 1890. On January 16 of the same year the company registered a new brand for movements and cases of watches, "Olivary", with the motto "Non Intenebris" and a stylized "JFF" mark. This same mark was separately registered on September 25 of that year for cases, movements, dials, and pocket watch cases. These brands expired in 1910 and 1911, respectively.

The business was absorbed into that of Jämes Favre on August 6, 1892. The son now lived in Saint-Imier and continued watchmaking there at Route de la Gare 1. He was still known as Jämes-Emile Favre-Fallet, having not yet married.

Death

James Favre-Fallet died on March 3, 1895, at 47 years of age. He had long suffered poor health.