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- 03:58, 2 March 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Aureole (Redirected page to Auréole) Tag: New redirect
- 13:57, 1 March 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:RIH 1920 18-082-001-000.jpg (Category:Advertisements Category:Solvil et Titus)
- 13:57, 1 March 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:RIH 1920 18-082-001-000.jpg (Category:Advertisements Category:Solvil et Titus)
- 13:46, 1 March 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Solvil (Redirected page to Solvil et Titus#Solvil) Tag: New redirect
- 01:24, 1 March 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Paul-Emile Chopard (Created page with "Paul-Emile Chopard (1865-1950) was a watchmaker from Sonvilier who worked in La Chaux-de-Fonds and co-founded the Solvil factory with Paul Ditisheim. Paul-Emile "Emile" Chopard was born on December 31, 1865 in Sonvilier. He married Berthe Rosselet (1881-1976) and had two sons, Georges Chopard-Kübler and René Chopard-Hüberli. In 1916, Paul-Emile Chopard registered 8 models of watch movements shaped as hearts and shields. He registe...")
- 00:54, 1 March 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:1895 Jeanneret Frères mark.png (Category:Trademarks Category:Excelsior Park)
- 00:54, 1 March 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:1895 Jeanneret Frères mark.png (Category:Trademarks Category:Excelsior Park)
- 00:45, 1 March 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Sha-001 1948 066 03019 JB mark detail.png (Category:Trademarks Category:Excelsior Park)
- 00:45, 1 March 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:Sha-001 1948 066 03019 JB mark detail.png (Category:Trademarks Category:Excelsior Park)
- 00:41, 1 March 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Sha-001 1901 019 01618 Le Risound mark detail.png (Category:Trademarks Category:Excelsior Park)
- 00:41, 1 March 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:Sha-001 1901 019 01618 Le Risound mark detail.png (Category:Trademarks Category:Excelsior Park)
- 00:36, 1 March 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Davoine 1913 0745-1.jpg (Category:Advertisements Category:Excelsior Park)
- 00:36, 1 March 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:Davoine 1913 0745-1.jpg (Category:Advertisements Category:Excelsior Park)
- 00:34, 1 March 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:FH 1908 0806 08 Magnenat-LeCoultre Ad.jpg (Category:Watch advertisements Category:Excelsior Park)
- 00:34, 1 March 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:FH 1908 0806 08 Magnenat-LeCoultre Ad.jpg (Category:Watch advertisements Category:Excelsior Park)
- 18:58, 25 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Davoine 1894-1895 0126 Ad Magnenat-LeCoultre.jpg (Category:Advertisements Category:Magnenat-LeCoultre Category:Excelsior Park)
- 18:58, 25 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:Davoine 1894-1895 0126 Ad Magnenat-LeCoultre.jpg (Category:Advertisements Category:Magnenat-LeCoultre Category:Excelsior Park)
- 13:48, 20 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:1925 ETH-BIB-Renan aus 100 m-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-004659 small.jpg (Category:Aerial photos Category:Renan)
- 13:48, 20 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:1925 ETH-BIB-Renan aus 100 m-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-004659 small.jpg (Category:Aerial photos Category:Renan)
- 13:46, 20 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:1950 ETH-BIB-Sonvilier-LBS H1-013498 small.jpg (Category:Aerial photos Category:Sonvilier)
- 13:46, 20 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:1950 ETH-BIB-Sonvilier-LBS H1-013498 small.jpg (Category:Aerial photos Category:Sonvilier)
- 13:27, 20 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Sonvillier to Sonvilier over redirect
- 13:27, 20 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs deleted redirect Sonvilier by overwriting (Deleted to make way for move from "Sonvillier")
- 13:19, 20 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Sonvilier to Sonvillier
- 13:17, 20 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Sonvilier (Created page with "{| class=wikitable width=320px align=right !Sonvilier |- |center|300px |- |align=center|Jura triangle / Canton Berne<br>Bernese Jura / Vallon de Saint-Imier |- |align=center|Renan - '''Sonvilier''' - Saint-Imier |} Sonvilier is a small town in the Vallon de Saint-Imier in the Bernese Jura region of Canton Berne. It is located just west of...")
- 13:15, 20 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Saint-Imier (Created page with "{| class=wikitable width=320px align=right !Saint-Imier |- |center|300px |- |align=center|Jura triangle / Canton Berne<br>Bernese Jura / Vallon de Saint-Imier |- |align=center|Sonvilier - '''Saint-Imier''' - Villeret |} Saint-Imier is the principal watchmaking town in the Vallon de Saint-Imier in the Bernese Jura region of Canton Berne. It...")
- 13:11, 20 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:1930 ETH-BIB-Villeret, St. Imier v. O. aus 1600 m-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-006045 small.jpg (Category:Aerial photos Category:Saint-Imier Category:Villeret)
- 13:11, 20 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:1930 ETH-BIB-Villeret, St. Imier v. O. aus 1600 m-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-006045 small.jpg (Category:Aerial photos Category:Saint-Imier Category:Villeret)
- 01:40, 19 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:LFH 1942-10-02 Excelsior Park Ad.jpg (Category:Advertisements Category:Excelsior Park)
- 01:40, 19 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:LFH 1942-10-02 Excelsior Park Ad.jpg (Category:Advertisements Category:Excelsior Park)
- 01:34, 19 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Davoine 1916 0546 Jeanneret-Brehm Ad.png (Category:Advertisements Category:Excelsior Park)
- 01:34, 19 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:Davoine 1916 0546 Jeanneret-Brehm Ad.png (Category:Advertisements Category:Excelsior Park)
- 01:27, 19 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Davoine 1889 0166 Alb. Jeanneret Freres Ad.jpg (Category:Advertisements Category:Excelsior Park)
- 01:27, 19 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:Davoine 1889 0166 Alb. Jeanneret Freres Ad.jpg (Category:Advertisements Category:Excelsior Park)
- 01:23, 19 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Asj-006 1962 066 0337 Excelsior Park Ad.jpg (Category:Advertisements Category:Excelsior Park)
- 01:23, 19 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:Asj-006 1962 066 0337 Excelsior Park Ad.jpg (Category:Advertisements Category:Excelsior Park)
- 05:02, 18 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Courtelary (Created page with "right|300px Category:Vallon de Saint-Imier Category:Courtelary")
- 05:01, 18 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Corgémont (Created page with "right|300px Category:Vallon de Saint-Imier Category:Corgémont")
- 04:58, 18 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:1949 ETH-BIB-Cormoret, Courtelary, Cortébert, Corgémont, Vallon-LBS H1-012040 small.jpg (Category:Vallon de Saint-Imier Category:Aerial photos)
- 04:58, 18 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:1949 ETH-BIB-Cormoret, Courtelary, Cortébert, Corgémont, Vallon-LBS H1-012040 small.jpg (Category:Vallon de Saint-Imier Category:Aerial photos)
- 04:55, 18 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:1925 ETH-BIB-Cortébert aus 200 m-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-004661 small.jpg (Category:Aerial photos Category:Cortébert)
- 04:55, 18 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:1925 ETH-BIB-Cortébert aus 200 m-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-004661 small.jpg (Category:Aerial photos Category:Cortébert)
- 12:52, 17 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Cortebert (Redirected page to Cortébert) Tag: New redirect
- 12:52, 17 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Cortébert (Created page with "Cortébert is a village in the Vallon du St-Imier. Located in the middle of the valley, Cortébert was primarily an agricultural village. In November 1863 the watchmaking firm Raiguel, Juillard & Cie purchased Jean Weber's mill, located next to the old stone bridge over the Suze river. It was quickly demolished and replaced by a massive 2-story factory building. Still located in the town, the mill had 66 windows on the south side, mirrored on the north, to let i...")
- 13:54, 13 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Favre Factory, Cormoret, 1880s.jpg (Category:Factory images Category:Cormoret)
- 13:54, 13 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:Favre Factory, Cormoret, 1880s.jpg (Category:Factory images Category:Cormoret)
- 05:14, 12 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Marc Favre (Created page with "Marc Favre was a watchmaker who established a factory in his own name in Bienne in 1904 after inheriting the Cormoret branch of his father's Favre Frères operation. His sons, notably Robert Favre, built the business into one of the premier suppliers of compact watch movements before integrating it with SSIH. ==Favre Frères== ==Marc Favre== Marc Favre was born about 1875. Marc Favre died on December 29, 1930, leaving his sons Robert,...")
- 23:19, 10 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Jules Favre (Created page with ":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-Fa...")
- 23:05, 10 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Favre Frères (Created page with "Given the popularity of the name Favre in the Swiss Jura region, there were many different watchmaking companies called Favre Frères in the 19th and early 20th century. * Favre Frères of Neuveville * Favre Frères of Cormoret ** Alfred Favre split from his brothers in 1892 and his son Marc Favre took over in 1896 before moving to Saint-Imier and then Bienne * Favre Frères of Le Locle, dial makers * Fav...")
- 22:51, 10 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Cominter (Created page with "Cominter was a watchmaking organization founded in 1964 and headquartered in Tramelan. Its stated purpose was "Centralization of purchases; organization of work with reassembly chains." By 1970, most of the Tramelan factories had been merged into a single holding company, Cominter SA. This included Nicolet Watch SA along with Betina, Loyal, P.V. Mathez, and Nitella of Tramelan as well as Droz & Cie of Tavannes and [...")
- 22:49, 10 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Sagiter (Created page with "Sagiter ("Société Horlogeère de Production et de Participation SA") was a watchmaking organization founded in 1965 and headquartered in Neuchâtel. Its stated purpose was "Participation in watch factories; global purchases of watch components; manufacture and sale of watch products." Members of Sagiter included the following: * Era Watch, Bienne * Rado Watch, Lengnau Category:Watchmaking organizations")
- 22:47, 10 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page UMES (Created page with "UMES ("Union pour des montres ancres économiques") was a watchmaking organization founded in 1966 and headquartered in Neuchâtel. Its stated purpose was "Purchasing and production cooperative of anchor watches." UMES members included the following: * Semag AG, Berne * Catena Watch, Neuenstadt Category:Watchmaking organizations")
- 22:43, 10 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Chronos Holding (Created page with "Chronos Holding AG was an organization of Swiss watchmaking companies founded in 1966 and headquartered in Bienne. Its stated purpose was "Facilitate the merger of existing watch companies." Category:Watchmaking organizations")
- 22:41, 10 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Procaf (Created page with "Procaf was an organization of Swiss watchmakers founded in 1967 in Bienne. Its stated purpose was "Rationalization and mechanization of the production of watch products." Category:Watchmaking organizations")
- 22:37, 10 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Time-Center (Created page with "Time-Center AG was an organization based in Grenchen which included Eloga Watch of Lengnau as of 1969. The purpose was stated as "Interest group for the global purchase of watch components and the production of anchor watches." Category:Watchmaking organizations")
- 23:54, 8 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Nouvelle Lemania (Redirected page to Lemania) Tag: New redirect
- 14:55, 8 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:LSH 1956 03-022 Breguet Ad.jpg (Category:Watch ads)
- 14:55, 8 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:LSH 1956 03-022 Breguet Ad.jpg (Category:Watch ads)
- 04:38, 8 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Valdar (Created page with "Valdar was a machine tool company in l'Orient in the Vallée de Joux founded in 1918 by Charles Meylan. The Valdar name appears in 1922, with the company incorporating as SA Valdar in 1928. The firm took over production of the Triovis fine adjustment system in 1981. In 1991 Valdar was purchased by Investcorp and it was paired with Montres Breguet and Nouvelle Lemania in 1995 under Groupe Breguet. This was sold to Swatch G...")
- 21:14, 7 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Breguet to Montres Breguet
- 16:03, 6 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Bernard Bréguet-Bréting (Redirected page to Bréguet-Bréting) Tag: New redirect
- 05:14, 5 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Busga (Created page with "Busga was a Swiss watch manufacturer originally called Buess & Gagnebin. The company was located in La Chaux-de-Fonds and specialized in watches for women. The company is said to have been founded in 1870. Buess & Gagnebin took over the business of Schoepf-Courvoisier from his widow. In 1913 the Busga Watch Co. name was officially adopted by Buess & Gagnebin. A shortened form of the partners' last names, Busga would be the company's primary name from then o...")
- 17:30, 3 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:ES 2002 255-044 DeLaneau article small.jpeg (Category:Europa Star articles)
- 17:30, 3 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:ES 2002 255-044 DeLaneau article small.jpeg (Category:Europa Star articles)
- 17:27, 3 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:EJW 1991 241-002 DeLaneau Ad.jpeg (Category:Watch ads)
- 17:27, 3 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:EJW 1991 241-002 DeLaneau Ad.jpeg (Category:Watch ads)
- 17:25, 3 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:EJW 1956 037-058 Delano small.jpeg (Category:Watch ads)
- 17:25, 3 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:EJW 1956 037-058 Delano small.jpeg (Category:Watch ads)
- 17:16, 3 February 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Delaneau (Redirected page to DeLaneau) Tag: New redirect
- 14:32, 31 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Sha-001 1967 085 02882 Tavannes Logo.jpg (Category:Ebauches SA logos)
- 14:32, 31 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:Sha-001 1967 085 02882 Tavannes Logo.jpg (Category:Ebauches SA logos)
- 14:10, 31 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Sha-001 1942 060 01725 NFT Logo.jpg (Category:Ebauches SA logos)
- 14:10, 31 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:Sha-001 1942 060 01725 NFT Logo.jpg (Category:Ebauches SA logos)
- 05:16, 31 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Davoine 1908 0547 Nouvelle Fabrique de Tavannes Ad.jpg (Category:Advertising images)
- 05:16, 31 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:Davoine 1908 0547 Nouvelle Fabrique de Tavannes Ad.jpg (Category:Advertising images)
- 05:15, 31 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:L'Impartial 1971-05-11-013-000 Nouvelle Fabrique factory.jpg (Category:Factory images)
- 05:15, 31 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:L'Impartial 1971-05-11-013-000 Nouvelle Fabrique factory.jpg (Category:Factory images)
- 05:12, 31 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:1958 ETH-BIB-Tavannes-LBS H1-021721 Nouvelle Fabrique.jpg (Category:Factory images)
- 05:12, 31 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:1958 ETH-BIB-Tavannes-LBS H1-021721 Nouvelle Fabrique.jpg (Category:Factory images)
- 05:11, 31 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:1910s Nouvelle Fabrique de Tavannes detail.jpeg (Category:Factory images)
- 05:11, 31 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:1910s Nouvelle Fabrique de Tavannes detail.jpeg (Category:Factory images)
- 16:30, 29 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Bolor (Redirected page to Bolsa) Tag: New redirect
- 16:26, 29 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Bolsa (Created page with "Bolsa was a watchmaking company active from 1942 through 1971. It is best remembered for holding the trademark for the Breguet brand in the 1950s and 1960s thanks to the involvement of Bernard Bréguet. Paul Böhlen of Neuchâtel (originally from Riggisberg) founded an eponymous watch termination workshop in March 1942. It was initially located at Rue des Brandards 33 (perhaps his home) but moved to Chemin des Péreuses 9 in August. By Octobe...")
- 14:39, 29 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Breguet-Bréting to Bréguet-Bréting
- 04:35, 29 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Breguet-Bréting (Created page with "Jules Breguet-Bréting was a watch case fitter active in Le Locle by 1880. The firm moved to Bienne in 1906 and was taken over by his sons Bernard and André before ceasing operations in 1945. Bernard Breguet went on to register the Breguet trademark, which was acquired by Bolsa in 1956 and Chaumet in 1971 before becoming a company in its own right in 1980. ==Jules Bréguet-Bréting== Jules-Henri Bréguet-Bréting of Neuc...")
- 05:26, 28 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Delano (Redirected page to DeLaneau) Tag: New redirect
- 01:21, 28 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page DeLaneau (Created page with "DeLaneau (originally Delano) is a watch brand currently in Geneva but originally from Bienne. ==Delano== Albert Kneuss established a wholesale business trading oils, soaps, and other goods in Bienne in 1933. Originally from Eggiwil, Kneuss lived in Bienne and maintained his office at Blumenstrasse 32. In May 1949, Kneuss moved to Villeret to get into the watch business. He established a company called Alb. Kneuss with an office at Clos du Lac 1...")
- 22:57, 27 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Jeanneret et Fallet (Redirected page to Jules-Frédéric Jeanneret) Tag: New redirect
- 13:50, 26 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Edouard Fallet (Created page with "Edouard Fallet was a watchmaker active in Saint-Imier in the late 19th and early 20th century. Edouard Fallet came from Dombresson but lived in Saint-Imier by the 1883 survey of businesses. He operated a watchmaking workshop on Rue du Midi there. In 1888 Fallet registers a logo for "Riverside Chrono Regulation" and "Riverside Watch Co" showing a castle with an onion dome under a crescent moon. He became involved in local organizations, including the...")
- 21:10, 24 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Hôtel des Postes (Created page with "The Hôtel des Postes is an office building in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Located at number 63-65 Rue Léopold-Robert, the Hôtel des Postes, was constructed between 1906 and 1910 based on a design by Franz Fulpius and Duval, Architects in Geneva, after a competition in 1904. The building follows the general plan developed by the Federal Buildings office, with an open courtyard facing the train station and a monumental facade of white and yellow limestone on the...")
- 21:01, 24 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Minerva Palace (Created page with "The Minerva Palace is the name given to the large office building at Rue Léopold-Robert 66 in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Built in 1914 for Minerva SA, it has four full floors and an attic above ground level and is located directly across the boulevard from the Hôtel des Postes. The Minerva Palace was home to many watchmakers over the years, notably Gallet & Co from 1924 through 1977. Category:La Chaux-de-Fonds Category:Buildings")
- 20:49, 24 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:1919 Rue Léopold Robert - Minerva Palace - Hotel des Postes and Minerva Palace.jpeg (Category:La Chaux-de-Fonds Category:Postcard)
- 20:49, 24 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:1919 Rue Léopold Robert - Minerva Palace - Hotel des Postes and Minerva Palace.jpeg (Category:La Chaux-de-Fonds Category:Postcard)
- 17:06, 24 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Henry-Alfred Lugrin (Created page with ":See Also: Alfred Lugrin Henry-Alfred Lugrin was a Swiss-American watchmaker and inventor famous for his many patents relating to complicated watches, including chronographs and repeaters, before the turn of the century. Lugrin lived in New York and his patents were widely exploited by American firms including the Waltham Watch company and Prosper Nordmann. ==Patents== * US182836, October 3, 1876 - Improvement in Stop-Watches - Used by Waltham W...")
- 03:11, 24 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Léonidas (Redirected page to Leonidas) Tag: New redirect
- 03:10, 24 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Jules-Frédéric Jeanneret (Created page with "Jules-Frédéric Jeanneret (1830-1892) was a pioneering watchmaker and businessman who brought complicated watchmaking to Saint-Imier in the 1860s. His three sons each founded great watchmaking houses there (Excelsior Park, Moeris, and Léonidas) and the Jeanneret family became one of the most important in the town's history. ==The Origin of the Jeanneret Family== The Jeanneret dit Grosjean family emerged in the village of Fenin in the Val...")
- 03:10, 24 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Jeanneret, Jules-Frédéric (Redirected page to Jules-Frédéric Jeanneret) Tag: New redirect
- 02:37, 24 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Gallet (Redirected page to Gallet & Co) Tag: New redirect
- 02:37, 24 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Fabrique Electa (Redirected page to Electa) Tag: New redirect
- 20:16, 22 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Magnenat-LeCoultre (Created page with "The firm of Magnenat-LeCoultre traces its origins to 1887, when Henri-Gabriel Magnenat-LeCoultre founded a watchmaking workshop in Le Sentier. The son of François Magnenat, Henri Gabriel came from Vaulion but lived in the area called Derrière-la-Côte near Le Sentier. H. Magnenat-LeCoultre specialized in complicated watches, notably repeaters. In 1901, H. Magnenat-LeCoultre registered the brand name "Le Risound" with a logo featuring two pine trees to...")
- 13:46, 21 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Société d'Horlogerie de Genève (Redirected page to Electa) Tag: New redirect
- 13:46, 21 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Société d'Horlogerie Electa (Redirected page to Electa) Tag: New redirect
- 03:37, 21 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Léon L. Gallet (Created page with "right|thumb|Léon L. Gallet, heir to the Gallet & Co. watchmaking family Léon L. Gallet (1832-1899) was a Swiss-American businessman and heir to the Gallet & Co watchmaking firm. Léon L. Gallet was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds on December 31, 1832. He was the son of Julien Gallet who founded his family's namesake watchmaking business there in 1826. Julien Gallet brought his children into the busine...")
- 03:37, 21 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:JCHR 1899-2-114 Léon L. Gallet.jpg
- 03:37, 21 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:JCHR 1899-2-114 Léon L. Gallet.jpg
- 21:51, 20 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:FH 1902 0921 03-001-000 Electa Ravin Ad.jpg
- 21:51, 20 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:FH 1902 0921 03-001-000 Electa Ravin Ad.jpg
- 21:49, 20 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:RC 1904 10-002-001-000 Electa Chronograph.png
- 21:49, 20 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:RC 1904 10-002-001-000 Electa Chronograph.png
- 12:57, 20 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Prosper Nordmann (Created page with "Prosper Nordmann (also spelled Nordman) was a French-Swiss watchmaker, inventor, and businessman who brought complicated watchmaking to the United States. Later in life he returned to Switzerland to live in Geneva before moving to Paris. Nordmann worked at Waltham Watch and established what would become Electa. ==Biography== Prosper Nordmann was born in Hegenheim in the Alsace region close to Basel, Switzerland. He emigrated to the United States to...")
- 23:27, 19 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Electa (Created page with "Electa was a high-profile watch company in La Chaux-de-Fonds from 1901 through 1924. The firm was descended from Swiss-American businessman Prosper Nordmann's 1897 establishment of a factory in Geneva to supply Waltham Watch, which moved to La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1901. The bankrupt company was purchased by Gallet in 1907, established a new factory in 1913, and was bankrupt again in 1924. The Electa brand was taken over by Rot...")
- 15:40, 19 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Ferdinand Bourquin (Created page with "Ferdinand Bourquin ([[]]-1905) was a watchmaker and inventor active in Saint-Imier in the late 19th century. He was famous for his chronograph patents and is the founder of the famous chronograph-making firm Leonidas, which was acquired by Heuer in 1964. ==Julien Bourquin== The Leonidas company traces its roots to the year 1841, when Julien Bourquin began selling watches in Saint-Imier. Bourquin is listed in Indicateur Davoine as early a...")
- 04:01, 19 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Investcorp (Created page with "Investcorp is a global equity form founded in 1982. In the 1980s and 1990s, it owned all or part of Breguet, Chaumet, Ebel, Nouvelle Lemania, and Tiffany, attempted to re-start Jaquet-Droz, and also Saks Fifth Avenue and Gucci. Investcorp was one of the primary watch and luxury groups in the 1980s and 1990s. ==History== Investcorp was set up in Bahrain by Nemir Kirdan of Iraq. Its aim was to invest Middle Eastern wealth in Western concerns, e...")
- 03:47, 19 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:ES 1982 132-213 Lemania Factory.jpg
- 03:47, 19 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:ES 1982 132-213 Lemania Factory.jpg
- 03:43, 18 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Davoine 1886 0214 Alfred Lugrin.jpg
- 03:43, 18 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:Davoine 1886 0214 Alfred Lugrin.jpg
- 03:26, 18 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:La Sentinelle 1932-06-20-006-000.jpg
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- 03:18, 18 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:FH 1908 1205 04 Lugrin Lemania Ad.jpg
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- 22:26, 17 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Alfred Lugrin (Created page with "Alfred Lugrin was a watchmaker and inventor in l'Orient in the Vallée de Joux in the late 19th century. His groundbreaking chronograph and chiming watch complications were patented and licensed to many makers, notably Jules-Frédéric Jeanneret and Leonidas in Saint-Imier. Alfred-Jules-Fréderich Lugrin was born September 1, 1858 in Le Lieu. He was the son of Jules Lugrin, Bourgeois of Lieu, and Jeanne Françoise (née Cloux) and...")
- 04:20, 17 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Borel & Courvoisier (Redirected page to Ernest Borel) Tag: New redirect
- 16:53, 15 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Complicated (Redirected page to Complication) Tag: New redirect
- 16:21, 15 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:JSDH 1944 07-015-001-000 Borel Depuis 1859.jpg
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- 13:47, 15 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:AdH 1887 02-076-001-000 Poinçon Genève.jpg
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- 13:36, 15 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Geneva Hallmark (Created page with "The Geneva Hallmark or Controle de Genève is a hallmark signifying that a watch comes from Geneva. ==Origin of the Hallmark== The demand for State protection of Geneva products in the watchmaking industry led to the establishment of Controle de Genève. Prior to its creation in 1886, a significant number of watches labeled "Geneva" were of foreign origin and often of inferior quality, causing a decline in trust among consumers. Concerned watchmakers formed...")
- 13:27, 15 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Frédéric-Louis Favre-Bulle (Created page with "Frédéric-Louis Favre-Bulle (1770–1849) was a Swiss watchmaker known for his early mastery of the craft, practical inventions, and significant contributions to mechanical advancements in the 19th century. Frédéric-Louis Favre-Bulle was born on January 21, 1770 in Coudres de la Sagne, Switzerland. Displaying an early aptitude for the craft, he quickly mastered the finishing part of watchmaking during a three-week trial apprenticeship at the age of seven. Ove...")
- 13:18, 15 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Trademark (Created page with "A Trademark or Marque de Fabrique is a signifier of a brand or marketing name for a product. Switzerland enacted a trademark law in 1891, shortly after enacting a similar law covering patents. ==Swiss Trademark Law== A crucial turning point for watchmaking occurred in 1891 when Switzerland witnessed substantial reforms in its trademark legislation. Two major events marked this transformative period. Firstly, the federal law concerning the protection of trad...")
- 04:52, 15 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:JSdH 1922 08-018 Théodore Gribi portrait.png
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- 04:18, 15 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:ES 1959 01-096 Jean-Louis Borel.png
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- 04:17, 15 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:ES 1959 01-096 Ernest Borel.png
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- 04:16, 15 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:ES 1959 01-096 Jules Borel-Courvoisier.png
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- 19:58, 14 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Borel et Courvoisier (Redirected page to Ernest Borel) Tag: New redirect
- 23:28, 13 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Théodore Gribi (Created page with "Théodore Gribi (1840–1922) was a Swiss watchmaker who spent most of his career in America. ==Early Life and Education== Born in 1840 in Bern, Switzerland, Théodore Gribi established himself in watchmaking as a young man. ==Philadelphia Universal Exhibition== Gribi was appointed as the official delegate for watchmaking and precision instruments at the 1876 Philadelphia Universal Exhibition. Choosing to stay in the United States, he established himself in C...")
- 00:50, 13 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page L. Rozat to Louis Rozat
- 00:23, 13 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography I (Created page with "I")
- 00:23, 13 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography A (Created page with "A")
- 00:20, 13 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page F. Aubry-Schaltenbrand to Francis Aubry-Schaltenbrand
- 00:20, 13 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page A. Aubry-Gostely to Arthur Aubry-Gostely
- 21:59, 12 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:FH 1932 0116 01-001-000 David Kenel.jpg
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- 21:57, 12 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page David Kenel (Created page with "David Kenel was a businessman in watchmaking from the 1880s through his death in 1932. David Kenel was born in Schwyz on November 15, 1857. He did his commercial apprenticeship in Porrentruy, then worked abroad for two years in Italy and England. Kenel settled in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1885 to represent the watchmaking factory of his brother Albert Kenel of Porrentruy. In 1888 he became the partner of his mother-in-law Mrs. Justin Bourqu...")
- 21:30, 12 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Société Intercantonale des Industries du Jura (Created page with "The Société Intercantonale des Industries du Jura was an industrial organization made up of other such organizations in the Swiss Jura region as well as Geneva. Formed in 1890 it represented the interests of the entire manufacturing industry in the region. Member organizations included the following: * Association Commerciale et Industrielle Genève * Association des Fabricants et Marchands d'Horlogerie Genève * Société Industrielle et Com...")
- 21:29, 12 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Société des Fabricants d'horlogerie de La Chaux-de-Fonds to Société des Fabricants d'Horlogerie de La Chaux-de-Fonds
- 14:29, 12 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Syndicat Patronal des Producteurs de la Montre à La Chaux-de-Fonds (Created page with "The Syndicat Patronal des Producteurs de la Montre à La Chaux-de-Fonds was an industrial organization in La Chaux-de-Fonds to promote the interests of watchmakers. It was founded in 1917 and lasted through the 1990s. ==Establishment== The Syndicat Patronal des Producteurs de la Montre à La Chaux-de-Fonds was established on December 21, 1917. The organization was formed to defend the interests of its members and employers as well as the general interes...")
- 13:10, 12 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Société des Fabricants d'horlogerie de La Chaux-de-Fonds (Created page with "The '''Société des Fabricants d'horlogerie de La Chaux-de-Fonds''' was a Société des Fabricants d'horlogerie based in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Established in 1897. The Society was established on March 5, 1897 to bring together "watch manufacturers, dealers and brokers in watchmaking or supplies and bankers registered in the commercial register of La Chaux-de-Fonds." Prospective members had to apply in writing, be approved by the management committee, and p...")
- 04:47, 12 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page L. Rozat (Created page with "Louis Rozat was a watchmaker active in La Chaux-de-Fonds from at least 1875 through 1910. Rozat produced an 8-day watch called Octomères as well as complicated watches, chronometers, and ladies watches. Additionally, Rozat produced a brand of specialty oil for watchmakers branded "Sine Dolo". Louis Rozat was born in 1850 in Chateau d'Oex in Canton Vaud and died in 1911. Advertisements for L. Rozat around 1900 show "Maison fondée en [[1830]...")
- 03:17, 12 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page 8-day (Created page with "An '''8-day''' watch or clock is a manually-wound watch that can run for over a week without winding. 8-day watches and clocks are referenced throughout the 19th century, though they were rare and likely not reliable. Alfred Courvoisier of La Chaux-de-Fonds advertised 8-day watches in 1859, Ulysse Perret of Renan produced springs suitable for these watches in 1865, Hattenberg of Le Locle promised a crown-winding 8-day watch in 1875, a...")
- 02:48, 12 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:AdH 1896 11-096 Gindrat-Delachaux Ad.jpg
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- 02:17, 12 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Davoine 1894-1895 0127 Charles Couleru-Meuri detail.jpg
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- 02:11, 12 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:FH 1904 0110 05 Couleru-Meuri Octo crop.png
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- 22:39, 11 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Charles Couleru-Meuri (Created page with "'''Charles Couleru-Meuri''' was a watchmaker located in La Chaux-de-Fonds from 1880 through the 1920s and his namesake firm was one of the most important makers of complicated watches in the city. Born Charles-Frédéric Couleru in 1851, he married Maria-Julia Möri and took the alliance name of Couleru-Meuri. He was active from at least 1880 through bankruptcy in 1899, then continued to be involved in his namesake company under Parisians Hector L...")
- 18:05, 11 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Sha-001 1916 034 01416 ETMD.jpg
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- 18:05, 11 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Sha-001 1912 030 01521 MD.jpg
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- 18:05, 11 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Sha-001 1910 028 01043 LNR MD.jpg
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- 18:04, 11 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:L'Impartial 1916-08-09-008-000 Marc Dubois.jpg
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- 18:04, 11 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Davoine 1916 0186 Marc Dubois.jpg
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- 18:04, 11 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Davoine 1913 0153 Marc Dubois.jpg
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- 15:51, 11 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Eugène Couleru (Created page with "Eugène Couleru was a watchmaker and businessman active in La Chaux-de-Fonds watchmaking after the turn of the century. He was the son of famed watchmaker and inventor Charles Couleru-Meuri and inherited his father's firm. Eugène Couleru was involved in the development of 8-day clocks and watches, which were a huge commercial hit before World War I, and held the Octo brand along with business partner Marc Dubois. Eugène-Léon Couleru was the eldest...")
- 15:01, 11 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Marc Dubois (Created page with "Marc Dubois was a watchmaker and businessman in La Chaux-de-Fonds around the turn of the century. He took over the 8-day clock business of Léon N. Robert, called Octo, and managed it until his death in 1916. Marc-Louis Dubois-dit-Cosandier was born on November 10, 1875 in Canton Neuchâtel. He married Fanny Kühne on January 14, 1910 and was officially called March Dubois-Kühne but was commonly known in the watchmaking industry simply as Marc D...")
- 00:00, 11 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Le Stand (Redirected page to Gindrat-Delachaux) Tag: New redirect
- 17:53, 10 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Abra (Redirected page to F. Aubry-Schaltenbrand) Tag: New redirect
- 17:47, 10 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Brigos (Redirected page to Gindrat-Delachaux) Tag: New redirect
- 19:35, 9 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Rénold Kocher (Created page with "Rénold Kocher was an industrialist from Bévilard. Rénold Kocher came from Aegerten and lived in La Chaux-de-Fonds. By 1891 Kocher had established a watchmaking workshop in La Chaux-de-Fonds under his own name, located at Rue du Grenier 39. He registered the brand name "La Fedele" (pictured on an envelope with two stars) in October of that year, covering watch cases, dials, movements, and so on. Kocher was an inventor and registered three patents on watch...")
- 13:21, 9 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Gindrat-Delachaux (Created page with "'''Gindrat-Delachaux''' was a watchmaking firm established in La Chaux-de-Fonds by 1893 to produce 8-day watches and clocks. André Gindrat-Delachaux worked with Charles Couleru-Meuri to patent an improved winding system and barrel for these clocks in 1903 and his firm became very successful in the first quarter of the 20th century. The company was taken over by Arthur Aubry-Gostely (son of Hebdomas inventor Irénee Aubry) in 1924. Aft...")
- 21:23, 3 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page 1873 (Created page with "{{Jahresmenue|J1=1872|J2=1873|J3=1874|Inhalt= * The Rockford Watch Co. in Rockford, Illinois is founded }} Category:Year")
- 20:39, 3 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:AdH 1904 19-094 Couvet Berthoud.png (Ferdinand Berthoud's birthplace in Couvet, pictured in 1904)
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- 20:28, 3 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:AdH 1904 19-094 Ferdinand Berthoud.jpg
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- 14:35, 3 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Decimal time (Created page with "The question of adopting a decimal (base 10) system of time has been raised many times for two centuries. The practical implementation of a division of the day and hour into 10-based units raises many questions. Considering the difficulty of adopting universal time based on hours from 1 to 24, the question of decimal time, which requires a complete transformation of all time systems, seems far-fetched. ==History== The idea of decimalizing time is not new. In 179...")
- 14:28, 3 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Besançon (Created page with "Besançon is a watchmaking city located in France near the Swiss Jura. ==The French Revolution and the Emergence of Watchmaking in Besançon== The seismic waves generated by the French Revolution, despite having roots in long-standing causes, cascaded across Europe, creating a profound and dynamic impact on neighboring countries. This transformative wave of change affected nations differently, hinging on their political circumstances and relationships with revo...")
- 14:08, 3 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Phinée Perret (Created page with "Phinée Perret (May 1, 1777-July 8, 1851) was an inventor and toolmaker in the watchmaking field, specializing on the finishing of wheels and cutting of teeth. Phinée Perret was born in La Brévine on May 1, 1777, to Isaac Perret-Jeanneret. His father, a farmer, wanted his son to enter a professional trade and apprenticed him at the age of 14 to his uncle, clock maker Jean-Jacques Perret-Jeanneret. Jean-Jacques' father, despite humble origins as a village...")
- 00:24, 3 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:FH 1913 1105 05 Sandoz-Vuille Presto.jpg (L. Sandoz-Vuille Presto ad, 1913)
- 00:24, 3 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:FH 1913 1105 05 Sandoz-Vuille Presto.jpg (L. Sandoz-Vuille Presto ad, 1913)
- 00:22, 3 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:1925 ETH-BIB-La Chaux de Fonds, Fabrique H. Moser & Cie, Uhrenfabrik-Inlandflüge-LBS MH03-0543 Rue Alexis-Marie Piaget Le Locle small.jpg (Rue Alexis-Marie Piaget, Le Locle: H. Moser & Cie. and L. Sandoz-Vuille)
- 00:22, 3 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:1925 ETH-BIB-La Chaux de Fonds, Fabrique H. Moser & Cie, Uhrenfabrik-Inlandflüge-LBS MH03-0543 Rue Alexis-Marie Piaget Le Locle small.jpg (Rue Alexis-Marie Piaget, Le Locle: H. Moser & Cie. and L. Sandoz-Vuille)
- 14:25, 2 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page L. Sandoz-Vuille (Created page with "==Sandoz-Vuille Timeline== * 1908, April 24 - The house L. Sandoz-Vuille is registered in Le Locle under the management of Louis-Augustin Sandoz, allié Vuille, of Le Locle and La Brévine. The business is focused on watch production and is a factory and warehouse located at Rue Alexis-Marie Piaget 20. * 1913 - Emile Droz of Le Locle is made a manager of the factory between February and December * 1922, May 30 - Richard Sandoz, accountant of Le Locle, is made manager of...")
- 17:44, 1 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:CH 2 E-3.png (Swiss patent CH88/2, page 3, images)
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- 17:41, 1 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:CH 88 A-3.png (Patent CH88A, page 3, images)
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- 17:19, 1 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:L'Impartial 1998-04-21-017-000 images.jpg (Irénee Aubry's 40 day watch for Pope Leo XIII, 1887)
- 17:19, 1 January 2024 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:L'Impartial 1998-04-21-017-000 images.jpg (Irénee Aubry's 40 day watch for Pope Leo XIII, 1887)
- 17:14, 29 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page 1890 (Created page with "{{Jahresmenue|J1=1889|J2=1890|J3=1891|Inhalt= * L. Lossier of Geneva, publishes his Study on the theory of watch adjustment, based on work of the same type by J. Grossmann of Le Locle. }} Category:Year")
- 17:10, 29 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page 1879 (Created page with "{{Jahresmenue|J1=1878|J2=1879|J3=1880|Inhalt= * Death of Henri Grandjean, born in Le Locle in 1803. Grandjean introduced the marine chronometer industry to the locality, concurrently with Ulysse Nardin. * H. Schouffelberger of Neuchatel publishes his Calculation of Surpluses of Clockwork Wheels. }} Category:Year")
- 17:04, 29 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page 1863 (Created page with "{{Jahresmenue|J1=1862|J2=1863|J3=1864|Inhalt= * French watchmaker Ad. Philippe publishes a work in Geneva on keyless watches. }} Category:Year")
- 17:03, 29 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page 1862 (Created page with "{{Jahresmenue|J1=1861|J2=1862|J3=1863|Inhalt= * The house of Nicole et Capt in London, exhibits the first zero-return chronographs, the original idea of which is due to Henri Piguet of Le Brassus. * Achille Brocot publishes Calculation of Cogs by Approximation in Paris. }} Category:Year")
- 16:58, 29 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page 1857 (Created page with "{{Jahresmenue|J1=1856|J2=1857|J3=1858|Inhalt= * Henri Golay of Le Brassus invents the grande sonnerie minute watch. }} Category:Year")
- 16:31, 29 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Basel Fair (Redirected page to BaselWorld) Tag: New redirect
- 02:26, 22 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page A. Aubry-Gostely (Created page with "Arthur Aubry-Gostely was a watchmaker and businessman in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the first half of the 20th century. Arthur-François "Arthur" Aubry was born about 1891 in Muriaux, the sixth child of inventor and watchmaker Irénée Aubry. Arthur's older brother, Francis, formed a watchmaking company, F. Aubry-Schaltenbrand, in 1911, hiring Arthur as a manager in 1917. But the company failed in the financial bust after World War I, closing in 19...")
- 00:45, 22 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page F. Aubry-Schaltenbrand (Created page with "Francis Aubry-Schaltenbrand was a watchmaker and businessman in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the first half of the 20th century. The son of inventor Irénée Aubry, he initially created a namesake company, F. Aubry-Schaltenbrand, using his father's Neva brand before becoming involved in the Abra and Brota brands. Francis Aubry was born in Muriaux about 1888, the third child and second son of Irénée Aubry. He married Eugénie Schaltenbrand, adopting her name for hi...")
- 00:11, 22 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Irénée Aubry (Redirected page to Irénee Aubry) Tag: New redirect
- 19:35, 21 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Brota (Created page with "Montres Brota SA was a watch company based in La Chaux-de-Fonds from at least 1938 to 1965. Starting in 1938, Montres Brota SA is listed at 56 Rue Léopold-Robert 56 alongside F. Aubry-Schaltenbrand. For part of this time the firm was managed by Francis Aubry-Schaltenbrand, son of Irénee Aubry and founder of this company. Category:La Chaux-de-Fonds Brota")
- 19:51, 20 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Irénee Aubry (Created page with "Irénee Aubry was an inventor and watchmaker originally from Muriaux but working in La Chaux-de-Fonds throughout his career. Paul-Joseph-Irénee Aubry was born in Muriaux, Switzerland. He married Elisa-Marie Jeandupaux in 1882. The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in April, 1932. The 8-day movement was invented by Irénee Aubry of Saignelégier in 1888 in the Vallée de Joux in Switzerland. Aubry was originally from...")
- 15:38, 19 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:ADH 1898 13-095 Arthur Graizely Ad.jpg (1898 Arthur Graizely pre-Hebdomas ad)
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- 15:02, 19 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Paul Ditisheim (Created page with "Paul Ditisheim was a renowned timekeeper and scientist who made significant contributions to the field of chronometry. He excelled in the manufacture and adjustment of chronometers, seeking confirmation of his work's success through progress reports issued by observatories. Ditisheim recognized the importance of factors such as temperature, lubrication, and magnetization in the performance of watches. He conducted in-depth research and experiments to further his scientif...")
- 00:32, 18 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:EUROPASTAR EUROPE 049 1968 001 0175 Hebdomas detail.jpg (Hebdomas advertising illustration, 1968)
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- 22:39, 17 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:RIH 1920 19-073 Schild Hebdomas Ad small.jpg (Schild & Co Hebdomas asvertisement, 1920)
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- 22:37, 17 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:RIH 1920 03-042 Vue générale des Etablissements Schild & Co.jpg (Revue Internationale de l'Horlogerie, 1920, Vue générale des Etablissements Schild & Co)
- 22:37, 17 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:RIH 1920 03-042 Vue générale des Etablissements Schild & Co.jpg (Revue Internationale de l'Horlogerie, 1920, Vue générale des Etablissements Schild & Co)
- 22:35, 17 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:RIH 1920 03-042 Arthur Graizely.jpg (Revue Internationale de l'Horlogerie, 1920, Arthur Graizely)
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- 22:01, 17 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:RIH 1920 09-041 Vue générale de la Fabrique Election.jpg (Revue Internationale de l'Horlogerie, 1920)
- 22:01, 17 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:RIH 1920 09-041 Vue générale de la Fabrique Election.jpg (Revue Internationale de l'Horlogerie, 1920)
- 21:58, 17 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:FH 1904 0131 04 Election Montbrillant detail.jpg (La Fédération Horlogère, 1904 Election Ad Montbrillant detail)
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- 04:21, 10 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Eterna-Matic (Created page with "The earliest automatic movements from Eterna were advertised using the Eterna-Matic name. Although somewhat related, there were many differences between the various movements that used this name. Eterna's first automatic movement was Cal. 835 in 1939. This 12.5 ligne movement featured small seconds. Between 1940 and 1945, Eterna introduced more movements, all with bumpers rather than free-rotating mass. These were not Eterna-Matic branded. * Cal. 833 -...")
- 15:13, 9 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Jeanneret-Brehm (Redirected page to Excelsior Park) Tag: New redirect
- 15:13, 9 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Albert Jeanneret & Frères (Redirected page to Excelsior Park) Tag: New redirect
- 00:10, 5 December 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Gallet & Co (Created page with "Gallet & Co was a maker of complicated watches in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland from 1825 through the present day. The company traces its roots to 1466 with the birth of Humbertus Gallet in Geneva. However, the formal establishment of Gallet & Co. occurred in 1825 by Julien Gallet (1806–1849). ==Foundations and Family Legacy== Initially named Julien Gallet & Co or Julien Gallet & Cie, the company was renamed for Louise Gallet (1808–1865), joined by...")
- 18:35, 21 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:L'Impartial 1976-08-19-01 Décès de M. Sydney de Coulon portrait.jpg (Sydney de Coulon portrait, l'Impartial, 1976)
- 18:35, 21 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:L'Impartial 1976-08-19-01 Décès de M. Sydney de Coulon portrait.jpg (Sydney de Coulon portrait, l'Impartial, 1976)
- 18:34, 21 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:FH 1940 1205 05 Sydney de Coulon portrait.jpg (Sydney de Coulon portrait, La Fédération Horlogère, 1940)
- 18:34, 21 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:FH 1940 1205 05 Sydney de Coulon portrait.jpg (Sydney de Coulon portrait, La Fédération Horlogère, 1940)
- 18:32, 21 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:Feuille 1970-01-28-007-000 Maxime Crevoisier.jpg (Maxime Crevoisier portrait, Feuille, 1970)
- 18:32, 21 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:Feuille 1970-01-28-007-000 Maxime Crevoisier.jpg (Maxime Crevoisier portrait, Feuille, 1970)
- 18:29, 21 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:JSDH 1957 11-063 Emil Borer.png (Emil Borer portrait, Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, 1957)
- 18:29, 21 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:JSDH 1957 11-063 Emil Borer.png (Emil Borer portrait, Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, 1957)
- 18:27, 21 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:FH 1943 0513 07-001-000 Louis Müller.jpg (Louis Müller portrait, La Fédération Horlogère, 1943)
- 18:27, 21 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:FH 1943 0513 07-001-000 Louis Müller.jpg (Louis Müller portrait, La Fédération Horlogère, 1943)
- 18:21, 21 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:EUROPASTAR EUROPE 035 1965 005 0069 Fritz Marti.jpg (Fritz Marti portrait, Europa Star, 1965)
- 18:21, 21 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:EUROPASTAR EUROPE 035 1965 005 0069 Fritz Marti.jpg (Fritz Marti portrait, Europa Star, 1965)
- 01:27, 21 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:FH 1927 1019 01 Baptiste Savoye image.png (Baptiste Savoye portrait from his obituary in La Fédération Horlogère, October 19, 1927)
- 01:27, 21 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:FH 1927 1019 01 Baptiste Savoye image.png (Baptiste Savoye portrait from his obituary in La Fédération Horlogère, October 19, 1927)
- 01:24, 21 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Adrien Brandt (Created page with "thumb|200px Adrien Brandt (1882-1955) played a significant role in the Omega watch factory's history, leading the company following the death of his father and uncle while just 20 years old. Adrien Brandt was born in 1882 in Bienne, Switzerland. His life took an unexpected turn when he lost his father, Paul-Louis Brandt, and uncle, Louis-César Brandt, at a young age. This tragedy forced hi...")
- 01:24, 21 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:JSDH 1955 03-076 Adrien Brandt portrait.png (Portrait of Adrien Brandt from his obituary in Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, March 1955)
- 01:24, 21 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:JSDH 1955 03-076 Adrien Brandt portrait.png (Portrait of Adrien Brandt from his obituary in Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, March 1955)
- 03:17, 2 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page César de Trey (Created page with "200px|right César de Trey was an industrialist credited with the creation of the Reverso (with Jaeger and LeCoultre) as well as the Ermeto (with Movado) and other key specialty watches in the 1930s. Marc César de Trey, known as César, was said to be from Chamblandes near Pully on the northeast shore of Lake Geneva. This is just east of Lausanne, and this city...")
- 03:17, 2 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:JSDH 1932 05-009 César de Trey.jpg (Portrait of César de Trey from Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, May 1932)
- 03:17, 2 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:JSDH 1932 05-009 César de Trey.jpg (Portrait of César de Trey from Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, May 1932)
- 03:07, 1 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:JSDH 1931 09-003 Hermann Obrecht.jpg (Portrait of Hermann Obrecht, from Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, September 1931)
- 03:07, 1 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:JSDH 1931 09-003 Hermann Obrecht.jpg (Portrait of Hermann Obrecht, from Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, September 1931)
- 03:06, 1 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:JSDH 1931 09-003 César Schild.jpg (Portrait of César Schild, from Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, September 1931)
- 03:06, 1 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:JSDH 1931 09-003 César Schild.jpg (Portrait of César Schild, from Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, September 1931)
- 03:01, 1 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page File:JSDH 1931 09-002 Ernest Strahm.jpg (Portrait of Ernest Strahm from Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, September 1931)
- 03:01, 1 October 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs uploaded File:JSDH 1931 09-002 Ernest Strahm.jpg (Portrait of Ernest Strahm from Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, September 1931)
- 00:53, 26 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Jules-Samuel Jéquier (Created page with "Jules-Samuel Jéquier (1836?-1915) was a watchmaker and politician in Fleurier. Jules-Samuel Jéquier was born around 1836. In addition to his work as an industrialist and watchmaker, Jéquier was also interested in public affairs. He was president of the School of Watchmaking for many years, one of the founders of the Consumer Society, and chairman of the board of directors of a local match factory. He was the last Fleurisan survivor of the Neuchâtel cara...")
- 23:35, 25 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Fleurier Watch Co. to Fleurier Watch Co
- 13:54, 15 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Jean-Claude Gueit (Created page with "Jean-Claude Gueit was a Swiss watch designer credited with the Piaget Polo and Baume & Mercer Riviera, two watches that set the styling trends of the 1980s. His son, Emmanuel Gueit is credited with the design of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore which was the styling icon for the 1990s. Category:Biography G")
- 13:46, 15 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Urquhart, Stephen to Stephen Urquhart
- 13:45, 15 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Golay, Georges to Georges Golay
- 03:12, 14 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Phénix (Redirected page to Phenix) Tag: New redirect
- 01:54, 13 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Graef, Otto to Otto Graef
- 01:54, 13 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Graef, Otto (Created page with "Otto Graef (1861?-1948) was a watchmaker and businessman who founded MIMO and purchased Girard-Perregaux. Otto Graef was born about 1861 and studied the trades of watchmaker and jeweler. In 1889, after visiting La Chaux-de-Fonds the young Graef decided to stay in the city thanks to the well-paid work he found there. Initially an independent watchmaker, his firm grew into MIMO, also called Graef & Co]]. In 1928 Graef seized the opport...")
- 00:55, 13 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Cervine (Redirected page to Montres Invar) Tag: New redirect
- 02:31, 12 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Emil Borer (Created page with "Emil Borer (sometimes spelled Emile but known professionally as E. Borer) was a technician-watchmaker who ran the Aegler factory in Bienne, producer of watch movements for Rolex for decades. By 1940, Borer was secretary of Manufacture des Montres Rolex Aegler SA under his grandfather Hermann Aegler (chairman) and Hans Wilsdorf (vice-chairman). In 1944, after Hermann Aegler's death, Emil Borer took charge of management of the Aegler factor...")
- 02:14, 11 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Edgar Convert (Created page with "Edgar Convert was a technician-watchmaker active in the first half of the 20th century. He is famous as the technical director of LeCoultre & Cie but previously held that position at Fabrique d'Horlogerie de Fontainemelon. Edgar Convert was born around 1891. Convert served as the technical director of FHF around 1921. In 1928, Convert went to work at LeCoultre & Cie in Le Sentier. He became the technical director of the firm and ser...")
- 01:25, 11 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Henri Colomb (Created page with "Henri Colomb was a technician-watchmaker for Zénith and Tavannes Watch. He is credited with many technical advancements, notably the anti-shock mechanism exploited by Parechoc. Henri Colomb graduated from the Neuchâtel Watchmaking School as a technician-watchmaker under Hermann Grossmann. After graduating he worked as a precision adjuster for Zénith in Le Locle. He then went to Porrentruy to head the Watchmaking School there....")
- 00:53, 11 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Technician-watchmakers (Created page with "Main Article: Technician-watchmaker Category:Biography")
- 00:52, 11 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Stamm, Heinrich to Heinrich Stamm
- 00:52, 11 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Lémania (Redirected page to Lemania) Tag: New redirect
- 00:49, 11 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Technician-watchmaker (Created page with "Technician-Watchmaker ("Horloger-Technician") was a diploma category offered by watchmaking schools in Switzerland and Germany in the first half of the 20th century. ==Notable Technician-Watchmakers== The following individuals distinguished themselves as technician-watchmakers: * E. Borer, Rolex * François Cart, Patek-Philippe * Gilbert Caussignac, Blancain/Rayville * Henry Colomb, Zénith * Edgar Convert, LeCoultre & Ci...")
- 23:27, 10 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page René Aellen (Created page with "René Aellen was a watchmaking executive who worked for Martel Watch in the 1960s and Vulcain in the 1970s. René Aellen came from Saanen in Canton Berne but lived in Ponts-de-Martel once he was given power of attorney for the Martel Watch company in 1962. The company was under the ownership of Zénith by this point and Henri Thiébaud joined the board at the same time, replacing Pierre Hainard. Aellen was removed from Martel management...")
- 21:23, 10 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Frey (Redirected page to Freco) Tag: New redirect
- 21:14, 10 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Henri Gustave Thiebaud to Henri Gustave Thiébaud
- 20:32, 10 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Uhrenfabrik Frey (Redirected page to Frey & Co) Tag: New redirect
- 20:32, 10 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Henri Gustave Thiebaud (Created page with "Henri Gustave Thiébaud was the director of the Swiss Gruen and Frey & Co watchmaking companies from the 1930s through the 1950s. He was a prolific inventor and is credited with many of Gruen's technological advancements in this period. He may be the same Henri Thiebaud who served on the board of Zenith and Martel in the 1960s. ==Early Life== According to Gruen press materials, Henri Thiebaud (sic) was born September 18, 1906 in Saint-Imier...")
- 18:50, 10 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Emil Frey (Created page with "Emil Frey (also called Emile) was the founder and namesake of Frey & Co, a maker focused on women's watches in Madretsch near Bienne in the early 20th century. Frey was born around 1880. His father, Rudolf Frey, was said to be from Weißlingen in Canton Zürich but formed a partnership with Jules Adolf Monnier of Tramelan in 1890 to produce watches there. Called Monnier & Frey, it was the predecessor in some ways to Emil Frey's firm. On October 7, ...")
- 13:56, 10 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Gottlieb Ruh (Created page with "Gottlieb Ruh (often misspelled Ruch) was co-founder of Frey & Co with Emile Frey. Gottlieb Ruh came from Buch near Schaffhausen. His father may have been Konrad Ruh, shoe-maker. On September 1, 1912, Ruh co-founded the watchmaking firm of Frey & Co with Emil Frey and limited partner Giacomo Trümpy. The firm was located in Madretsch near Bienne and Ruh invested and shared majority ownership with the eponymous Frey. Trümpy died the f...")
- 03:21, 10 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Freco (Created page with "Freco was the most popular brand of the Frey Watch Co (formerly Frey & Co) of Madretsch near Bienne. Frey & Cie. was founded on September 1, 1912 by Emile Frey (also called "Emil"), Gottlieb Ruh, and Giacomo Trümpy. The company was located in Madretsch near Bienne, which had previously been the location of Frey's Sigma factory, which was taken over by Péry after it failed in 1905. Emile Frey remained on at Péry until his new compan...")
- 03:07, 10 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Frey & Co (Redirected page to Freco) Tag: New redirect
- 18:05, 9 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Courvoisier Frères (Created page with "Although there were many watchmaking operations using the name Courvoisier, the name is most closely associated with a high-end maker of pocket watches in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the second half of the 19th century. Originally called Courvoisier & Cie., it was later renamed Courvoisier Frères under the sons of the founder. The company traces its roots to about 1770 and the firm of watchmaker Josué Robert. In 1787 Robert took on his son in law, Louis Courv...")
- 17:40, 9 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Courvoisier (Created page with "See: * Courvoisier Frères (originally Courvoisier & Cie.) maker of fine watches in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the second half of the 19th century * L. E. Courvoisier of Bienne Category:Disambiguation")
- 20:41, 4 September 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Martel Watch Co (Redirected page to Martel Watch) Tag: New redirect
- 03:07, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Centennial Exposition (Created page with "==Swiss Watchmakers== * Louis Audemars, Le Brassus * J. E. Antony-Bovy, La Chaux-de-Fonds * Baehni Frères, Bienne * J. M. Badollet & Co, Geneva * Eugéne Besancet-Blanc, Travers * J. B. Bitterlin-Schmidt, Le Locle * Désiré Colliot, Saint-Imier * J. Corcelle & Co, Geneva * Borel & Courvoisier, Neuchâtel * Daniel Ducommun, Gorgier * Dufaux, Lutz, & Fils, Geneva * Ernest Francillo...")
- 02:48, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Exposition Internationale (Created page with "* 1855 - Exposition Universelle de 1855 - Paris * 1867 - Exposition Universelle de 1867 - Paris * 1876 - Centennial Exposition - Phiadelphia * 1878 - Exposition Universelle de 1878 - Paris * 1889 - Exposition Universelle de 1889 - Paris * 1893 - World's Columbian Exposition - Chicago * 1897 - Exposition Internationale de 1897 - Brussels * Exposition Internationale de 1893 - Besanço...")
- 02:35, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Jeanneret Frères (Redirected page to Excelsior Park) Tag: New redirect
- 02:34, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page LeCoultre & Cie (Redirected page to Jaeger-LeCoultre) Tag: New redirect
- 02:32, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Girard-Perregaux & Cie (Redirected page to Girard-Perregaux) Tag: New redirect
- 02:32, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Patek, Philippe & Cie (Redirected page to Patek Philippe) Tag: New redirect
- 02:32, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Paul-D. Nardin (Redirected page to Ulysse Nardin) Tag: New redirect
- 02:31, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Müller & Cie (Redirected page to La Champagne) Tag: New redirect
- 02:30, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Moeri et Jeanneret (Redirected page to Moeris) Tag: New redirect
- 02:28, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page A. Lugrin (Redirected page to Lemania) Tag: New redirect
- 02:27, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Ernest Francillon & Cie (Redirected page to Longines) Tag: New redirect
- 02:21, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Louis Brandt & Frère (Redirected page to Omega) Tag: New redirect
- 01:00, 31 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Association Horlogère Suisse (Redirected page to Alpina) Tag: New redirect
- 13:32, 30 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Ditesheim (Redirected page to Movado) Tag: New redirect
- 13:31, 30 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page César Racine (Redirected page to Cesar Racine) Tag: New redirect
- 13:30, 30 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Exposition Internationale Universelle de 1900 (Created page with "The Exposition Internationale Universelle was held in Paris in 1900. This event marked a transition from watchmaking as a craft to the modern industry, and many watchmakers from around the world were present. ==Switzerland== * Aeschlimann Fils (Alexandre), Fleurier, Neuchâtel - Pierres et contre-pivots pour boussoles. Phonographes et appareils électriques. * Association Horlogère Suisse, Bienne and Genève — Montres de poche * [[Battiaz]...")
- 05:37, 24 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Gedeon Thommen (Created page with "Gedeon Thommen (1831-1890) was a significant figure in the Swiss town of Waldenburg, known for his contributions to the watchmaking industry and his local community. ==Early Life and Education== Gedeon Thommen was born on December 7, 1831. The son of Martin Thommen, a rope-maker turned magistrate in Waldenburg. The Thommen family had its roots in Eptingen, where Gedeon's father had learned the rope-making trade. Martin Thommen moved to Waldenburg in 1825, where...")
- 21:17, 20 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Le Porte-Echappement Universel (Redirected page to Portescap) Tag: New redirect
- 21:17, 20 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Henri Quaile (Created page with "Henri Quaile (1907-1979) was a La Chaux-de-Fonds watchmaker closely associated with Portescap, where he worked for over 50 years. Henri (later called Henry) Quaile was born on May 25, 1907. He was of a watchmaking family and studied at the Technicum in La Chaux-de-Fonds to become an engineer. Quaile married Paulette Sara Isaac. Henry Quaile founded Le Porte-Echappement Universel with Fritz Marti and Georges Braunschweig in 1931 and s...")
- 00:16, 18 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Porte-Echappement (Redirected page to Portescap) Tag: New redirect
- 13:32, 17 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Brevet (Created page with "Brevet is the French word for patent. The Swiss Federal Office of Patents opened on November 14, 1888, with Paul Perret waiting overnight to receive the first to be issued. ==History of Patents in Switzerland== As early as 1849 a motion requesting the introduction of patents was presented to the National Council, which rejected it. In 1851, a similar petition from Theodore Zappinger of Mannedorf and two other Zurich manufacturers was made. In 1854,...")
- 02:05, 17 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Fritz Marti (Created page with "Frédéric "Fritz" Marti (1892-1983) was a Swiss engineer and businessman famous for inventing Incabloc and leading Portescap. ==Early Life== Frédéric "Fritz" Marti was born in Lyss in 1892. His family were poor farmers, with a few cows and horses, and young Fritz worked in the fields. He was sent to Bevaix to learn French, showing quick aptitude for learning. On the advice of an aunt, his father sent Fritz to the technical school in Berthoud. He...")
- 02:05, 15 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Paul Berret (Created page with "Paul Berret (1889-1949) was a watchmaker closely associated with the town of Moutier and the Fabrique d'Ébauches Vénus, which he founded in 1924. Paul Berret was born in Cornol in 1889 and was raised in Delémont, where his father had a wine business. It is said that he had "the Ajoulots' fiery temperament and easy laughter" and hid a serious nature behind an appearance of carelessness. After his technical studies, Berret became technical dire...")
- 01:44, 15 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Montres Sultana (Redirected page to Sultana) Tag: New redirect
- 14:57, 13 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Emmanuel-Daniel Hirsch to Daniel Hirsch
- 14:57, 13 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Hirsch (Created page with "The Hirsch watchmaking family originated in Hattstatt, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, and came to La Chaux-de-Fonds around 1874. The most prominent member was Achille Hirsch, founder of Montres Invar, though his brother Daniel Hirsch was also influential as founder of Levrette. * Cerf Hirtzel Hirsch (April 6, 1813-October 30, 1888) married 1835 Eve Zivy (1809-1841) and married 1843 Caroline Dreyfus (1822-1874) ** Félix Hirsch (1837-1838) ** Isaac Hirsch (18...")
- 05:10, 13 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Emmanuel-Daniel Hirsch (Created page with "Emmanuel-Daniel Hirsch was a watchmaker and businessman in La Chaux-de-Fonds around the turn of the 20th century. Daniel Hirsch married Lucie Bloch of Alsace in March 1884 and the couple had a son, Fernand, in April 1885. It is likely that he was the brother of Achille Hirsch, founder of Montres Invar, as both are mentioned in the 1888 death announcement of Cerf Hirsch. Hirsch went into business with Isaac Braunschweig, who was likely his br...")
- 14:00, 11 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Braunschweig (Created page with "The Braunschweig family was deeply involved in watchmaking, especially in La Chaux-de-Fonds: * Lazare Lucien Braunschweig (1819-November 02, 1899) married Caroline Lévy (1824-November 09, 1897) founded Election ** Alphonse Braunschweig (November 02, 1855-August 10, 1906) married June 15, 1883 Adrieenne Bloch (1863-1928?) became director of Election around 1885 *** Arnold Braunschweig (March 07, 1884-July 13, 1918) married 1918 Suzanne Esther Levy - mana...")
- 03:52, 11 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Levrette (Created page with "Levrette was a mid-priced watch brand registered in 1902 by the Braunschweig family of La Chaux-de-Fonds. It was taken over by Charles Wilhelm in 1932, who moved it up-market especially after World War II. The brand failed in the 1970s but was briefly re-started in the 1990s by Franco Boiocchi as a mid-priced line below his Paul Picot brand in Italy. ==Braunschweig== Moïse Braunschsweig settled near La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1832, le...")
- 15:04, 8 August 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Glycine (Created page with "Glycine (originally "La Glycine") is a watch brand established in Bienne in 1914. Originally focused on watches for women, Glycine was a pioneer of automatic watches and 24 hour watches. ==La Glycine== The firm of Fabrique d'horlogerie La Glycine was formed as a joint-stock company based in Bienne on March 2, 1914. The company was formed for "manufacture and trade in watches" with share capital of 70,000 francs divided into 70 registered shares....")
- 18:50, 30 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Martel to Martel Watch
- 17:16, 21 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Ponts-de-Martel (Created page with ":Main Article: Ponts-de-Martel Category:Canton Neuchâtel")
- 16:30, 21 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Ponts-de-Martel (Created page with "Les Ponts-de-Martel is a small town near Le Locle that has historically been home to complicated watchmaking. ==Notable Companies== * Pontifa - Also called M.-T. Stauffer-Young, Pontifa was founded in 1865 by Henri Stauffer and produced pocket and bracelet watches, ultra-thin watches, chronographs, stopwatches, clocks, alarm clocks, and speciality equipment. * E. Mathey-Tissot - Founded in 1886 by Edmond Mathey-Tissot, the company produced complica...")
- 16:27, 21 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Les Ponts-de-Martel (Redirected page to Ponts-de-Martel) Tag: New redirect
- 12:45, 21 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Universal (Redirected page to Universal Genève) Tag: New redirect
- 13:50, 19 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Rueff Frères (Created page with "There were a few different watchmaking companies in La Chaux-de-Fonds around the turn of the 20th century. Most notable was Rueff Frères, made up of Maurice and Aimé Rueff. Rueff Frères was founded as Didisheim & Rueff Frères, with the widow of Gabriel Didisheim joining Maurice Rueff of Belfort and Aimé Rueff of Epiquerez. Didisheim and Maurice Rueff lived in Saint-Imier at this time, while Aimé Rueff was from La Chaux-de-Fonds, where the company was establish...")
- 21:26, 18 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Montres Venus (Redirected page to Venus Watch) Tag: New redirect
- 13:41, 18 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Schwarz-Etienne (Created page with ":Main Article: Schwarz-Etienne Category:Watchmaking families Category:La Chaux-de-Fonds")
- 13:37, 18 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Poldy Froidevaux (Created page with "Poldy Froidevaux (1920-1985) was a maker of watch glass in La Chaux-de-Fonds. He was the son of Helyette Schwarz, eldest child of watchmaker Paul Schwarz-Etienne, and Roger Froixdevaux. Poldy-Roger-Gaston Froidevaux was born on April 2, 1920, in Le Noirmont. His mother Helyette Schwarz came from the Schwarz-Etienne watchmaking family. She and her brother Gaston Schwarz married Roger Froidevaux and Marie-Pauline-Léontine Froidevau...")
- 17:47, 17 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Helyette Schwarz (Created page with "Helyette Schwarz (1890s-1955) was the eldest of the children of watchmaker Olga and Paul Schwarz-Etienne of the namesake 20th century watchmaking company of La Chaux-de-Fonds. Helyette and her brother Gaston Schwarz purchased Montres Sultana in 1935 and this became a key component of the Schwarz family watch firms. ==Personal Life== Paul-Arthur Schwarz (1870-1940) was a watchmaker known for the La Chaux-de-Fonds...")
- 15:43, 17 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Caesar Racine (Created page with "Caesar Racine was a historic maker of complicated watches, notably repeaters and chronographs, in Le Locle. Category:Le Locle Category:Watch brands R")
- 15:42, 17 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Bossert et Jacot (Created page with "Bossert et Jacot was a maker of chronograph watches in Le Locle. The company succeeded Auguste Breting & Cie, a house created in 1835, and specialized in complicated watches. Category:Le Locle Category:Watch brands B")
- 15:39, 17 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Henchoz Frères (Created page with "Henchoz Frères was a historic maker of watches, notably chrongraphs, in Le Locle. The company used brands such as Ascot, The Tattersall, and The Winner. The company manufactured its own chronograph movements, and these were used by other brands, in particular Guinand. Category:Le Locle Category:Watch brands H")
- 16:12, 5 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Le Phare-Jean d'Eve (Redirected page to Jean d'Eve) Tag: New redirect
- 02:05, 3 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Eloyes to Adolphe Gutmann
- 01:56, 3 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Eloyes (Created page with "Eloyes Watch was a the company of Adolphe Gutmann, a Prussian watchmaker in Saint-Imier and La Chaux-de-Fonds around the turn of the century. Adolphe Gutmann was a Prussian watchmaker, born in Eberswalde. Adolphe Gutmann is listed as a watchmaker in Saint-Imier by 1873 on Rue du Stand. He moved to Grande Rue 17 by 1883 and Rue du Temple 4 by 1898. Gutmann was keen on producing open heart watches with cut-away dials and exposed balances,...")
- 01:04, 3 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Mildia (Created page with "Mildia was a long-running watchmaking company in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Founded as U. Mosimann & Fils in 1876, it became Mosimann Frères in 1889, Mosimann & Cie in 1895, Fabrique Mildia in 1918, Fabrique des Montres Mildia SA in 1931, acquired by the Schwarz-Etienne in 1976, and finally liquidated in 2012. Category:Schwarz-Etienne Category:La Chaux-de-Fonds")
- 18:52, 2 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Fédéral Watch (Created page with "Fédéral Watch was the name used by the Gutmann family of La Chaux-de-Fonds from 1909. ==Jacob Gutmann== Jacob Gutmann was active as a watchmaker at Léopold-Robert 14 in La Chaux-de-Fonds by 1883. He brought his son André Gutmann into the firm by December 1896. ==Gutmann & Cie== Jacob Gutmann brought his son André Gutmann in to a partnership known as Gutmann & Cie. on July 1, 1900. The company focused on the manufacture, purchase, and sale of watc...")
- 15:44, 2 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Aero Watch (Created page with "Aero Watch (often spelled Aéro) was a watch brand in Neuchâtel founded by Jean Grandy in 1937 and operated by Maxime Courvoisier from 1942 through 1973. In December 1942, Crevoisier joined Aero Watch with founder Jean Grandy as the company was reorganized. He reorganized the company as a Société Anonyme on June 15, 1945 with 52,000 francs of capital. Both Courvoisier (president) and Grandy (secretary) remained with the com...")
- 14:33, 2 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Maxime Crevoisier (Created page with "Maxime Crevoisier (1907-1975) was an industrialist most associated with Aero Watch but also formerly chairman of Astin. Crevoisier died in Neuchâtel on September 4, 1975 at the age of 68. Category:Biography C")
- 13:30, 2 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Montres Astin (Redirected page to Astin) Tag: New redirect
- 02:09, 2 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Gaston Cattin (Created page with "Gaston-Henri Cattin was a watchmaker from Le Noirmont who worked in La Chaux-de-Fonds. He founded Astin in 1926 and Rodams in 1936. Cattin founded Montres Astin in 1926 but the company entered bankruptcy proceedings in 1931. It continued operating, though Cattin left the firm in favor of Charles Donzé in August of 1936. Astin was taken over by the Schwarz-Etienne family in 1944 and remained in their hands through th...")
- 01:25, 2 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page André Schwarz (Created page with "André Schwarz (1924-1993) was an industrialist and heir to the Schwarz-Etienne family legacy. He inherited a variety of watchmaking businesses in La Chaux-de-Fonds from his father Herbert Schwarz and his uncles, including the eponymous business started by his grandfather, Paul Schwarz-Etienne. André Schwarz was born about 1924. His father was Herbert Schwarz (1895-1955) and his mother was Hedwige Bachmann (1893-1966). He...")
- 23:59, 1 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Astin (Created page with "Astin Watch Co. was founded in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1926 and continued in operation for decades. It was later part of the Schwarz-Etienne family of watchmaking companies. Category:La Chaux-de-Fonds")
- 23:34, 1 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Alfa (Created page with "Montres Alfa was a Lucerne watchmaker founded in 1933. Montres Alfa was founded as a Société Anonyme on November 13, 1933. Share capital was set at 20,000 francs, and the board of directors consisted of industrialist Georges Perrenoud and businessman Kaspar Schmid. The company was located at Eisengasse 9 in Lucerne. Category:Lucerne")
- 13:43, 1 July 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Paul-Arthur Schwarz to Paul Schwarz-Etienne
- 22:27, 30 June 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Paul Berner (Created page with "Paul Berner (1858-1942) was watchmaker born and died in La Chaux-de-Fonds. After an apprenticeship at the watchmaking school in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Paul Berner perfected his skills with the best watchmakers in La Sagne, Le Locle and Geneva. In 1882, he became a teacher of watchmaking theory at the Watchmaking School in Bienne, as well as work supervisor in the field of escapements. Two years later, he was appointed director of the watchmaking school of La Chaux-de-Fonds....")
- 00:59, 29 June 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Paul-Arthur Schwarz (Created page with "Paul-Arthur Schwarz (1870-1940) was a watchmaker known for the La Chaux-de-Fonds firm of Schwarz-Etienne which he founded in 1902 or 1905. He married Olga Etienne, taking on her name to become Schwarz-Etienne, by 1912. Paul Schwarz was born in 1870 in Lauperswil and was active as a watchmaker in La Chaux-de-Fonds early after the turn of the century. Although many sources claim that he established his firm in 1902, it is specif...")
- 19:13, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Swiss Cantons (Created page with "Category:Switzerland")
- 19:12, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Canton Berne (Created page with ":Main Article: Canton Berne Berne")
- 19:10, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Canton Solothurn (Created page with ":Main Article: Canton Solothurn")
- 19:10, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Grenchen (Created page with ":Main Article: Grenchen Category:Canton of Solothurn")
- 19:09, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:ETA (Created page with ":Main article: ETA Category:Ebauches SA Category:Swatch Group Category:Grenchen")
- 19:03, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Jura triangle (Created page with ":Main Article: Jura triangle Category:Watch regions")
- 19:02, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Le Locle (Created page with "Category:Jura triangle Category:Canton of Neuchâtel")
- 19:01, 25 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:La Chaux-de-Fonds (Created page with "Category:Jura triangle Category:Canton of Neuchâtel")
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- 22:01, 23 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Grail Watch Wiki:General disclaimer (Created page with "All Grail Watch Wiki content is based on public domain information. To protect privacy, we attempt to limit our research to public figures and deceased individuals. We will remove any information about private living persons upon request.")
- 21:58, 23 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Grail Watch Wiki:About (Created page with "Grail Watch Wiki is Stephen Foskett's personal notebook for research into the history of horology. Although this wiki is open to the public, we do not allow registrations or contributions. This is simply a vehicle for Stephen Foskett to keep a notebook of his research. No article here should be considered "done" since he is constantly modifying and updating them. All content here is based on independent research from a wide variety of primary sources. Some of these sou...")
- 12:56, 22 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Bæhni (Redirected page to Baehni) Tag: New redirect
- 12:55, 22 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Bähni (Redirected page to Baehni) Tag: New redirect
- 19:00, 19 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page La Nationale-Spiraux (Redirected page to Fabrique Nationale de Spiraux) Tag: New redirect
- 15:44, 19 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Fabrique Nationale de Spiraux (Created page with "Fabrique Nationale de Spiraux was a dissident maker of balance springs in La Chaux-de-Fonds operating from 1905 through 1929. The company was officially registered as La Nationale-Spiraux SA in November 1905 (though even then it used the name "Fabrique Nationale"), briefly represented Paul Perret's Invar springs, and merged with the defunct competitor G.-A. Ulrich (formerly Bucher-Moser) in 1914. The company was purchased by th...")
- 15:28, 16 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Paul Perret (Created page with "Paul Perret (1854-1903) was a watchmaker and regulator famous for promoting Invar, the material invented by Charles-Edouard Guillaume, for use in balances and hairsprings. He died just as his spring factory was getting started and it was sold to the FSR cartel. In 2014, a watch brand was created to celebrate Perret, but this failed as of 2022. Category:Biography P Category:FSR")
- 00:29, 16 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page J.-A. Courvoisier (Redirected page to Julien-Albert Courvoisier-Clément) Tag: New redirect
- 00:28, 16 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Charles Dufaux (Redirected page to Dufaux Lutz) Tag: New redirect
- 00:28, 16 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Baehni et Cie (Redirected page to Baehni) Tag: New redirect
- 16:23, 12 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Charles-Adolphe Huguenin (Created page with "Charles-Adolphe Huguenin (1865-1910s) was the second generation of the Huguenin family to produce escapements in Le Locle. He worked with his brother Charles-Louis "Louis" Huguenin as "Chs et Ls Huguenin" before striking out on his own. Commonly called Chs-Ad Huguenin, Charles-Adolphe was a successful watchmaker and his villa in Le Locle remains an important historic home. ==Charles and Lewis Huguenin of Le Locle and La Chaux-de-Fonds=...")
- 15:56, 12 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Charles-Louis Huguenin (Created page with "Charles-Louis "Louis" Huguenin (1869-1940) was the second generation of the Huguenin family to produce escapements in Le Locle. He worked with his brother Charles-Adolphe Huguenin-Perrenoud as "Chs et Ls Huguenin" and later under the name the La Concorde. Commonly called Louis Huguenin (like his son), Charles-Louis was deeply involved in the consolidation of the Swiss watch industry, serving on the board of FSR and as a founder of ASUAG and ...")
- 13:38, 11 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Louis-Edouard Huguenin-Jeanneret (Created page with "Louis-Edouard Huguenin-Jeanneret (1894-1973) was the third generation of the Huguenin family to produce escapements in Le Locle. He inherited the La Concorde factory from his father, Charles-Louis Huguenin, following his death in 1940, and his son (also of the same name) took over on his retirement. ==Charles and Lewis Huguenin of Le Locle and La Chaux-de-Fonds== The Huguenin families of Le Locle and La Chaux-de-Fonds were quite large an...")
- 21:37, 9 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page La Concorde (Created page with "La Concorde was the name used in the early 20th century for the Le Locle-based assortiment factory established in 1850 by the Huguenin brothers that became the foundation for Nivarox-FAR. In 1850, the brothers William Huguenin and Charles-Louis Huguenin came from La Brévine to settle in Le Locle to produce assortiments for watches. Their earliest products included the anchor and escape wheel needed to produce watches. After his d...")
- 17:39, 9 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Nivarox SA (Redirected page to Nivarox) Tag: New redirect
- 03:12, 9 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Pierre Renggli (Created page with "Pierre Renggli (1926-[[]]) was chairman of ASUAG from 1972 through Pierre Renggli was born on July 14, 1926, in Bienne. Renggli completed his primary and secondary studies in his native town before attending the universities of Bern and Paris. A doctor of law and a lawyer, he took an early interest in watchmaking. His father, Paul Renggli, had followed a similar career trajectory and was president of ASUAG from 1935 through 1962. At...")
- 02:46, 9 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Théodore Renfer (Created page with "Théodore Renfer (1897-) was president of ASUAG from 1955 through 1971. Born on December 19, 1897 in Bienne, Théodore Renfer Renfer handed over the presidency of ASUAG to Pierre Renggli in 1971 at the age of 73. The two had worked closely together since 1968. For a few more years, he continued to sit on the board of directors of several holding companies and devoted his attention to major financial problems. Théodore Renfer m...")
- 22:11, 8 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Paul Renggli (Created page with "Paul Renggli (1886-1978) was a notable figure in the Swiss watchmaking industry who made significant contributions to the economy and the horological field. Paul Albert Renggli was born about 1886 and lived to be 92 years of age. Paul Renggli began his professional career as a lawyer, practicing at the well-known law firm of Mes Moll and Renggli. However, his passion for industry and innovation led him to explore opportunities beyond the legal realm. In 1...")
- 12:53, 4 May 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Category:Biography V (Created page with "Category:Biography")
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- 21:37, 25 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Meier & Giroud (Created page with "Meier & Giroud was a maker of assortiments in Bienne from 1924 through its takeover by FAR in 1933, at which time it was absorbed into "Branch E" of the cartel. ==History== The company was founded for the manufacture and sale of anchor assortments and related items in 1924 as Meier, Giroud & Cie. It was established in Bienne as a limited partnership with two unlimited partners, Alwin Meier and Adhémar Giroud, and Hans Trösch as...")
- 21:19, 25 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Adhémar Giroud (Created page with "Adhémar Giroud (1885-1956) founded an assortiment factory in Bienne and was a founding member of FAR. Adhémar Giroud was born in Le Locle in 1885. In 1922, Giroud founded an assortiment factory in Bienne. When Fabriques d'Assortiments Réunies was founded, Giroud was made director of the Bienne branch, which was consolidated at his factory. Giroud retired in 1951 and died in April 1956. Category:Biography G Cat...")
- 13:38, 24 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Reinhard Straumann (Created page with "Reinhard Straumann (1892-1967) was a Swiss engineer and inventor who made significant contributions to the field of precision engineering and watchmaking. ==Early Live== Reinhard Straumann was born on November 3, 1892 in Bennwil, Switzerland, to Reinhard Straumann, a teacher, and Anna Heinimann. He spent his early years in Waldenburg, where his father was later elected as a teacher, and was closely associated with that town throughout his life. He atten...")
- 13:19, 24 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Paul Pingeon (Created page with "Paul-Louis Pingeon (1907-1963) was a founder and director of Nivarox SA in Saint-Imier. ==Biography== Paul-Louis Pingeon was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1907 and studied watchmaking at the technical school there. After graduating he moved to Geneva and Schramberg to work before returning to his home region and settling in Saint-Imier. When Le Locle industrialist Georges Perrenoud took over the Saint-Imier spring factory...")
- 20:34, 22 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Gaston Schwarz (Created page with "Gaston Schwarz (1893-1952) was the founder of Sultana Watch Company, a board member of Le Phare and Astin, and inherited a share of Schwarz-Etienne. Paul Gaston Schwarz was born on September 23, 1893 in Renan, Canton Berne, Switzerland. He showed aptitude for business at a young age, and his father, founder of the Schwarz-Etienne watch company, taught him the ropes. He married Marguerite Laubscher, who survived him, and had two su...")
- 20:07, 21 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Georges Perrenoud (Created page with " Georges-Alfred Perrenoud was born on September 22, 1885, in La Sagne, Switzerland. After taking over his family's assortiments business in Le Locle, Perrenoud rose to become one of the most important industrialists of the town. He is best remembered as the owner of Dixi machine tools, though he also initiated the creation of FAR and owned Zénith for a time. ==Obituary== Perrenoud's first venture was with his family's assortiment busine...")
- 18:15, 20 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Marguerite Gallay (Created page with "Marguerite Gallay was a watchmaker who managed the Gallay assortiment factory in Le Sentier in the 1930s. Marguerite Gallay was the daughter of John-Henri Gallay, maker of assortiments in Le Sentier. After his death, Marguerite managed the company along with her brother Georges Gallay. On November 16, 1933, the Gallay factory became Branch D of the Fabriques d'Assortiments Réunies. Marguerite and Georges Gallay remained on as managers and the f...")
- 13:36, 19 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Werner Ruch (Created page with "Werner Ruch (1899-1952) was the namesake and founder of the spring maker W. Ruch & Cie of Saint-Imier. Werner Ruch was born around 1899 in Mitloedi, but the Ruch family relocated to Saint-Imier before 1923. Ruch married Jacqueline née Guenat. Together with his father Albert Ruch (son of Abraham Ruch), Werner Ruch founded a spiral spring factory in Saint-Imier on August 12, 1929. The company avoided competing with the balan...")
- 13:17, 19 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page To Do List (Created page with "==People to investigate== ===Bankers=== * Henri Cuenat * Paul-Ernest Mosimann * Peter Obrecht * Émile Juillard senior * Paul Lardon * Maurice Savoye * Édouard Tissot-Daguette * Jean Gabus * Louis Gaillard * Édouard Petitpierre * Charles Seinet * Ernst Scherz * Émile Juillard junior * Georges Gabus-Savoye")
- 13:03, 19 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Louis-Edmond Gagnebin (Created page with "Louis-Edmond Gagnebin (1879-1959) was a Swiss banker and industrialist. Edmond Gagnebin took over the factory of his father, Numa Gagnebin, before World War I. In 1928 he reorganized the firm as Société Anonyme Les Fils de Numa Gagnebin, which produced watches under the name Numa. Gagnebin was involved in banking and trade unions, especially in the French-speaking regions of Canton Berne. He was a member of the management for...")
- 12:54, 19 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Louis-Paul Monnet (Created page with "Louis-Paul Monnet (1891-1936) was a financier who worked with ASUAG, FIDHOR, and Ebauches SA. Louis-Paul Monnet was born in 1891. He was appointed by the Neuchâtel Council of State to become a manager of the Banque Cantonale Neuchâteloise in 1928, and served in this position through 1936. Monnet was committed to the cause of consolidation ant the cartel, and was involved in most such activities at the time. Monnet became involved...")
- 12:47, 19 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Werner Brandt (Created page with "Werner Brandt senior (1875-1959) was a Swiss industrialist. Werner Brandt was born in 1875 and trained as a watchmaker in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Morat and Besançon. He went to work for the Boillat Foundry in Reconvilier in 1903, where he rose from production manager in 1904 to authorized representative in 1917, managing director in 1930, and secretary of the board of directors from 1944 through his death in 1959. Br...")
- 12:43, 19 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Armin Laubscher (Created page with "Armin Laubscher (1886-1955) was a banker and financier involved in the watch industry. Armin Laubscher was born in Täuffelen in Canton Berne in 1866. His was a family of industrial watchmakers, but Armin chose a career as a banker instead. Laubscher worked for the Société de Banque Suisse, where he was Deputy Director from 1928, then director from 1935 of the branch in Basel. He became a general manager for the bank from 1950 to [...")
- 03:40, 19 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Alphonse Gogler (Created page with "Alphonse Gogler (1866-1945) Edouard-Alphonse Gogler was born on November 14, 1866. He married Marie-Louise Harder née Esnault of Neuchatel and apprenticed as a bank clerk at the Banque Rieckel. Gogler joined Justin-Ernest Jeanneret in a partnership known as Jeanneret & Gogler on November 1, 1893. This was a watch manufacturer and continued the business previously of Jeanneret alone. The partnership was dissolved on December 31, 1901 and tak...")
- 21:49, 18 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Gustave Ulrich (Created page with "Gustave Ulrich (1893-1958) was director of the Fabriques Nationales de Spiraux et de Ressorts. Gustave-Adolphe Ulrich was born in 1893 in La Chaux-de-Fonds. He completed his commercial studies there before a rapid but serious technical study in Germany. At a very young age, he took over, with the help of his father, director of the Brasserie de la Comète, the management of a small balance-spring factory, owned by a relative of his mother, the [...")
- 18:27, 18 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Montres Berna (Redirected page to Berna) Tag: New redirect
- 18:09, 18 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page W. Ruch & Cie (Created page with "W. Ruch & Cie was a manufacturer of balance springs in Saint-Imier in the 1930s. The company was founded by Werner Ruch and his father Albert Ruch and became part of Fabrique de Spiraux Réunies before being split, with Reinhard Straumann's Nivarox SA, in 1937. Ruch remained in operation inside FSR through 1962. ==Detailed Timeline== * 1929 - August 1 - W. Ruch & Cie is founded in Saint-Imier by Albert Ruch and his son ...")
- 13:52, 18 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Glucydur (Created page with "Glucydur is a trademarked name for an alloy of beryllium and bronze typically used in balance wheels. The development of Glucydur in the 1930s coincided with that of Nivarox for balance springs and caused a revolution in construction and accuracy of an assortiment. ==The Search for Stable Balance Materials== The development of advanced materials for watch balances was necessary due to many undesirable aspects of steel, which had been the primary materia...")
- 04:27, 18 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Charles-Edouard Guillaume (Created page with "Charles-Edouard Guillaume (1861-1938) was a genius physicist born in Fleurier, Switzerland, who completed his studies in Neuchâtel before obtaining an engineering degree from the Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich. Guillaume joined the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Paris in 1883, where he worked for 53 years and became its director for 17 years until 1936. Guillaume's work on the alloys of iron, chromium, and nickel led to...")
- 04:01, 18 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Charles Bonny (Created page with "Charles Bonny (1876-1935) was a prominent businessman in Bienne and served as director of watchmaking firm La Générale. ==Obituary== With Charles Bonny, one of the first industrialists of the city of Biel and one of the most friendly figures in our watchmaking world has passed away. Born in La Brévine in 1876, he came to La Chaux-de-Fonds at the age of nine, where he continued his schooling. Then he went to Schiers to learn German. From t...")
- 03:57, 18 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page César Schild (Redirected page to César Schild-Krebs) Tag: New redirect
- 03:56, 18 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page César Schild-Krebs (Created page with "César Schild-Krebs (1878-1936) was a prominent Swiss businessman and watchmaker who made a significant contribution to the watchmaking industry during his lifetime, serving as director and president of A. Schild and the first vice-president of the board of directors of Ebauches SA. ==Obituary== Schild-Krebs was known for his extensive experience in the business world and his strong personality, which made him a respected figure in the watchmaking commu...")
- 03:47, 18 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Auguste Roulet (Created page with "Auguste Roulet (1886-1939) was a prominent figure in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in the fields of law, business, and public service. ==Obituary== Auguste Roulet was born in 1886 in Neuchâtel, but spent two semesters at the University of Berlin in 1908 and 1909. However, it was in Neuchâtel where his life passed, and he became one with the land and its traditions. Following in the footsteps of his father, who was a notary, politician, and col...")
- 03:36, 18 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Adrien Francillon (Created page with "Adrien Francillon was a dedicated and enthusiastic worker who spent 30 years of his life at the Longines factory in St-Imier. He started his career in the commercial department and became a powerful liaison between the commercial and manufacturing departments. He became a fondé de pouvoirs in 1915 and was a member of the Board of Directors since 1919. Besides his work at Longines, he was also involved in several public activities in St-Imier, including the Comm...")
- 02:58, 18 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Swiza (Created page with "Louis Schwab (1876-1935) was a Swiss entrepreneur who established himself as a pioneer in the watchmaking industry. His dream was to create his own business and take advantage of the development opportunities offered by the industrialization of the watchmaking industry. Schwab began working at a young age and through his economies, he managed to purchase some machines and partnered with Mr. C. Schaller in 1904 to found the Bellevue factory in Moutier....")
- 18:01, 17 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Hahn Frères & Cie (Redirected page to Charles Hahn & Cie) Tag: New redirect
- 18:00, 17 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Hahn Frères (Redirected page to Charles Hahn & Cie) Tag: New redirect
- 17:26, 17 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Léon Lévy Frères (Redirected page to Pierce) Tag: New redirect
- 03:37, 17 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Georges Sandoz (Created page with "Two men named Georges Sandoz (father and son) were deeply involved with the Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies. ==Georges Sandoz-Nicoud== Georges Sandoz-Nicoud was born around 1845. He married the daughter of Frédéric Nicoud (1815-1887). By 1875, Georges Sandoz was operating a watchmaking business at Rue St-Pierre 12 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the same address as his father in law. By 1880, Sandoz was a partner with Rivenc and Paquet in Geneva, operat...")
- 02:23, 17 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Usine Genevoise de Dégrossissage d'Or (Created page with "l'Usine Genevoise de Dégrossissage d'Or (Geneva gold roughing factory) or UGDO is a gold-processing factory in Geneva in operation from 1850 through the 1970s. The Geneva gold roughing factory was established around 1870 in a former iron forge on the banks of the Rhone river. Built in 1850, the original building was badly damaged by fire in 1899. It was repaired but once again burned in 1915 and was torn down. The replacement structure was quic...")
- 02:09, 16 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Charles Hahn to Charles Hahn & Cie
- 02:09, 16 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Aimé-Auguste Hahn (Created page with "Aimé-Auguste Hahn (1821-1905) was a co-founder of Hahn Frères in Le Landeron with his brother Charles Hahn. ==Biography== Aimé-Auguste Hahn was born on August 30, 1821 in La Chaux-de-Fonds. His father was apparently also named Aimé-Auguste Hahn. David-Henri Tissot-Vougeux worked with him under the name Hahn et Tissot in La Chaux-de-Fonds, but this business was dissolved on December 21, 1844. On December 31, 1844, Aimé-Auguste...")
- 13:46, 14 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page SSS (Redirected page to Société Suisse des Spiraux) Tag: New redirect
- 13:34, 14 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Fritz Huguenin (Created page with "Fritz Huguenin (1847-1917) was the editor of La Fédération Horlogère, the official journal of the Swiss watchmaking federation, a member of many industry groups and associations, and an influential politician. ==Biography== Fritz Huguenin was born in Le Locle on May 31, 1847. After schooling, Huguenin became a watchmaker in the town, as did most of his peers. In 1885, Huguenin became secretary of the first association of silver watch case ma...")
- 12:47, 14 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Páquet et Rivenc (Redirected page to Sandoz Spiraux) Tag: New redirect
- 18:53, 13 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Maurice Robert (Created page with "Maurice Robert (1888-1953), son of Auguste-Charles Robert-Tissot, was manager of the Fabrique d'Horlogerie de Fontainemelon from 1918 through its merger into Ebauches SA until his sudden death in 1953. Maurice Robert died suddenly in 1953. Management of FHF was immediately handed to his son, Denis Robert, who had worked at the company since 1945 and would manage it as the fifth generation of the Robert family through 1982....")
- 18:50, 13 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Obrecht & Kully (Redirected page to Obrecht & Cie) Tag: New redirect
- 18:48, 13 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Eusèb Obrecht (Redirected page to Euseb Obrecht-Kessler) Tag: New redirect
- 18:23, 13 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Paul Robert (Created page with "Paul Robert-Tissot (1863-1940) was the heir to and leader of the Fabrique d’Horlogerie de Fontainemelon from 1890 through 1940 and was a founding board member of Ebauches SA. ==Biography== Paul Robert-Tissot was born in 1863 in Le Locle and later lived in La Chaux-de-Fonds. As reported in his obituary, his life "was essentially devoted to the factory of Fontainemelon blanks." In 1888, Robert-Tissot was appointed director of th...")
- 17:00, 10 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Euseb Obrecht-Kessler (Created page with "Eusèb Obrecht-Kessler was a watchmaker in Grenchen responsible for the companies Obrecht & Cie and Société d'Horlogerie de Granges. Category:Biography O Category:Grenchen")
- 14:59, 10 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Société d'Horlogerie de Granges (Created page with "The Société d'Horlogerie de Granges was a large maker of ebauches in Grenchen in the late 19th century. Established in 1871, the company quickly surpassed the firms of Girard Frères and Schild Frères and became one of the largest suppliers of watch movements in the world. Established in 1871, the Société d'Horlogerie de Granges was founded to capitalize on the success of Urs Schild and others in manufacturing ebauches in Grenchen...")
- 13:10, 10 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Lengnau (Created page with "Lengnau is a municipality located very close to Grenchen and Pieterlen.")
- 12:19, 10 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page P. Obrecht & Cie (Redirected page to Obrecht & Cie) Tag: New redirect
- 12:19, 10 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page E. Obrecht (Redirected page to Obrecht & Cie) Tag: New redirect
- 12:18, 10 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Gebr. Schild & Cie (Redirected page to Eterna) Tag: New redirect
- 19:38, 8 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Fabrique Suisse de Balanciers (Created page with "Fabrique Suisse de Balanciers was a company that produced balances for watches, first in La Chaux-de-Fonds and later in La Sagne. It was active between 1906 and 1934. ==La Chaux-de-Fonds== The Fabrique Suisse de Balanciers was established in La Chaux-de-Fonds on July 13, 1906. Its purpose was the acquisition and operation of watch balance factories and the sale of these items, including escapement parts. The initial share capital was 80,...")
- 18:50, 8 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Charles-Albert Vuille (Created page with "Charles-Albert Vuille was an industrialist focused on watchmaking in La Chaux-de-Fonds. He was long the administrator of Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies and was also a founding member of UBAH. ==Biography== Charles-Albert Vuille was born on March 4 1866. Born to modest parents in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Vuille showed great promise and interned in Glasgow in 1886 before returning home to work. In 1898, Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies selected the...")
- 18:32, 8 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Société des Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies SA (Redirected page to Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies) Tag: New redirect
- 18:20, 8 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page SR (Redirected page to Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies) Tag: New redirect
- 18:19, 8 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page FAR (Created page with "{{Disambiguation}} * Fabriques d'Assortiments Réunies * Nivarox-FAR")
- 18:18, 8 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page FSR to Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies
- 18:18, 8 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs deleted page Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies (content was: "#REDIRECT FSR")
- 18:35, 7 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Jean Schwarzentrub (Created page with "==Timeline== * 1892 - Jean Schwarzentrub resigns from P. Obrecht & Cie of Grenchen * 1893 - August 1 - Jean Schwarzentrub and Arthur Müller form Schwarzentrub & Müller in Grenchen * 1893 - December 26 - Schwarzentrub & Müller is dissolved with the operation taken up by Jean Schwarzentrub alone * 1897 - July 6 - Friedli, Triebold & Cie is established as a maker and finisher of ebauches and escapements; Louis Friedli and Jean Schwarzentrub are m...")
- 15:08, 7 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Adolf Michel (Created page with "Adolf Michel (1866-1928) was a watch movement manufacturer in Grenchen and founding member of Ebauches SA. He founded the firm of A. Michel in 1898 with Jean Schwarzentrub. Note that his name is consistently spelled "Adolf" in German and "Adolphe" in French, both at the time and today. Category:Ebauches SA Category:A. Michel Category:Grenchen Category:Biography M")
- 15:02, 7 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Adolphe Michel to A. Michel
- 01:40, 7 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Baptiste Savoye (Created page with "Baptiste Savoye was a Swiss watchmaker and a prominent figure in the Swiss watchmaking industry. Savoye was born on October 8, 1851, in Corgémont, and his family moved to Saint-Imier the following year. Savoye began working as an office employee for Ernest Francillon, the director of the watchmaking factory that is now known as Fabriques des Longines, on January 1, 1871. He worked for 56 years, contributing significantly to the growth a...")
- 20:26, 6 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Resist SA (Created page with "==J.-H. Perret== A mainspring workshop was operated by J.-H. Perret in La Chaux-de-Fonds as early as 1848. It was located on Rue du Pont. This is listed as Jules-Henri Perret in 1861 and is located on Grande Rue 18B. This street was renamed Léopold-Robert in the 1870s, and the factory remained at the same address. By 1883 the factory was operated by Albert Perret. The firm was taken over by Rudolf Alfred Schwab of Siselen in June 1885. He regis...")
- 18:50, 6 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Robert Henri Guye (Redirected page to Robert Guye) Tag: New redirect
- 18:48, 6 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Camille Flotron (Created page with "Camille Flotron (1886-1941) was head of a mainspring factory called Resist SA and was active in many watchmaking organizations, including UBAH and ASUAG, where he was a founding board member. He died in a motor vehicle accident with Robert Guye on May 7, 1941. ==Biography== Camille Flotron was born in 1886. He was well-known throughout the watchmaking region, both as an industrialist and merchant. He was head of a watch spring factor...")
- 03:51, 5 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Ernest Dubois (Created page with "Ernest Dubois (1896-1968) was the head of the Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies. Ernest Dubois was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1896 and lived there most of his life. He attended the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and considered himself a scientist and engineer throughout his life. He researched the properties of various balance spring materials and developed many improvements in the field. Dubois was particularly a follower of...")
- 03:03, 5 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Louis-Edouard Berthoud (Created page with "Louis-Edouard Berthoud (1867-1947) was a Swiss watchmaker and co-founder of Universal Genève (originally called Perret et Berthoud). Louis-Edouard Berthoud was born around 1867 in Couvet in Neuchâtel, where he registered a watchmaking workshop in 1883. He moved to Le Locle and joined the firm of Numa-Emile Descombes and George-Ulysse Perret in 1896. Following Descombes death a year later, the firm was reorganized as Perret...")
- 02:36, 5 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Louis Muller to Louis Müller
- 02:35, 5 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Louis Muller (Created page with "Louis Muller (1864-1943) was a watch manufacturer based in Bienne known as the founder of the La Champagne factory there as well as his work in Swiss watch manufacturing organizations including ASUAG. Louis Muller was born around 1864, son of Louis Müller senior and Caroline Finkbeiner. After attending school in Bienne and Neuchâtel, the younger Muller joined the firm of his father, of the same name, in the city. In 1890, after his...")
- 22:35, 4 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Louis Huguenin (Created page with "Louis Huguenin (-1940) was director of an assortiment factory in Le Locle and was active in Fabriques d'Assortiments Réunies and ASUAG. ==Biography== Louis Huguenin dedicated his life to the watchmaking industry, working to improve and advance the craft. He was born into a family of watchmakers, and in May 1892, after his father Charles-Louis Huguenin passed away, Louis and his brother Charles took over the family business, the Fabrique d'Assortime...")
- 20:59, 4 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Hermann Obrecht (Created page with "Hermann Obrecht was a Swiss politician who served his country in various capacities throughout his career. He was born in 1882 in Grenchen and studied at the local teacher training school before becoming a primary school teacher. He then went on to work for the Soleure state government as a secretary in the department of finance, before eventually becoming the director of the newly created Solothurner Zeitung newspaper. Obrecht's career in politics began in 19...")
- 12:30, 4 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Landeron to Charles Hahn
- 21:37, 3 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Sydney de Coulon (Created page with "Sydney de Coulon (1889-1976) was called the "Grand Patron" of Swiss watchmaking. He ran Ebauches SA from 1933 through 1964, giving him indirect control over most Swiss watch manufacturers through ASUAG and the cartel. ==Early Life== Sydney de Coulon was born on March 24, 1889 and raised on the family estate known as Treytel along the shore of Lac de Neuchâtel near Bevaix. His father Alfred de Coulon and mother Léonie had 13 chi...")
- 22:39, 2 April 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Emile Schweingruber (Created page with "Emile Schweingruber (1867-1936) was a manufacturer of balance springs and mainsprings in Saint-Imier. Emile Schweingruber was born in 1867 in Saint-Imier. The son of Christian Schweingruber, he founded a balance spring factory there in 1898 to compete with the FSR cartel. The company was initially simply called "Emile Schweingruber" (often "Ele") but was renamed "Fabrique de Spiraux de St. Imier" in 1901. The company registered the "...")
- 16:03, 23 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Ébauches SA (Redirected page to Ebauches SA) Tag: New redirect
- 12:06, 21 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Montres Germinal (Created page with "Montres Germinal was a 20th century watchmaking company that traces its roots to the 19th century firm of Raphaël Picard and his sons, Moïse and Léon. Raphaël, Moïse, and Léon Picard came from Morteau in France ==Timeline== * 1883 - A survey of businesses show Picard Père & Fils as run by Raphaël, Moïse, and Léon Picard; it is engaged in the manufacture and sale of watches and is located at Rue de la Serre 10 in La Chaux-de-Fonds * 1886 - Picard Pè...")
- 11:55, 21 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Edmond Picard-Ulmann (Created page with ":See Also: Edmond Picard-Lévy Edmond Picard (1873-1942) was the founder of Montres Germinal, a Swiss watch company active in the first half of the 20th century. Edmond Picard was born December 3, 1873. He married Marthe-Gertrude Ulmann of Neuchâtel. Picard was closely associated with his home city of La Chaux-de-Fonds, where his watchmaking company, Montres Germinal was located. Edmond Picard died on July 7, 1942 after a long illness. He was...")
- 19:54, 20 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page La Champagne (Created page with "La Champagne was a watchmaking company based in Bienne in a former agricultural area of the same name. The firm was founded by Louis Müller and passed to his son (of the same name) in 1890. The company registered the "La Champagne" brand in 1906 and continued to use the name through the 1960s. ==Louis Müller== Louis Müller operated a watchmaking business in Bienne by 1866. The company was located at Rue Neuve 2 that year but relocated to Rue de l...")
- 14:51, 20 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page R. Picard (Redirected page to Invicta) Tag: New redirect
- 13:17, 20 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page R. Picard Fils (Redirected page to Invicta) Tag: New redirect
- 12:02, 20 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Edmond Picard (Created page with "Two prominent watchmakers of the late 19th and early 20th century were named Edmond Picard: * Edmond Picard-Lévy (1853-1914) - Partner in R. Picard Fils, the company that started the Invicta brand * Edmond Picard-Ulmann (1873-1942) - Founder of Picard et Co, the company behind the Germinal brand Category:Disambiguation")
- 18:32, 19 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Emile Meyer (Created page with "Emile Meyer (1859-1935) was a businessman involved in watchmaking, chiefly in La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the late 19th and early 20th century. His watchmaking and sales business, Blum & Frères Meyer, was a major force around the turn of the century and Meyer made his mark as representative, and later secretary, of the Société Suisse des Spiraux. Emile Meyer was born on January 18, 1859, in Canton Neuchâtel. His legal birth address was La Chaux-de-Fonds, b...")
- 16:18, 18 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Société Suisse des Spiraux (Created page with "Société Suisse des Spiraux (SSS) is a balance spring factory created by major Swiss watch manufacturers to compete with the cartel known as Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies (FSR). The group succeeded in building a competitive factory in La Chaux-de-Fonds and producing springs for their own use, blunting the impact of the cartel. ==Establishment== When the five largest makers of balance springs in Switzerland came together as a cartel to contr...")
- 21:16, 17 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Borle et Jéquier (Created page with "Borle et Jéquier was a balance spring maker in Fleurier set up to provide an alternative to the Fabriques de Spiraux Rèunies (FSR) cartel. The company was established in June 1896, less than a year after FSR was announced, and lasted until 1932. Borle et Jéquier was created to provide an alternative to the Fabriques de Spiraux Rèunies (FSR) cartel which controlled the balance spring industry since 1895. The company was founded by...")
- 18:47, 17 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Montandon-Lütz (Created page with "Lse. Montandon-Lütz et Fils was a maker of balance springs in Geneva in the late 19th century. The company was likely founded by Adolphe Montandon-Lütz and his brother Jean. ==Timeline== * 1878 - L. Montandon-Lütz & Cie, maker of balance springs, receives a silver medal at the Universal Exposition in Paris * 1880 - L. Montandon-Lutz & Fils advertises itself as successor to J.-C. Lutz & Fils and is located at Chantepoulet 9 in Geneva as a maker of harden...")
- 18:46, 17 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Baehni Frères (Redirected page to Baehni) Tag: New redirect
- 18:46, 17 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Rivenc-Paquet & Sandoz (Redirected page to Sandoz Spiraux) Tag: New redirect
- 18:26, 17 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Julien-Albert Courvoisier-Clément (Created page with "Julien-Albert Courvoisier-Clément was a maker of balance springs in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the late 19th century. ==Timeline== * 1871 - March 15 - Julien-Albert Courvoisier-Clément is born in Neuchâtel * 1889 - a business survey shows Julien-Albert Courvoisier-Clément as proprietor of J. A. Courvoisier of La Chaux-de-Fonds; the company's business was fabrication of balance springs and the office is Rue Daniel JeanRichard 19 * 1894 - J.-A. Courvoisier regi...")
- 14:14, 17 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Chronology of Watchmaking (Created page with "* 1766 - Antide Janvier, born in St-Claude, composes at the age of fourteen a celestial sphere received with praise by the Academy of Sciences of Besançon. * 1768 - F. Berthoud submits his new theory of balance spring isochronism. * 1770 - J.-Ant. Lépine presented Louis XV with a so-called astronomical repeater, with equation and perpetual calendar. * 1773 - Experiments by F. Berthoud on the effect of temperature variations. * 1775 (...")
- 12:56, 17 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page C.-A. Paillard (Created page with "Charles-A. Paillard was a watchmaker who investigated the properties of stainless steel and palladium balance springs in the 19th century. Paillard experimented extensively with stainless steel as a balance spring material in the 1870s and regularly corresponded with other watchmakers on the subject. A series of letters and publications beginning in 1877 in Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie involved Paillard, Crausaz, and Moritz Grossmann, John Huguenin, Marc Gl...")
- 12:52, 16 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Dufaux Lutz (Created page with "The Geneva balance spring factory of Dufaux Lutz et Fils was founded by Emma Dufaux (1824-?), daughter of J.-S. Lutz (1800-1864). The company would take the name of Charles Dufaux in the 1890s and was a founding member of the FSR cartel in 1895. Category:FSR Category:Geneva")
- 13:52, 14 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Jacques Nardin (Created page with "Jacques Nardin was a 20th century watchmaker. Grandson of Ulysse Nardin, Jacques was head of Doxa. Son of Paul-David Nardin and grandson of Ulysse Nardin, founder of the Nardin chronometer factory in Le Locle, Jacques Nardin was born in 1891. He worked alongside his brothers before marrying the daughter of Georges Ducommon, founder of the Doxa watch factory. He soon became director of that factory. Jacques Nardin was very active within t...")
- 02:57, 14 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Sandoz Spiraux (Created page with "Páquet and Rivenc 1845 ==Timeline== * 1875 - G. Sandoz at Rue St-Pierre 12 is first listed as a watchmaking workshop * 1877 - Rivenc-Paquet is first listed as a maker of balance springs at Rue des Philosophes in Geneva * 1879 - G. Sandoz is listed as a depot for Rivenc balance springs; it is located at Rue St-Pierre 12 in La Chaux-de-Fonds * 1880 - Fr. Nicoud at St-Pierre 12 in La Chaux-de-Fonds is listed as a depot for "spiraux-trempes Rivenc-Paquet,...")
- 19:40, 12 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Huguenin-Girard (Created page with "Huguenin-Girard was a maker of balance springs in the 19th century. It was one of the five companies that combined in 1895 to form a cartel to corner the production of these springs, Société des Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies (FSR). ==Timeline== * 1883 - The firm of J. Huguenin-Girard is noted in a survey of existing businesses; the company was run by Jules Henri Huguenin of Le Locle who lived in La Chaux-de-Fonds, with Charles Perrin a...")
- 04:05, 12 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Société des Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies (Redirected page to FSR) Tag: New redirect
- 03:29, 12 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page Guye et Cie (Created page with "==Chronology== * 1883 - March 24 - Philippe Guye of Geneva, and Auguste Guye and Fritz Guye of London (all three from Côte-aux-Fées) registered their previously-existing general partnership known as P. & A. Guye of Geneva; this was a watch or clock factory with offices at Place Cornavin 17, Geneva and Boy Court , Ludgate-Hill, London; the manager was Eugène Louis Roessinger of Geneva. * 1888 - July 30 - The partnership P. & A. Guye of Geneva and London was di...")
- 07:07, 10 March 2023 Sfoskett talk contribs created page FSR (Created page with "Société des Fabriques de Spiraux Rèunies (FSR) was founded in 1895 as a cartel to control the manufacture of balance springs. The company incorporated the five major producers at that time, buying out the others, and becoming the sole maker of these critical components for a few years. Although competing factories and technology changes soon brought new competition, FSR remained a major concern for decades. It was incorporated into ASUAG in 1932, a...")
- 12:26, 13 September 2022 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Swiss substitution cypher to L'Information Horlogère Suisse cypher
- 18:29, 3 August 2022 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Peseux to Fabrique d'Ebauches de Peseux
- 18:42, 28 July 2022 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Nouvelle Fabrique Tavannes to Nouvelle Fabrique de Tavannes
- 20:09, 22 July 2022 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Moutier-Grandval to Moutier
- 20:11, 21 July 2022 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Fabrique d'Horlogerie de Sonceboz to Fabrique d'Ebauches de Sonceboz
- 18:24, 20 July 2022 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Fabrique d'ébauches Vénus to Fabrique d'Ébauches Vénus
- 18:12, 20 July 2022 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page Venus to Fabrique d'ébauches Vénus
- 17:48, 20 July 2022 Sfoskett talk contribs moved page List of Ebauche factories to List of ebauche factories
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