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- 00:06, 4 May 2024 Fabrique d'Ebauches Paul Robert-Rosselet (hist | edit) [45 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Fabrique d'Ebauches de Sonceboz) Tag: New redirect
- 00:06, 4 May 2024 Rosselet & Cie (hist | edit) [45 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Fabrique d'Ebauches de Sonceboz) Tag: New redirect
- 00:06, 4 May 2024 Rosselet et Challandes (hist | edit) [45 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Fabrique d'Ebauches de Sonceboz) Tag: New redirect
- 02:27, 1 May 2024 Girard & Schild (hist | edit) [20 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Eterna) Tag: New redirect
- 21:34, 30 April 2024 Fabrikstrasse (hist | edit) [4,282 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Fabrikstrasse is the historic name of the Eterna factory complex in Grenchen, now called Schild-Rust-Strasse after Urs Schild-Rust who established the firm there. Today the factory complex at Schild-Rust-Strasse is the headquarters of ETA. ==History== The complex began in 1856 as the home of the firm Girard & Schild, established by Dr. Josef Girard and teacher Urs Schild-Rust (1829-1888). This was a successor to the firm Girard Frères & K...")
- 19:28, 30 April 2024 MECO (hist | edit) [565 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "MECO Suisse is a maker of watch components within the Swatch Group. It is located in the landmark Schützengasse complex in Grenchen. MECO was founded by Ernst Meyer in 1921 as Meyer & Co. The firm was initially focused on watch crowns and has continued in this business to this day. It was among the first companies to specialize in this category, and developed the first winding crown with internal threads. In 1990, MECO joined the Swatch Group, and...")
- 18:25, 30 April 2024 Ad. Michel & Cie (hist | edit) [23 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to A. Michel) Tag: New redirect
- 18:22, 30 April 2024 A. Michel SA (hist | edit) [23 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to A. Michel) Tag: New redirect
- 15:28, 30 April 2024 Schützengasse (hist | edit) [3,710 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Schützengasse complex in Grenchen is best known as the home of A. Michel but also housed many other firms, including Obrecht & Cie and Felsa. center|800px Category:Grenchen Category:A. Michel")
- 19:24, 29 April 2024 Mühlestrasse (hist | edit) [5,966 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The so-called Schmelzi factory is a collection of buildings in Grenchen closely associated with A. Schild. It is currently known as factory W02, part of ETA, on Mühlestrasse. The northern heights of Grenchen were called "Schmelzi" and this cluster of buildings was also known by this name in the 19th century. center|800px|thumb|The various buildings of the Schmelzi complex Nm. 6-34 ASSA watch factory area (Adolf S...") originally created as "Schmelzi"
- 17:53, 29 April 2024 Schild (hist | edit) [1,308 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Schild family is closely associated with watchmaking in Grenchen. The family founded the famous firms, Eterna (Urs Schild and Josef Girard) and A. Schild (Adolph Schild), and were associated with many other firms in the town. * Urs Schild (August 31, 1829-April 25, 1888) ** Max Schild ** Théodore Schild (1890-1950) * Adolph Schild-Hugi (1844-1915) ** Adolf Schild ** Ernst Schild ** César Schild Category:Biography S")
- 17:43, 29 April 2024 Obrecht (hist | edit) [1,449 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Obrecht family was closely associated with watchmaking in Grenchen. We have excellent information about the family from the memoir of Lina Maria Obrecht (1858-?), daughter of Peter Obrecht and Maria Obrecht-Schild. Peter Obrecht is credited with bringing watchmaking to Grenchen, having traveled to Cormoret to learn the trade at the age of 17. He married Maria Schild, sister of Urs, Adolf, and Joseph Sch...")
- 15:01, 22 April 2024 Société Suisse des Fabriques d'Ebauches et de Finissages (hist | edit) [6,835 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Société Suisse des Fabriques d'Ebauches et de Finissages was an industry organization established in 1917 to bring order to the ever-expanding ebauche manufacturing business in Switzerland. Driven by advances in machine tools, dozens of small companies had risen to challenge the larger players in the watch movement business. Over-production after World War I meant punishing price reduction and threatened the entire watch industry. The goal of the Société...")
- 03:09, 21 April 2024 F. Piguet (hist | edit) [35 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Frédéric Piguet was a watchmaking company in Le Brassus specializing in ultra-thin and complicated watch movements. Made famous by Louis Élisée Piguet, the firm was well known under the name of his grandson Frédéric Piguet in the second half of the 20th century. It was acquired by Swatch Group in 1995 and incorporated into Blancpain in 2008 as Manufacture Blancpain. The Piguet family came from the village of Piguet-Dessus in the Vallée de Jo...")
- 03:18, 18 April 2024 Fabriques d'Ebauches Unitas (hist | edit) [20 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Unitas) Tag: New redirect
- 17:35, 17 April 2024 Universal Geneve (hist | edit) [31 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Universal Genève) Tag: New redirect
- 17:35, 17 April 2024 Buren (hist | edit) [33 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Buren Watch Company) Tag: New redirect
- 01:55, 17 April 2024 Baumgartner (hist | edit) [1,864 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Baumgartner Frères SA (abbreviated BFG for "Baumgartner Frères Grenchen") was the leading producer of Roskopf watch movements in the 20th century. It was founded in 1899 and was located in Grenchen. By the 1960s the Baumgartner factory in Grenchen was producing millions of ebauches per year, having grown sevenfold since World War II. The firm's products ranged from 6.75 lignes to 13.5 lines as well as a 19 ligne stopwatch movement. * Cal. 158 - 12.5-13.5 -...")
- 00:54, 17 April 2024 Roskopf Association (hist | edit) [1,698 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The following companies were members of the Swiss Roskopf Association in 1963: * Agon, Robert Triebold AG, Mumpf * Argo Watch, Nods * Bader, Mentor, Holderbank * Basis Watch, A. Thommen, Tecknau * Bermi Watch, Morbio, Inferiore * BRAC, AG, Breitenbach * Montres Buler, Lengnau * Burgana, Bettlach * Central Watch, A. Kuenzi, Saint-Blaise * Claro Watch, Claro * Constructa, Bettlach * Continental, Sissach * Costal Watch, B...")
- 00:43, 17 April 2024 Georg Friedrich Roskopf (hist | edit) [4,558 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Georg Friedrich Roskopf, born in 1813 in Niederweiler, significantly changed watchmaking by emphasizing simplicity and affordability. Starting his career in La Chaux-de-Fonds, he innovated with the "proletarian's watch" in 1865, designed to be economically accessible and featuring a simplified gear train and larger barrel. Despite challenges like widespread counterfeiting, his dedication to quality ensured his designs evolved into the wristwatch era, democrat...") originally created as "Roskopf"
- 18:08, 16 April 2024 Electric watch (hist | edit) [1,825 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An '''electric watch''' is one that uses an electric current to power a conventional wheel train and balance. This is differentiated from an electronic watch which uses a circuit and electronic timer (typically a quartz crystal) to keep the time. The first electric watches were introduced by Hamilton in the United States and LIP in France in the late 1950s. Ebauches SA debuted a fully-functional electric watch movement, [[L-4750|Cal. L-4750]...")
- 03:44, 16 April 2024 La Trame (hist | edit) [3,188 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''La Trame''' was a brand of watches produced by the Rossel family in Tramelan and Bienne. The firm is best remembered for the Unitas brand, which was acquired by A. Reymond in 1926. ==Jules Rossel== Jules Rossel was a watchmaker from Tramelan who established a watchmaking business in his own name in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1883. This failed in July 1895 but he established a new business back in Tramelan-Dessus with Adrien Rossel on April...")
- 20:08, 15 April 2024 ARSA (hist | edit) [24 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to A. Reymond) Tag: New redirect
- 17:44, 15 April 2024 Reymond (hist | edit) [1,618 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Reymond family is a well-known watchmaking family from the Vallée de Joux. Members of the family founded the Valjoux watch movement factory there as well as the ARSA/Unitas factory in Tramelan. * Samuel Reymond of Le Chenit ** Henri-Samuel Reymond of Le Chenit, living in Sentier - founded Reymond Frères of Le Sentier ** Julien Reymond of Le Chenit, living in London - founded Reymond Frères of Le Sentier * Louis-Daniel Reymond of Le Chenit (di...")
- 22:38, 13 April 2024 Essor SA (hist | edit) [19 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Essor) Tag: New redirect
- 21:33, 13 April 2024 Degoumois et Cie (hist | edit) [23 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Degoumois) Tag: New redirect
- 21:29, 13 April 2024 Orwa SA (hist | edit) [19 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Derby) Tag: New redirect
- 21:26, 13 April 2024 Orwa (hist | edit) [19 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Derby) Tag: New redirect
- 21:42, 1 April 2024 Ad. Michel (hist | edit) [23 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to A. Michel) Tag: New redirect
- 15:16, 1 April 2024 Büren an der Aare (hist | edit) [662 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Büren an der Aare is a historic town in Canton Berne. It was commonly called Büren a.A. (in German) or Büren s/a (in French) to shorten the name and differentiate it from other similarly-named locations. In watchmaking, Büren an der Aare is most closely associated with the Buren Watch Company which was located there. Category:Canton Berne")
- 15:05, 1 April 2024 Solothurn (hist | edit) [150 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Solothurn (called Soleure in French and Soletta in Italian) is a town in Canton Solothurn in the Swiss Jura mountains. Category:Solothurn")
- 03:30, 31 March 2024 Fontainemelon (hist | edit) [843 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with ":See Also: Fabrique d'Horlogerie de Fontainemelon Fontainemelon is a village in the Val-de-Ruz between Neuchâtel and La Chaux-de-Fonds in Canton Neuchâtel. It is best known in watchmaking for the eponymous Fabrique d'Horlogerie de Fontainemelon (FHF) ebauche factory, one of the most historically important watch manufacturing sites. Category:Fontainemelon Category:Val-de-Ruz")
- 19:01, 28 March 2024 Staybrite (hist | edit) [4,894 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Staybrite was a trademark name for an alloy of stainless steel containing 18% chromium and 8% nickel, part of the SAE 304 stainless steel family. It was developed by Dr William Herbert Hatfield in 1924 in Sheffield England at the Firth Brown, it was offered to watchmakers by Acier Firth of Zurich starting in 1931. The Staybrite name first appeared in advertisements in early 1926, with announcements of the new patented steel appearing worldwide, including in...")
- 03:23, 28 March 2024 Ruedin (hist | edit) [765 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Ruedin family of watchmakers originated in the Swiss Jura, founding and running a variety of watch component companies there. * Jämes Ruedin (1833-1922) - Director of the Corgémont branch of the Fabrique d'Horlogerie de Fontainemelon ebauche factory ** Jämes Ruedin (1869-1936) - Weber, Ruedin & Cie in Delémont ** Georges Ruedin-Mathez (1870-1935) - Maître et Ruedin in Le Noirmont and Reconvilier Watch Co in [[Reconvilier]...")
- 04:06, 25 March 2024 Jämes Ruedin (hist | edit) [2,260 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Jämes Ruedin (1869-1936) was a watchmaker active Jämes Rudern was born in Corgémont where his father was director of the ebauche factory. Ruedin attended school in this village before leaving for Saint-Imier to study watchmaking for three years. After school, Ruedin moved to Pontenet working at an industrial establishment and serving as municipal secretary. But he soon moved to Delémont where he would settle permanently. Ruedin served on...")
- 21:59, 24 March 2024 Les Fils de R. Picard (hist | edit) [21 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Invicta) Tag: New redirect
- 21:56, 24 March 2024 Emile Maître (hist | edit) [3,476 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Emile Maître was a watchmaker focused on manufacturing ebauches and machine tools to aid their production around the turn of the 20th century. Maître was born in Montmelon but lived in Delémont and most of his work was focused there. Prior to the 1883 survey of businesses, the firm E. Maître was established in Delémont to produce and finish ebauches. The business must have been quite small since it is not listed in Indicateur Davoine until 1886 and is...")
- 20:40, 23 March 2024 Hänni & Künzli (hist | edit) [2,596 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Hänni & Künzli was an ebauche factory in Court founded by Ernest Künzli and ? Hänni by 1890. ==Timeline== * 1890 - Hänni et Künzli is listed in Indicateur Davoine * 1894 - Kocher, Hänni & Künzli is listed in Indicateur Davoine * 1896 - Hänni, Künzli et Cie is listed in Court with an office in La Chaux-de-Fonds * 1898 - Hänni & Cie in Court * 1894 - Kocher, Hänni, Künzli & Cie in Bévilard * Kocher, Hänni & Künzli in Bé...")
- 20:04, 22 March 2024 SAPHIR (hist | edit) [70 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Société Anonyme de Produits Industriels et Commerciaux) Tag: New redirect
- 19:49, 22 March 2024 Henry-A. Favre (hist | edit) [1,781 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Henry-A. Favre was a Swiss industrialist, heir to the Favre-Leuba watchmaking firm, and chairman of SAPHIR Group, which controlled Jaeger-LeCoultre in the 1970s. Henry-A. Favre was born in Fleurier around 1908. After earning a doctorate in law in Zurich, Favre worked as a lawyer there for a while before turning his attention to the family watchmaking business, Favre-Leuba. He served as representative for Favre-Leuba in India for a few years before Wo...")
- 19:37, 22 March 2024 SAPHIR Group (hist | edit) [70 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Société Anonyme de Produits Industriels et Commerciaux) Tag: New redirect
- 19:36, 22 March 2024 SAPIC (hist | edit) [70 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Société Anonyme de Produits Industriels et Commerciaux) Tag: New redirect
- 21:57, 21 March 2024 André Beyner (hist | edit) [1,312 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "André Beyner-Robert was technical director of Ebauches SA in the 1970s. André Beyner was the son of André Beiner (1900-1982) and . It is unclear why his brother Marcel and sister spelled the last name "Beiner" while André adopted "Beyner"; his name was sometimes spelled this way as well, though it is universally spelled "Beyner" in watchmaking circles. Beyner worked on the development of electronic clocks at Ebauches SA in the 1950s, describing clocks with tran...")
- 21:31, 21 March 2024 André Beiner (hist | edit) [27 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to André Beyner) Tag: New redirect
- 19:57, 21 March 2024 Charles Berner (hist | edit) [1,626 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Charles Berner (1892-1951) was a watchmaker best known as the founder of the Fabrique d'Ebauches de Peseux. Coming from a family of distinguished watchmakers, Charles Berner was born in 1892. The son of La Chaux-de-Fonds watchmaking professor Paul Berner (1858-1942), Charles Berner studied watchmaking there at the technical. In 1912, Charles Berner began his working life, applying new manufacturing techniques at the Cortébert factory un...")
- 16:58, 21 March 2024 China Haidian (hist | edit) [23 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Citichamp) Tag: New redirect
- 16:57, 21 March 2024 PPR (hist | edit) [20 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Kering) Tag: New redirect
- 16:54, 20 March 2024 Othenin-Girard (hist | edit) [1,054 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Othenin-Girard family fame from France, moving to Le Locle and the Jura region and becoming involved in watchmaking in the 19th century. Many of the family members simply used the name "Girard". Although there were dozens of members of the Othenin-Girard family engaged in the trade by the middle of that century, Constant Othenin-Girard, founder of Girard-Perregaux, is best remembered today. * François-Julien Othenin-Girard (1780-1846) married Madeline H...")
- 18:33, 19 March 2024 Jules Calame-Robert (hist | edit) [8,763 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Jules Calame-Robert was a watchmaking company in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the 19th century. Jules Calame-Robert is listed as a watchmaker at Rue du Parc 4 in La Chaux-de-Fonds from 1861 through 1893. In the 1883 survey of businesses, the firm of Js. Calame Robert is listed as being a partnership incorporated on January 1, 1881 in La Chaux-de-Fonds with a branch in Berlin, Germany. The watchmaking and trading firm was located at Rue du Parc 4. The partne...")
- 20:38, 17 March 2024 Ernest Künzli (hist | edit) [3,676 bytes] Sfoskett (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Ernest Künzli (1857-1921) was an industrialist primarily remembered for the ebauche factory he founded in Court. Ernest Künzli was born in 1857 in Malleray, where he spent his youth and completed an apprenticeship in ebauche production. Künzli married Bertha Thalmann, daughter of a prominent watch merchant, which connected him to the Jeanneret family of Saint-Imier. He moved to the town to work in the factory of his father-in-law, Frit...")