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...to the east by [[Canton Berne]], and to the south by Lake Neuchâtel and [[Canton Vaud]]. Canton Neuchâtel includes the following regions, all of which have watchmaking activities: ...

...od]], and [[Boudry]] to the southwest and [[Corcelles]], [[Peseux]], and [[Neuchâtel]] to the northeast. [[Category:Canton Neuchâtel]] ...

...rmondrèche, [[Peseux]], and [[Valangin]] merged into the municipality of [[Neuchâtel]]. Corcelles-Cormondrèche was the home of the watch company [[Looping|Looping SA]]. [[Swatch Group]] brand [[Dress Yo ...

...he west, [[Canton Solothurn]] and [[Büren]] to the east, and the rest of [[Canton Berne]] from [[Bienne/Biel]] to the south. The Bernese Jura is one of the most important watchmaking regions: ...

...the [[Vallée de Tavannes]] between [[Canton Solothurn]] to the south and [[Canton Jura]] to the north. ...e south through the gorges de [[Court]] and includes the watchmaking towns of [[Moutier]] and [[Corcelles]]. ...

...s]] and the [[Vallon de Saint-Imier]] and to the north of [[Boudry]] and [[Neuchâtel]]. To the west is [[Le Locle]] and the [[Val-de-Travers]]. ...ver, it became extremely important due to its location on the road between Neuchâtel and La Chaux-de-Fonds once the [[Fabrique d'Horlogerie de Fontainemelon]] w ...

...from [[Canton Neuchâtel]] to the west, [[Canton Berne]] to the east, and [[Canton Jura]] to the north. ...Triangle is made up of the [[Franches-Montagnes]] plateau and the valleys of [[Tavannes]] and [[Vallon de Saint-Imier|Saint-Imier]]. ...

...d'Horlogerie de Fontainemelon ([[FHF]]) takes up the industrial production of watch movements. ...

...y]] and the [[Val-de-Ruz]] to the east, and the [[Jura Nord Vaudois]] of [[Canton Vaud]] to the south. ...all those who have seen it once. The val that Jean-Jacques Rousseau sang of is truly beautiful...before denying it! How peaceful they are, these villa ...

...iss canton [[Neuchâtel]] as one of today's most important economic sectors of the country. In his memory, a monument was built in [[Le Locle]]. ...

...and [[Fontaines]] to the south. The Swiss Alps rise directly to the north of Fontainemelon, with the mountain pass known as Vue des Alpes connecting it ...on|Fabrique d'Horlogerie de Fontainemelon (FHF)]] [[ebauche]] factory, one of the most historically important watch manufacturing sites. ...

...[Neuchâtel]] in Switzerland. On January 1, 2009, the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, [[Fleurier]], Les Bayards, [[Môtiers]], Noiraigu Buttes was the home to the [[Buttes Watch Company]] and is currently the site of a [[ValFleurier]] production facility. ...

Berne or Bern is a German and French-speaking canton in central western Switzerland that includes many important watchmaking tow ...ers Suze and Aare exit. This is home to [[Omega]] and is the site for much of [[Rolex]] production. Other important watchmaking activities take place in ...

==The French Revolution and the Emergence of Watchmaking in Besançon== ...Europe, bore witness to distinctive consequences, notably in the canton of Neuchâtel. ...

...ères]], [[Beaucourt]], [[France]] (ceased selling ebauches around the turn of the century) ...erie de Fontainemelon (FHF)]], [[Fontainemelon]], [[Val-de-Ruz]], [[Canton Neuchâtel]], [[Switzerland]] ...

...was still on the production of [[pocket watch]]es. In [[1953]] the father of the founder, Edwin Volkart, took over the company. Since [[2003]] BWC is ow ...

...the premier [[ebauche]] manufacturers in Switzerland. Under the management of Mauler, Ducommun, Méroz, and Blanc, the business lasted until the early 20t ...quo. Relocating to Travers, Jaccottet focused initially on the manufacture of the new [[anchor escapement]]s while also working to design his own movemen ...

'''JeanRichard''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, currently part of the [[Kering]] group. ...iel JeanRichard]], the founder of the watch industry in the Swiss canton [[Neuchâtel]]. ...

...gère]], the official journal of the Swiss watchmaking federation, a member of many industry groups and associations, and an influential politician. ...]]. After schooling, Huguenin became a watchmaker in the town, as did most of his peers. ...

...tary in the department of finance, before eventually becoming the director of the newly created Solothurner Zeitung newspaper. ...ppointed as a counselor of the Soleure canton government and put in charge of the finance department. He later resigned from this position in [[1917]] to ...

...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 ...

...nued to be listed through that decade. This could be the father or brother of Calame-Robert founder Jules-Edouard. ...rt of the name referred to "watchmaker to the kings" Josué Robert, founder of the firm that would become known as [[Courvoisier Frères]]. ...

...[2014]], a watch brand was created to celebrate Perret, but this failed as of [[2022]]. ...to an [[1889]] article in l'Impartial, Perret "was a farmer until the age of 17 and prevented from regularly attending a local school" before he "settle ...

...Demoiselle 55 in [[1894]] and was deleted in [[1901]] following the death of Albert Bridler-Schoepf. .... It is unclear if J. E. Schoepf is the same man as Jules Schoepf, founder of Busga. ...

...this period. He may be the same [[Henri Thiébaud]] who served on the board of [[Zenith]] and [[Martel]] in the 1960s. ...foreman at [[Longines]]. Like his father and grandfather, who was manager of the [[Courvoisier Frères]] watch factory, Henri Thiébaud would spend his ca ...

...onnected through the gorges de Court, and to the west of the smaller towns of [[Grandval]] and [[Corcelles]]. ...r]], [[Noirmont]], or [[Les Bois]], and was able to support a good quality of life for resident farmers through the 19th century. There was no watchmakin ...

...a Paris jewelry and watch company, currently one of the Jewellery Maisons of [[Richemont]]. == Foundation of the Company == ...

:See Also: [[Breguet]] for other uses of the name '''Breguet''' is a Swiss watch [[manufacture]], currently part of the [[Swatch Group]]'s Prestige and Luxury division. It is named in homage ...

...'''ETA''') is the best-known Swiss [[ebauche movement]] manufacturer. Part of the [[Swatch Group]], ETA traces its lineage to [[1793]], though the name d ...tainemelon]], Canton of [[Neuchâtel]]. [[FHF]] began industrial production of watch [[movement]]s in [[1816]], and this date is another appropriate begin ...

...ow he became acquainted with his wife, his business partner, and the field of watchmaking. ...a partnership by [[1867]], which would be logical given the continued use of the Guye name after his death. We can certainly say that the partnership wa ...

...et family remained with the firm this whole time, however, until the death of Bernard Gallet in [[2006]]. ...many design and brand registrations. But Gallet was often at the forefront of innovation, being among the first to market with [[waterproof]] cases, [[wr ...