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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 [[Fa ...Marche in [[Saint-Imier]] in July [[1899]]. Sensing more opportunity in [[Bienne]], Favre closed the company in February [[1903]]. The Saint-Imier business ...

...mited partner Giacomo Trümpy. The firm was located in [[Madretsch]] near [[Bienne]] and Ruh invested and shared majority ownership with the eponymous Frey. T ...[1916]], Ruh founded the [[Roo Watch|Roo Watch Co.]] (misspelled Roe) in [[Bienne]]. The company was a manufacturer of watches in the city but was founded wi ...

* [[Era Watch]], [[Bienne]] ...

...of Swiss watchmaking companies founded in [[1966]] and headquartered in [[Bienne]]. Its stated purpose was "Facilitate the merger of existing watch companie ...

...el]] to the East, and [[Saignelégier]] to the North. La Chaux-de-Fonds and Bienne-Biel are sometimes not considered to be part of the triangle since they are ** [[Bienne-Biel]] (and perhaps east to [[Brügg]]) ...

...s on watches, [[Rolex]] relocates its headquarters from London to [[Biel]]/Bienne (Switzerland) and [[1920]] to [[Geneva]]. ...

...Edmund Knutti, Xantia was one of many mass-market watch producers in the [[Bienne]] area. The company produced [[Roskopf]] watches and was a member of the [[ ...ng. It was acquired by employee Michel Thiévent in [[1989]] and moved to [[Bienne]] in [[1993]]. Most of Xantia's designs in this period resembled popular mo ...

In [[1911]], Bulova established a factory in [[Bienne]] to produce watch movements for the American market, and this employed abo The Bienne workshop developed and patented a [[chronograph]] movement in [[1938]]. Cal ...

...[[Frey & Co]], a maker focused on women's watches in [[Madretsch]] near [[Bienne]] in the early 20th century. ...902]]. He named the company, which remained located at Centralstrasse 6 in Bienne, Fabrique Sigma Emile Frey. A strike was called between May 6 and 14, [[190 ...

* [[Odin Watch Factory]] is founded in [[Bienne]] by the Lassueur family. It would be taken over by [[Sandoz, Henry|Henry S ...

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...Borer) was a [[technician-watchmaker]] who ran the [[Aegler]] factory in [[Bienne]], producer of watch movements for [[Rolex]] for decades. ...

* J. Wyss, gold case maker, [[Bienne]] (1890-1898) ** L Eggli-Weibel, Rue Dufour 17, [[Bienne]] is listed as successor in 1905 with Brevet 31195 ...

Glycine (originally "La Glycine") is a watch brand established in [[Bienne]] in [[1914]]. Originally focused on watches for women, Glycine was a pione ...que 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 i ...

'''Wyss Frères''' was established in [[1918]] in [[Bienne]] to produce and sell [[8-day]] watches, including the famous [[Hebdomas]]. [[Category:Bienne]] ...

...tions. The town is located immediately south of [[Grenchen]] and east of [[Bienne]] on the river Aare. ...

...thurn]] and [[Büren]] to the east, and the rest of [[Canton Berne]] from [[Bienne/Biel]] to the south. ...

...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 ..., the firm of A. Rossel-Conrad, Fabrique de Montres "La Trame," moved to [[Bienne]]. ...

...iangle]] and is located about half way between [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] and [[Bienne]]. ...

...in Lausanne to produce watch movements as well as a "control centre" in [[Bienne]] to ensure quality. The FH operated quietly for the first five years befor ...ormed into a more-conventional "Société Anonyme" (Parsicor Holding SA of [[Bienne]]) with 135 shareholding member firms. Some of these firms would be integra ...