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==Brands== [[Category:Watch and luxury trusts]] ...

'''Wittnauer''' was an American watch brand founded in [[1885]] by Swiss emigre, [[Wittnauer, Charles-Albert|Char [[Category:Watch brands America]] ...

...uren Watch & Jewlery''' is a joint venture between Ralph Lauren Ltd. and [[watch group]] [[Richemont]]. ...pany began carefully, with just 14 sales outlets globally and conservative watch designs. ...

Swiss watch manufacturer ...oad, Victorinox Swiss Army holds a significant share, what gives the young watch company a status as the third largest exporter in the Swiss watchmaking ind ...

...oduce watches. This culminated in the March 31, [[2009]] launch of Tiffany Watch Co. at [[BaselWorld]]. But just over two years later, on September 12, [[20 [[Category:Watch brands]] ...

...k AG''' in [[Tenniken]] in [[1924]] as a producer of mass-market [[Roskopf watch]] movements. ...outh America, Eastern Europe, and Asia. In [[2000]], Grovana established a watch factory in [[Tessin]] in southeast Switzerland to reduce the cost of produc ...

'''Bulova''' is an American/Swiss watch manufacturer, currently part of [[Citizen]]. ...ed. The company expanded rapidly and became one of the best-known American watch manufacturers. ...

'''Kriëger''' is an American watch manufacturer. ...ment]], manufactured in Switzerland, he entered the watch scene. When this watch really struck especially for sailing enthusiasts - after a magazine had rec ...

'''Ball Watch Company''' is a Swiss watchmaker derived from a historic American company. :See also: [[Railway watch]] ...

...egan as a Swiss watch manufacturer before moving to America and becoming a watch and lifestyle products group. == The foundation of the watch company Ditesheim == ...

...]], [[Switzerland]]. It is 51% owned by [[Hong Kong]]/[[America]]n fashion watch giant, [[Fossil]]. ...]] by a group on [[Lugano]] investors under Hans Ulrich Saurer as '''Prime Watch Holding Production (PWP)'''. The company specialized in assembling and fini ...

'''Hamilton''' is a Swiss (formerly American) watch manufacturer, currently part of the [[Swatch Group]]'s Middle Range. ...nding year of [[1892]] , began in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (USA) with their watch production. ...

'''Gruen Watch Company''' was an American watch manufacturer. ...4]] opened the company "D. Gruen & Son" in Cincinnati. [[1903]], the Gruen Watch [[Bienne]] was founded. The movements produced there were recognized for th ...

German watch manufacturer ...d''' and the pocket watch brand [[Jubilar]] again followed his vision of a watch, which should be "clearly legible, of high quality and still affordable". ...

'''Carl F. Bucherer''' is the watch company of [[Bucherer Montres|Bucherer Montres SA]]. As the only watch brand in Central Switzerland Carl F. Bucherer produces and distributes excl ...

'''Marvin''' is a Swiss watch brand dating to the early 1900s. ...management. The American market became the marketing focus. The export to America was organized by the general agency in New York, headed by [[Didisheim, Hip ...

'''Nicolet''' was a Swiss watch brand founded in [[Tramelan]] in [[1914]] and continuing in production ther ...[[cylinder escapement]] movements as well as watches, including [[bracelet watch]]es. Many of Nicolet's movements were exported to the United States. ...

'''Audemars Piguet''' is a [[Swiss]] watch [[manufacture]], one of the few remaining [[independent brand]]s. This traditional watch manufacturer is the oldest [[manufacture]] of [[Haute Horlogerie]], which w ...

'''Gala''' was a watch brand through most of the 20th century. Originated around [[1900]] by [[Fav Favre Frères quickly rose to become the most important watch factory in Cormoret, producing gold, silver, and nickel watches in volume. ...

'''Favre-Leuba''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer Abraham Favre (1702-1790) founded his own watch workshop in [[Le Locle]] around [[1737]]. Around [[1749]], he was appointed ...

...'' is a long-running watch brand, currently known for mid-priced [[fashion watch]]es. ...mport and sale of rubies and other gems for the watch industry (though not watch [[jewel]]s specifically). Picard opened a shop in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] by ...

...the Rado brand in the 1950s. It was part of [[Sagiter]] and the [[General Watch Co.]]/[[ASUAG]] previously. Today Rado is known for high-tech materials lik ..., the factory expanded over the next 25 years to become one of the largest watch movement makers in Switzerland. ...

DeLaneau (originally Delano) is a watch brand currently in [[Geneva]] but originally from [[Bienne]]. Founded by Al ...his son. Kneuss registered the Akvil ("Albert Kneuss Villeret") and Delano brands in September of that year. The Delano name was likely chosen to honor Frank ...

...a new company, Mulcor Sàrl, was established by the Müller family to supply watch components. ...nd Paul Grimm of [[Trubschachen]] in [[Berne]]. The company specialized in watch finishing ("terminage") and was based initially on Rue Numa-Droz 155 in [[L ...

'''Oris''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in [[1902]] in [[Holstein]]. ...n reached about 7000 watches. They were sold to Europe, New Zealand, South America and China. ...

...904]] the company was officially renamed Ph. Wolf, Fabrique Auréole. Other brands at the time included Vade-Mecum, Philidor, L'Espero, and Verda Stelo. ...any registered a new brand for the British market in [[1919]], John Bull's Watch. ...

...in [[1985]]. It was a large-scale producer of [[chronograph]]s and [[stop watch]]es and is associated with the [[Bourquin]] and [[Jeanneret]] families and ...business with workshops in Poland and Russia and the establishment of new brands, '''La Populaire''' and '''Léonidas'''. ...

...ciated with the [[Nouvelle Fabrique de Tavannes]], which bore the Vigilant Watch brand name on the facade. ...ux-de-Fonds]]. He was widely memorialized for over five decades there as a watch manufacturer and member of the community. ...

'''Roger Dubuis''' is a Swiss watch manufacturerer, currently one of the Specialist Watchmakers of [[Richemont] ...ensure or even to enhance the exclusivity of each model. In addition each watch has to meet the requirements of the [[Geneva Seal]] and is delivered with t ...

...ciated with the [[Nouvelle Fabrique de Tavannes]], which bore the Vigilant Watch brand name on the facade. Although Achille Hirsch likely entered the watch trade soon after arriving in La Chaux-de-Fonds, his family was said to have ...

...roup''' (formerly '''North American Watch Company''' or '''NAWC''') is a [[watch holding company]] that owns the [[Movado]], [[Concord]], [[Ebel]], [[Olivia ...[1912]]. The next major introduction was the [[Movado Ermeto|Ermeto]] case watch in [[1926]]. ...

The firm of Wullimann Schneider et Cie, Uhrenfabrik Nivada (Nivada Watch) was registered on February 13, [[1926]]. The company was located at Kirche ...e Americas and Western Europe. The company was especially popular in Latin America, where the name was well established. Nivada was prevented from using their ...

Adolf Michel ([[1865]]-[[1928]]) was a watch movement manufacturer in [[Grenchen]], founding the firm of [[A. Michel]] i Michel subsequently went into production of watch case components on his own, building a three-story house with a workshop at ...

...mpany, originally called '''Borel et Courvoisier''', was one of the finest brands from [[Neuchâtel]] and remained in the hands of three generations of the fo The earliest predecessor to Ernest Borel was the watch finishing workshop of Ulysse Roulet, which is first listed in [[Indicateur ...

'''Girard-Perregaux''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, currently part of the [[Kering]] group but being spun off to ...e with high quality in the area of continous development of the mechanical watch. ...

...]]'s [[1897]] establishment of a factory in [[Geneva]] to supply [[Waltham Watch]], which moved to La Chaux-de-Fonds in [[1901]]. The bankrupt company was p From 1876 until 1890, all of the complicated watches sold by the [[Waltham Watch]] company were produced by Nordmann in New York. ...

...f a watch that was too thin to wear and thin movements that would dominate watch sales for the next decade. ...lated into sales, especially in America and Asia, and threatened the Swiss watch industry. ...

'''A. Michel AG''' (also known as '''A. Michel SA''' or '''AMSA''') was a watch movement manufacturer in [[Grenchen]] and founding member of [[Ebauches SA] [[Adolf Michel]] ([[1865]]-[[1928]]) was a watch movement manufacturer in [[Grenchen]]. Born in [[1866]] in [[Bönigen]], Mic ...

'''Election''' was a historic Swiss watch brand active from [[1848]] through the 1980s. Founded by the Braunschweig f ...t set up shop producing '''Election''' brand watches at the [[Montbrillant Watch Manufactory]] alongside [[Breitling|Léon Breitling]] and [[Couleru-Meuri]]. ...

'''Junghans''' is a German watch manufacturer, currently part of the [[EganaGoldpfeil]] group. ...Junghans began at that time in a cost effective way with the production of watch components. In [[1866]] the first watches under the name of Junghans were d ...

'''Zenith''' is a Swiss watch [[manufacture]], currently part of the [[LVMH]] group. ...e-Jacot, [[Favre, James|James Favre]], sold the watches to North and South America, Russia, India, China and Japan. [[1908]] followed the establishment of a b ...

...e de Tavannes as it appeared before the first World War, with the Vigilant Watch Manufactory name]] ...es]]. It was financed by the leading families in the town after [[Tavannes Watch Co|their first such experiment]] succeeded wildly a decade earlier. This pr ...

...", French: "Société Générale de l'Horlogerie Suisse") was a group of Swiss watch companies formed to protect the industry from financial collapse in [[1931] ...Horlogerie Suisse S.A., tasked with achieving a monopoly in the mechanical watch parts sector. ...

...[[Seiko Group]] and [[Citizen Holdings]] own much of the industry, and in America, which is dominated by [[Movado Group]]. ==The Rise of Brands== ...

...zen) on April 18, [[1466]]. The family's involvement in gold, jewelry, and watch production is documented in [[1702]] as Philippe Gallet (1679–1739), son of Julien Gallet (1806-1849) set up a jewelry and watch assembly workshop in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] in [[1826]] known as Julien Gall ...