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...a historic [[Swiss]] watch manufacturer established in [[Fleurier]] and [[Canton]], [[China]] in [[1822]], failing by [[1950]], and resurrected as an [[inde ...] with his father and two brothers, forming a triangle between [[London]], Canton, and Fleurier. ...

...ichard]], [[Omega]], [[Parmigiani]], and [[Tissot]]. During the early part of the 20th century, as much as half the world's watches were produced in La C ...Swiss watch town of [[Le Locle]] and is often considered the Western apex of the [[Jura triangle]]. The [[Val-de-Ruz]] lies to the south, with the [[Fra ...

...es Fabricants d'Horlogerie (ACBFH) was an organization of watchmakers in [[Canton Berne]] in the 1910s and 1920s. It was founded in [[1916]] and was located * [[Frédéric-Louis Colomb]], lawyer, [[Neuchâtel]] (secretary) ...

...[[Zenith]] in the 1960s and may be the same as [[Henri Gustave Thiebaud]] of [[Gruen]] and [[Frey & Co]]. ...ed in [[Saint-Blaise]], a municipality along the lake shore just east of [[Neuchâtel]], later in their lives. ...

...he 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]], but as a jew he was for ...

...le ([[1874]]-[[1930]]) was a clock maker and adjuster responsible for many of the prized [[Zénith]] won in [[chronometry]] in the pre-World War II period ...les Rosat was born in [[1874]]. He married Rose-Lucy "Lucy" Bôle (daughter of gold watch case maker Louis Bôle-Baillot and Héléne Baillot) and was known ...

'''Tissot''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, currently part of the [[Swatch Group]]'s Middle Range. ...of the [[Swatch Group]] and is located in [[Le Locle]] in the canton of [[Neuchâtel]]. ...

==History of Watchmaking in Fleurier== ...gained traction in Germany, France, and England, becoming a primary source of livelihood for the local populace. ...

...ds]] 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 [[19 ...es Fabricants d'horlogerie de La Chaux-de Fonds and was a respected member of the community. ...

...after [[Jämes Favre]] forced his father in law [[Georges Favre-Jacot]] out of his namesake firm. ...[[1923]]. He was married in [[1929]] in Le Locle to Ruth-Hélène Eberlé of Neuchâtel and had a large family. His surviving children were Doctor Charles Ziegler- ...

...to [[1914]] and currently operated by [[Wah Ming Hong|Wah Ming Hong Ltd.]] of [[Hong Kong]]. ...as well as [[Lamboing]] in [[Bern Canton]] and [[Grenchen]] in [[Solothurn Canton]]. There were many watchmaking businesses with a Racine family member invol ...

'''Le Locle''' is one of the most important "watch cities" of [[Switzerland]]. ...was the site of important developments in both the business and technology of watchmaking. ...

Swiss manufacturer of mechanical Pilot's watches The company traces the beginning of its watch manufacturing back to the year [[1868]] when Jules Godat as a wat ...

'''Robert Cart''' was a maker of thin [[complicated]] watches in [[Le Locle]] from [[1919]] through [[1970]] Robert Cart (1870-1964) began his career at the School of Watchmaking in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]], where he studied under his father. Af ...

...r his namesake brand, [[Mathey-Tissot]], which remained a leading producer of high-end watches for a century. ...de-Martel]] near [[Le Locle]] in [[Canton Neuchâtel]]. He was the only son of Henri Constant Matthey-Henri (1827-1918), with 7 sisters born before and af ...

...Courvoisier & Cie., it was later renamed Courvoisier Frères under the sons of the founder. ...jamin died in [[1769]] and his widow Charlotte Robert continued as manager of the company. ...

...d illness left him out of the [[1895]] [[cartel]] to corner the production of these springs, [[FSR|Société des Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies (FSR)]]. ...he expulsion of the Hugenots from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. His father was a watchmaker and his mornther made balance springs a ...

...ame, Schwarz Etienne is unrelated to [[Venus SA]] of [[Moutier]], producer of [[chronograph]] movements which was merged with [[Valjoux]] in [[1964]] und ...es due to confusion with the Alfa or Alpha brand watches sold by G. Kessel of Mexico. ...

...(1862-1901) of Douanne and Georges Eberhard (1865-1926) of Jegenstorf (in Canton Berne) founded a watchmaking firm known as Eberhard et Rosselet on July 1, ...wn firm. He died in a "work house" in Manchester, England at just 39 years of age. ...

...a prominent producer of [[balance spring]]s in [[Geneva]] around the turn of the century. The firm traces its history to [[1835]] in [[Côte-aux-Fées]], ...arning the respect of [[Breguet]] in Paris. He taught his children the art of wheel cutting and began to manufacture components for [[escapement]]s and c ...