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Fabrique d'Ebauches de Chézard was a maker of [[ebauche]]s in [[Chézard|Chézard-St-Martin]] in the [[Val-de-Ruz]] near [[Fontaineme * [[List of ebauche factories]] ...

...Horlogère Suisse''' (commonly called '''ETA''') is the best-known Swiss [[ebauche movement]] manufacturer. Part of the [[Swatch Group]], ETA traces its linea ...ert-Droz, Francois|Francois Humbert-Droz]] founded the first factory for [[ebauche movement]]s, [[FHF|Fabrique d'Horlogerie de Fontainemelon (FHF)]], in [[Fon ...

...(United Glashütte computing machinery, tachometer and precision mechanics factories). In [[1945]] happened the expropriation and dismantling of the production ...s for penalties had to be formed. Three out of eight previously produced [[ebauche movement]]s of the company Mühle-Glashütte do not meet the requirements of ...

...avannes Watch Co]], which grew into one of the most successful watch and [[ebauche]] manufacturers in the world in just a decade thanks to the work of [[Henri ...ch family saw the opportunity to use the new Tavannes factory to produce [[ebauche]]s and watches for their Vigilant brand. Salomon Hirsch founded Nouvelle Fa ...

...aker and finisher of [[ebauche]]s and is the predecessor to the successful ebauche maker [[Obrecht & Cie]]. Schwarzentrub is noted as having resigned from the ...In September [[1901]] Schwarzentrub and [[Adolf Michel]] established a new ebauche factory in nearby [[Lengnau]]. The company, known as [[Ad. Michel & Cie]], ...

...n [[Fontainemelon]] under the name "Benguerel & Humbert" and is the oldest Ebauche movement manufacturer in the world. In [[1816]], FHF started industrial pro ...ines, bringing the quality of Swiss watches up to the standard of American factories. FHF merged with [[Landeron]] in [[1925]] and became a founding member of [ ...

...o Tissot was hit severely by the [[quartz crisis]]. In [[1977]] the branch factories in [[Neuchâtel]] and [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] closed and abandoned manufacturi ...

...raph]] movements. There is a great deal of confusion about this, since the ebauche maker produced advertisements showing sample watches, but a close examinati ...m of [[A. Schild SA]]. But he soon saw an opportunity to establish his own ebauche-making business. On May 1, [[1924]], Berret and partners purchased the Mout ...

...e association was called "Union Horlogère" (Watch Association). There were factories in [[Geneva]], [[Biel]] and in French [[Besançon]]. ...nally-developed [[calibre]]s. Alpina was a developer and manufacturer of [[ebauche movement]]s at the [[Duret & Colonnaz]] factory in [[Geneva]]. The brand na ...

...this was bankrupt in [[1898]]. He was also part of the team behind another ebauche manufacture, [[Friedli, Triebold & Cie]], in [[1897]], but this was purchas ...company was moved to [[Grenchen]], adding the production of conventional [[ebauche]]s. The firm used a former beer barrel factory owned by [[Adolf Girard]], w ...

'''Valjoux''' is a Swiss [[ebauche movement]] manufacturer, currently part of the [[Swatch Group]]'s [[ETA]] d ...e production lasted nearly sixty years, and until [[1974]] about 125,000 [[ebauche movement]]s of this type were made. ...

...ng watchmaker [[Charles Berner]] in [[1920]] to establish manufacture of [[ebauche]]s. Berner was the son of professor [[Paul Berner]] in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds] * [[List of ebauche factories]] ...

...ntribute to its development by buying all or part of the shares of ebauche factories, by participating in the administration of them, and controlling them both ...into [[FER]] and production is concentrated at [[Fontainemelon]] with the factories at [[Fleurier]], [[Peseux]], [[Tavannes]], and [[Tramelan]] soon shut down ...

...well as gauges and associated tools which were often produced by the same factories. ...and block gauges used especially by makers of assortiments, pinions, and [[ebauche]]s. The origins of the company and brand are unclear, with both [[G. Perren ...

...built, which employed 700 to 800 workers by the end of the century. Other factories for roughing and finishing, assortments, case manufacturing, nickel-plating ...of Célestin Konrad, the alarm clock factory of Louis Schwab, and the watch ebauche finishing company of Erwin Girard. The population in [[1940]] exceeded 5,00 ...

...when he sent a letter notifying that the [[ETA]] would no longer supply [[ebauche]]s to companies outside the [[Swatch Group]]. Chief among the restricted mo ...

Louis-Elisée Piguet (1836-1924) began producing [[ebauche movement]]s in [[1858]]. Originally founded in [[Le Brassus]], the company [[Category:Ebauche factories]] ...

...d tracks from the large [[Usine du Parc]] and [[Moeris|Usine Fritz Moeri]] factories of his older brothers. It is possible that the name “Junior” referred to Co Leonidas worked with ebauche manufacturers [[Valjoux]], [[Venus]], [[ETA]], and others and produced high ...

...clude Ebauches SA (which by that point included a dozen of the strongest [[ebauche]] makers) and later adding makers of [[assortment]]s, [[balance wheel]]s, a * [[Ebauches SA|Ebauche makers]]: [[Maurice Robert]] of [[FHF]] and [[Bernhard Hammer]] of [[Kummer ...

The [[ebauche]]s were sourced from [[Japy Frères]] in [[Beaucourt]], [[FHF|Robert & Cie]] ...an mass production and prompted [[Jacques David]] to join him on a tour of factories there. These warnings transformed the Swiss watch industry, though Gribi ne ...