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...nufactures Horlogères SA was a [[watch holding company]] within the German company VDO Adolf Schindling AG from [[1991]] through [[2000]], when the group beca ...atchmakers were acquired by non-watchmaking groups. Soon after, the German company acquired [[SAPHIR Group]] from the Favre family, which owned 55% of [[Jaege ...

...|Deutschen Präzisions-Uhrenfabrik e.G.m.b.H]] the [[UROFA]] and its sister company, the [[UFAG]], is created. * The holding company [[Ebauches SA|Ébauches SA]] with location in [[Neuchâtel]] is founded. ...

...ll-known watch manufacturer [[Corum]] is taken over by the Chinese holding company ''China Haidian''. ...

'''EganaGoldpfeil''' is a Hong Kong-based [[holding company]] that is active in the fields of fashion, watches, jewelery and leather go The company manufactures under license from fashion brands such as Esprit Joop and acce ...

...registered at the International Intellectual Property Office and thus the company is the oldest registered watch manufacturer in the world. .../en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh Charles A. Lindbergh] advises the company Longines on the development of a special watch ([[hour angle watch]]), by w ...

'''Hautlence''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, partially held by [[MELB Holding]], founded in [[2004]]. ...Guillaume Tetu. Since the end of [[2012]] Hautlence is owned by the family holding MELB, led by the former chief of [[Audemars Piguet]], [[Meylan, Georges-Hen ...

...aw much of the development of advanced chronograph movements for which the company would be known. ...

...]] and was focused on production of inexpensive [[pin lever]] watches. The company produced a variety of pendant, ring, and desk clocks as well as wrist watch ..., as Roskopf watches were losing ground to cheaper Asian alternatives. The company set up a new factory at [[Reinfelden]] and workshops at [[Arzo]] to reduce ...

'''Movado-Zenith-Mondia Holding Horloger SA''' was a federation of Swiss watch manufacturers active in the ...ly associated with Zenith watches, but the names had caused confusion. The company refocused on quartz watches, with all mechanical movements discontinued and ...

...]] through [[1979]]. It was then owned by [[Desco von Schulthess]], parent company for [[Maurice Lacroix]], until [[1996]]. Consul is currently located in [[N ...in the 1980s, though other sources list [[1900]] as their start date. The company celebrated its 50th anniversary in [[1950]], suggesting this earlier date. ...

...ia for a few years before World War II, returning to Geneva to work at the company's headquarters afterward. He was commercial director in the 1940s before ri ...], and [[Jaeger]] in Switzerland. He also gained a board seat on [[Chronos Holding]], which retained 23% of SAPHIR, and Jaeger in Paris. ...

...nder Hans Ulrich Saurer as '''Prime Watch Holding Production (PWP)'''. The company specialized in assembling and finishing parts for movements that could be c ...uction in [[2012]]. That same year, Fossil purchased a 51% interest in the company to establish Swiss provenance for their brands, such as [[Burberry]], [[Zod ...

The term, '''group''', typically refers to a large luxury or watch products company which owns multiple [[brand]]s. * [[MELB Holding]] - [[H. Moser & Cie.]], [[Hautlence]] ...

...olf timers in the 1920s and changed its name to [[Pedos]] in [[1929]]. The company gained infamy as a target for [[Fidhor]] in [[1934]] and was convicted for ...the post-war period to be a major producer of watch cases. Joining holding company [[Gramex]] with [[Fleurier]]-based [[Métalex]], Gramex moved to [[La Chaux- ...

...ds manufacturers from 1993 through 1998, when it was dissolved into parent company, [[Richemont]]. Cartier Monde was formed in [[1979]] as a holding company for the various [[Cartier]] businesses. In [[1988]], it acquired controllin ...

Max left the company in [[1899]], calling Théodor to return and take charge a year earlier. Thus ...chen before the First World War. During Théodor Schild's time managing the company, Eterna made many important advancements, including one of the first wristw ...

...g 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 th ...aps his home) but moved to Chemin des Péreuses 9 in August. By October the company had modified its official focus to be a general watchmaking business. ...

* On 30 July 2007, the trading of the shares in the Hong Kong-listed holding company [[EganaGoldpfeil]], to which belong well-known brands such as [[Junghans]], * In the summer of the year happens a burglary in the company's own museum of [[Girard-Perregaux]]. Almost all watches worth several mill ...

* Avia-Silvana was the successor to Degoumois under holding company [[SGT]] from [[1972]] through [[1981]]. Avia was used to market [[LCD]] and ...

...nds in the fourth generation from Constant Stas. Constant Stas founded his company in [[1904]], when he produced dials for clocks. ...and innovativeness of their young owners. So during the first 15 years the company has annually grown by 25-50%, and in a market that is as densely populated ...