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'''Biel (Bienne)''' ==Bienne/Biel Watch Companies== ...

'''United Orbit Watch Manufacturers''' was a [[watch group]] centered in [[Bienne]] in the 1960s. Orbit AG was founded in [[Bienne]] in [[1958]] with the purpose of "Merger of some watch factories." ...

...5]]-[[1956]]) founded an [[assortiment]] factory, [[Meier & Giroud]], in [[Bienne]] and was a founding member of [[FAR]]. In [[1922]], Giroud founded an assortiment factory in [[Bienne]]. It was initially called [[Meier, Giroud & Cie]], but was renamed [[Meier ...

Roventa was founded in [[Bienne]] in [[1919]]. The '''Henex''' brand was added in [[1973]]. By the 1970s, t [[Category:Bienne]] ...

Jovial Watch Ltd. was founded in [[1942]]. Cauny was founded in [[Bienne]] in [[1971]]. By the 1970s, the two companies had merged and were known fo [[Category:Bienne]] ...

Semag was founded in [[Berne]] or [[Bienne]] in [[1960]] as a maker of upscale watches. By the 1970s, they had acquire [[Category:Bienne]] ...

Candino was founded in [[Bienne]] in [[1952]]. By the 1970s, they sold upscale watches under the '''Candino [[Category:Bienne]] ...

.... He returned to his hometown where he rose to the rank of director of the Bienne headquarters of the Banque Populaire Suisse. In [[1933]], Renfer moved to t In [[1955]], Renfer was appointed general management of [[ASUAG]] in [[Bienne]], a position he held until [[1972]]. During this period, he was also Chair ...

...unded in [[1916]] and was located at Rue Haller and Rue de la Gare 14 in [[Bienne]]. * [[Paul-Ernest Brandt]], [[Bienne]] (president) ...

...avannes]] and southeast of [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]]. The [[Val-de-Ruz]] and [[Bienne/Biel]] are to the south. The Suze river runs through the valley to the Aare near Bienne/Biel. This provided power for mills in the 19th century. Notable watchmakin ...

...t was renamed '''Manufacture de Montres Rolex SA''' (colloquially '''Rolex Bienne''' or '''Rolex Biel''') and was the primary supplier of movements for [[Rol ...Vignoble, now known as La Haute-Route, in the Rebberg/Vignoble hills above Bienne. The company would soon advertise as being located at the "Rebberg" factory ...

Procaf was an organization of Swiss watchmakers founded in [[1967]] in [[Bienne]]. Its stated purpose was "Rationalization and mechanization of the product ...

Meier & Giroud was a maker of [[assortiment]]s in [[Bienne]] from [[1924]] through its takeover by [[FAR]] in [[1933]], at which time ...related items in [[1924]] as Meier, Giroud & Cie. It was established in [[Bienne]] as a limited partnership with two unlimited partners, [[Alwin Meier]] and ...

* [[L. E. Courvoisier]] of [[Bienne]] ...

...most important watchmaking center in Berne is the multi-lingual town of [[Bienne/Biel]] at the end of Lake Biel where the rivers Suze and Aare exit. This is ...anton in the areas of the French-speaking [[Bernese Jura]] and bilingual [[Bienne/Biel]]. Some is also present in German-speaking [[Oberaargau]], [[Bern-Mitt ...

...briques de Balanciers Réunies S.A. (FBR)''' was a [[holding company]] in [[Bienne]] including many Swiss [[balance]] manufacturers. It was created in [[1932] ...eure]], [[Albert Juillard]] of [[Cortébert]], and [[Maurice Vaucher]] of [[Bienne]]. ...

...rres Holding was active from the 1960s through [[1983]] and was based in [[Bienne]] and for a time was headed by [[Renggli, Pierre|Pierre Renggli]]. ** [[Baechler]], [[Bienne]] ...

Louis Müller ([[1864]]-[[1943]]) was a watch manufacturer based in [[Bienne]] known as the founder of the [[La Champagne]] factory there as well as his ...f Louis Müller senior and Caroline Finkbeiner. After attending school in [[Bienne]] and [[Neuchâtel]], the younger Müller joined the firm of his father, of t ...

...Group]] announces a dramatic new campus for [[Swatch]] and [[Omega]] in [[Bienne-Biel]] ...

* [[P.-F. Ingold]] of Bienne, creator of various machine tools for the manufacture of watches, invents t ...

Marc Favre was a watchmaker who established a factory in his own name in [[Bienne]] in [[1904]] after inheriting the [[Cormoret]] branch of his father's [[Fa ...Marche in [[Saint-Imier]] in July [[1899]]. Sensing more opportunity in [[Bienne]], Favre closed the company in February [[1903]]. The Saint-Imier business ...

...mited partner Giacomo Trümpy. The firm was located in [[Madretsch]] near [[Bienne]] and Ruh invested and shared majority ownership with the eponymous Frey. T ...[1916]], Ruh founded the [[Roo Watch|Roo Watch Co.]] (misspelled Roe) in [[Bienne]]. The company was a manufacturer of watches in the city but was founded wi ...

* [[Era Watch]], [[Bienne]] ...

...of Swiss watchmaking companies founded in [[1966]] and headquartered in [[Bienne]]. Its stated purpose was "Facilitate the merger of existing watch companie ...

...el]] to the East, and [[Saignelégier]] to the North. La Chaux-de-Fonds and Bienne-Biel are sometimes not considered to be part of the triangle since they are ** [[Bienne-Biel]] (and perhaps east to [[Brügg]]) ...

...s on watches, [[Rolex]] relocates its headquarters from London to [[Biel]]/Bienne (Switzerland) and [[1920]] to [[Geneva]]. ...

...Edmund Knutti, Xantia was one of many mass-market watch producers in the [[Bienne]] area. The company produced [[Roskopf]] watches and was a member of the [[ ...ng. It was acquired by employee Michel Thiévent in [[1989]] and moved to [[Bienne]] in [[1993]]. Most of Xantia's designs in this period resembled popular mo ...

In [[1911]], Bulova established a factory in [[Bienne]] to produce watch movements for the American market, and this employed abo The Bienne workshop developed and patented a [[chronograph]] movement in [[1938]]. Cal ...

...[[Frey & Co]], a maker focused on women's watches in [[Madretsch]] near [[Bienne]] in the early 20th century. ...902]]. He named the company, which remained located at Centralstrasse 6 in Bienne, Fabrique Sigma Emile Frey. A strike was called between May 6 and 14, [[190 ...

* [[Odin Watch Factory]] is founded in [[Bienne]] by the Lassueur family. It would be taken over by [[Sandoz, Henry|Henry S ...

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...Borer) was a [[technician-watchmaker]] who ran the [[Aegler]] factory in [[Bienne]], producer of watch movements for [[Rolex]] for decades. ...

* J. Wyss, gold case maker, [[Bienne]] (1890-1898) ** L Eggli-Weibel, Rue Dufour 17, [[Bienne]] is listed as successor in 1905 with Brevet 31195 ...

Glycine (originally "La Glycine") is a watch brand established in [[Bienne]] in [[1914]]. Originally focused on watches for women, Glycine was a pione ...que d'horlogerie La Glycine was formed as a joint-stock company based in [[Bienne]] on March 2, [[1914]]. The company was formed for "manufacture and trade i ...

'''Wyss Frères''' was established in [[1918]] in [[Bienne]] to produce and sell [[8-day]] watches, including the famous [[Hebdomas]]. [[Category:Bienne]] ...

...tions. The town is located immediately south of [[Grenchen]] and east of [[Bienne]] on the river Aare. ...

...thurn]] and [[Büren]] to the east, and the rest of [[Canton Berne]] from [[Bienne/Biel]] to the south. ...

...was a brand of watches produced by the Rossel family in [[Tramelan]] and [[Bienne]]. The firm is best remembered for the [[Unitas]] brand, which was acquired ..., the firm of A. Rossel-Conrad, Fabrique de Montres "La Trame," moved to [[Bienne]]. ...

...iangle]] and is located about half way between [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] and [[Bienne]]. ...

...in Lausanne to produce watch movements as well as a "control centre" in [[Bienne]] to ensure quality. The FH operated quietly for the first five years befor ...ormed into a more-conventional "Société Anonyme" (Parsicor Holding SA of [[Bienne]]) with 135 shareholding member firms. Some of these firms would be integra ...

Thomke was born April 21, [[1939]] in [[Bienne/Biel]] Switzerland. The son of a physician, Thomke apprenticed as a mechani ...

...[Cortébert]] and [[Sonceboz]]/[[Sombeval]]. It is located on the road to [[Bienne]] the eastern [[Bernese Jura]] administrative district, part of the [[Jura ...

* General Watch Co. of Bienne ...irector Walter Schaeren. The company was located at Rue de la Gare 50 in [[Bienne]] ...

...lly Delano) is a watch brand currently in [[Geneva]] but originally from [[Bienne]]. Founded by Albert Kneuss in [[1949]], the firm was managed by Rolf Tschu ...goods in [[Bienne]] in [[1933]]. Originally from Eggiwil, Kneuss lived in Bienne and maintained his office at Blumenstrasse 32. ...

...Frey Watch Co (formerly Frey & Co) of the [[Madretsch]] neighborhood of [[Bienne]]. ...902]]. He named the company, which remained located at Centralstrasse 6 in Bienne, [[Sigma|Fabrique Sigma Emile Frey]]. A strike was called between May 6 and ...

...watch case fitter active in [[Le Locle]] by [[1880]]. The firm moved to [[Bienne]] in [[1906]] and was taken over by his sons Bernard and André before ceasi ...ries for a decade, Bréguet-Bréting decided to consolidate the companies in Bienne. On November 1, [[1906]], the Bréguet-Bréting company moved to Bözingenstra ...

La Champagne was a watchmaking company based in [[Bienne]] in a former agricultural area of the same name. The firm was founded by L ...[[1854]]. Finding some success, he answered the call from the elders of [[Bienne]] to move to that growing city in [[1858]]. The company was located at Rue ...

...up the [[Vallon de Saint-Imier]] to [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] to the west or [[Bienne/Biel]] to the south. [[Moutier]] is just on the other side of the gorges de ...

...82, he became a teacher of watchmaking theory at the Watchmaking School in Bienne, as well as work supervisor in the field of escapements. Two years later, h ...

The company was headquartered in [[Bienne]] at Nidaugasse 49 and was established on June 7, [[1927]] as a [[Société A * [[Hans Balmer]], director of the Banque Populaire Suisse in Bienne ...