Jules Favre
- See Also: Favre Frères
Favre Frères in Neuveville
The Favre brothers established twin operations in Neuveville and Cormoret and operated these (along with many other workshops) as a joint factory.
As of 1883 the company consisted of the following:
- Jules Constant Favre from Cormoret of Neuveville
- Louis Constant Favre of Cormoret
- Alfred Favre of Cormoret
- Eugène Favre of Cormoret
- Henri Favre from Cormoret of Cormoret
- Ulysse Huguelet-Favre from Vauffelin of Cormoret
- Charles Albert Favre from Cormoret of Neuveville
The company was incorporated jointly in Neuveville and Cormoret based on the business of Charles Albert Favre. All others were unlisted partners, with a total contribution of 13,000 francs. The company was engaged in manufacture of the watch by mechanical processes.
Jules Constant Favre alone had power of attorney in Neuveville and Ulysse Huguelet-Favre had power of attorney in Cormoret.
An 1879 account of the factory was published in Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie: "In Neuveville, we find the hydraulic factory of Favre frères, providing the complete watch, and employing, for the various parts of the manufacture, several advanced machines; a movement-in-white factory; various case assembler workshops, as well as other detached parts. In addition, the surroundings of these various localities provide, as is the case throughout the Jura, with a fairly considerable number of workers working at hand for finishing, escapement, reassembly, etc., which thus complete the entire Biennese factory."
An 1890 article states: "We will finish our review of exhibitors from the canton of Bern with the Favre frères watchmaking factory (bronze medal), in Neuveville and Cormoret. The products exhibited by this house represented ordinary daily manufacture, not parts made especially for the circumstance; their real interchangeability is ensured, both for the 18-line cylinder part, with winder and key, where no part is numbered, and for the lever escapement. The time setting is done by the crown, without a stroller, and there is also point to point out a system of crimping the escapement with anchor, with bezel and perfectly interchangeable counter-pivots, without screws; a few spare parts, a metal dowel of any shape and a piece of hard wood, are enough to replace a broken stone."