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Italian Switzerland saw its first watch factory in the form of an ebauche factory established in [[1873]] in Arogno by Manzoni and Cie. This firm was founded in [[Porrentruy]] a few years earlier but established the operation in Arogno to exploit the hydraulic power and low-cost labor there. As of [[1897]] it employed 50 workers, half of whom were women. | Italian Switzerland saw its first watch factory in the form of an ebauche factory established in [[1873]] in Arogno by Manzoni and Cie. This firm was founded in [[Porrentruy]] a few years earlier but established the operation in Arogno to exploit the hydraulic power and low-cost labor there. As of [[1897]] it employed 50 workers, half of whom were women. | ||
==Société coopérative d’IIorlogerie à Arogno== | |||
The Société coopérative d’IIorlogerie à Arogno was in operation by [[1893]], producing ébauches. | |||
This may have been replaced by De Vecci & Cie. by [[1913]] and then Fabrique d'Horlogerie SA in [[1922]] through [[1932]]. | |||
[[Category:Arogno]] | [[Category:Arogno]] | ||
[[Category:Ticino]] | [[Category:Ticino]] | ||
Revision as of 21:41, 18 July 2022
Arogno is a village in Ticino in Italian-speaking Switzerland. It has had a watch factory since 1873 and continues to be a low cost producer of watches to the present time.
Manzoni & Cie.
Italian Switzerland saw its first watch factory in the form of an ebauche factory established in 1873 in Arogno by Manzoni and Cie. This firm was founded in Porrentruy a few years earlier but established the operation in Arogno to exploit the hydraulic power and low-cost labor there. As of 1897 it employed 50 workers, half of whom were women.
Société coopérative d’IIorlogerie à Arogno
The Société coopérative d’IIorlogerie à Arogno was in operation by 1893, producing ébauches.
This may have been replaced by De Vecci & Cie. by 1913 and then Fabrique d'Horlogerie SA in 1922 through 1932.