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...7]]''' — [[Economic Swiss Time Holding]] is established as a holding company for Swiss producers of cheap [[Roskopf]] movements ...

...[Audemars Piguet]], [[Meylan, Georges-Henri | Georges-Henri Meylan]]. MELB Holding owns the haute horology brands, [[H. Moser & Cie.]] and [[Hautlence]]. ...who was formerly financial director for [[Breguet]] and became CEO of MELB Holding. The only Hautlence founder to remain was [[Tetu, Guillaume|Guillaume Tetu] ...

...p]] within [[ASUAG]] focused on functional [[jewel]]s ("Pierres"). Pierres Holding was active from the 1960s through [[1983]] and was based in [[Bienne]] and ...echnology suppliers within ASUAG. It was structured as a general [[holding company]] with four key "centers" based on geography: ...

'''Acrotec''' is a [[holding company]] for watch components. Founded in [[2006]], Acrotec owns [[KIF Parechoc]]. ...

...inemelon]] join together to form [[Ebauches SA]], a watch movement holding company that would dominate the industry for a century. ...

...Piguet]] from [[1987]] through retirement in [[2009]], then created [[MELB Holding]], purchasing [[Hautlence]] and [[H. Moser & Cie.]] ...ges-Henri Meylan began working at [[Audemars Piguet]] in the 1980s, as the company was solidifying its position at one of the top brands in Swiss watchmaking. ...

...[[1969]] article specifically states that Soprod was a watchmaking holding company engaged in "Concentration of the means of production, purchases and sales." ...er year. Soprod and SFT were merged as a new company, [[STM Holding]]. The company had developed an in-house automatic movement by then, with about 2,000 per ...

...[[Neuchâtel]], bringing the strongest watchmakers together in a [[holding company]] for the first time. ...

...er of the [[H. Moser & Cie.]] brand, which in turn is controlled by [[MELB Holding]] and the Meylan family. ...he material. The company became an independent subsidiary of [[Moser Watch Holding]] in [[2012]] and remains a major supplier for [[haute horology]] brands, i ...

...Movado-Zenith-Mondia]], holding company for the unrelated [[Zenith]] watch company. ...

...tate holding company before entering the Chinese watch market. The holding company established a major watch distribution network in China, owns two major Chi The company was renamed '''Citychamp Watch & Jewellery Group Limited''' in [[2014]]. ...

...from [[1968]] to [[1980]]. [[Auréole]] joined in [[1975]] but the holding company declared bankruptcy just three years later and was soon liquidated. ...en]]. Another failing brand, [[Ernest Borel]], was modified into a holding company known as '''Synchron''' on December 18, [[1968]]. This soon absorbed Cyma a ...

...me de Produits Industriels et Commerciaux''' ('''SAPIC''') was a [[holding company]] parent to [[Jaeger-LeCoultre]] and [[Vacheron & Constantin]] from [[1938] ...watchmaking operation]] in [[Le Sentier]] and watch sales and distribution company in [[Geneva]]. Majority ownership in SAPIC was held by [[Jacques-David LeCo ...

:'''1971''' — [[General Watch]] is set up as a [[holding company]] under [[ASUAG]], with [[Certina|Certina/Kurth]], [[Edox|Edox/Era]], [[Ete ...

...spelled '''Schultess''' or '''Desco de Schulthess & Co.''') is a [[holding company]] best known today for establishing the [[Maurice Lacroix]] brand but forme ...3]] the company established Desco von Schulthess Holding AG as a [[holding company]] for investments in other areas. After World War II, Desco became the agen ...

...) was a publisher and entrepreneur in [[Grenchen]]. He formed the printing company Vogt-Schild AG with Léo-Otto Schild, son of [[Urs Schild-Rust]], and served ...ild, he founded the newspaper Solothurner Zeitung in 1907 and the printing company Vogt-Schild AG, which he ran from 1904 to 1921. ...

...me "Dugena" is one of Germany's most famous watch brands. The roots of the company lie in Switzerland, namely with the Swiss watchmaker association ''Corporat ...well as the [[1960]]s and the [[1970]]s bring unparalleled success to the company. Both with ladies watches as with men's watches the brand gaines a consider ...

...roof in [[Bienne]] and [[Le Locle]], respectively, and saw that a combined company would be stronger in the face of competition. ...Tissot, Paul Tissot, and Henry-A. Riecket rounding out the board. The new company was headquartered at Rue du Stand 59 in Geneva. Most of these were added to ...

...70]], most of the Tramelan factories had been merged into a single holding company, Cominter SA. This included [[Nicolet|Nicolet Watch SA]] along with [[Betin ...

* [[MELB Holding]] is formed as a holding company for [[H. Moser & Cie.]] and [[Hautlence]]. ...

...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 ...

'''Bucherer Montres SA''' is a Swiss watch holding company operating the retail operations, '''Bucherer''' and '''[[Tourneau]]''', as ...ly company. The third generation, Jörg G. Bucherer, assumed control of the company in [[1976]]. To Bucherer belong department stores, watch stores, and since ...

.... Rudolf's uncle [[César Schild]] soon initiated the creation of a holding company of [[ebauche]] factories, including his own firm [[A. Schild]] as well as [ ...[1931]], Théodor Schild relented: Eterna would be split into a watchmaking company, which would join ASUAG, and an ebauche factory, [[ETA]], which would join ...

...rt, René | René Bannwart]] and [[Ries, Simone | Simone Ries]] founded this company in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]], specializing in extravagant watches with mechanic In April [[2013]] Corum was taken over by the Chinese holding company China Haidian, now known as [[Citychamp]]. ...

...was also a problem as many were dissimilar in style or conflicted. The new company resolved to reduce the number of offerings and variety of movements used. ...eplaced by Georges Ulmann. Michel Ditisheim was then president of Parsicor Holding SA. ...

The '''Hamilton Watch Company''' (now Hamilton International Ltd.), whose tradition is retraced to the fo In [[1966]] the Hamilton Watch Company took over the [[Buren Watch Company]]. In the late [[1960]]s both brands made ​​headlines, when, together with ...

'''Les Fabriques de Balanciers Réunies S.A. (FBR)''' was a [[holding company]] in [[Bienne]] including many Swiss [[balance]] manufacturers. It was crea ...Romano Sieber]] of [[Saint-Imier]], and [[Emile Vogel]] of [[Bienne]]. The company was headquartered in [[Ponts-de-Martel]] near [[Le Locle]], where Vice Pres ...

The Cyma brand expanded rapidly in the 1920's and 1930's, with the company claiming at one point to be the largest watch manufacturer in Switzerland. ...0's, with production ceasing by [[1966]]. That year, [[ASUAG]]'s [[Chronos Holding]] acquired both names, restarting production under their [[Synchron]] group ...

...a big name in the past, neither is it some anonymous flagship of a holding company, but since the beginning of its existence, it has been active with high qua ...1852]] [[Girard, Constantin Othenin|Constantin Othenin Girard]] founds the company '''Girard & Cie'''. Two years later he marries Marie Perregaux, and from th ...

...[Fontainemelon]]. Originally established in [[1892]] as Sandoz & Cie., the company was known as Manufacture de Chézard, Albaret, Kohn, & Cie. in [[1904]] and ...of this new factory was leaked, with rumors saying it was Japy's, and the company sued Sandoz and Poincenot when they learned what had happened. ...

...y called Rodana) is a Swiss/Belgian watchmaker active since the 1930s. The company was founded by the Baumgartner family in [[Pieterlen]] before moving to [[B ...rt his own watch company, but the Rodana name originated elsewhere and the company would not adopt Rodania until the 1950s. ...

'''H. Moser & Cie.''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, partially held by [[MELB Holding]]. ...interthur) and founding a company to produce railway wagons. Another Moser company produced ships to transport cargo on the Rhine. ...

...founded in [[1858]] in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] by [[Maurice Ditisheim]]. The company is mainly remembered today for the [[Vulcain Cricket]] alarm watch released In [[1858]] [[Ditisheim, Maurice|Maurice Ditisheim]] founded his own company in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]]. In his studio he made fine [[pocket watch]], whic ...

...nded, along with his brother-in-law Jakob Zeller-Tobler, in Schramberg the company "Junghans and Tobler". Thanks to modern manufacturing techniques Junghans b ...America. Thus many production-related innovations found their way into the company, whose creative director, designer and technical director Arthur Junghans w ...

...e commercial director of [[Fabriques d'Assortements Réunies]], the holding company that manufactured [[assortiment]]s for most Swiss brands. This move placed ...

...38]] he opens a boutique in Rome. Gucci himself designs many products the company offers. He had been working in London's Savoy Hotel for years and there exp ...er's death in [[1953]] his sons Aldo, Vasco, Ugo and Rodolfo take over the company. The first American store in New York is opened. Branches in London, Palm B ...

:See Also: [[Nivarox-FAR]], the successor company established in [[1984]] ...d'Assortiments Réunies''' (commonly abbreviated '''FAR''') was a [[holding company]] for makers of [[assortment]]s established in [[1932]] within [[ASUAG]]. I ...

...Armand Nicolet active at that early date, with the likely namesake of the company first listed in [[Indicateur Davoine]] over 50 years later. ...aul Armand Nicolet, born in [[1884]] and likely the namesake of the modern company, Charles Albert Nicolet, born [[1890]]. This large family is the reason the ...

'''Tavannes Watch Co.''' (usually called '''Tavannes''') was a Swiss watch company founded in [[1891]], defunct by [[1966]], and resurrected in [[2008]]. ...ed a new company in the small town of Tavannes in the Canton of Bern. This company, officially named '''Tavannes Watch Co. SA''', produced watches, watchmakin ...

...companies. Finally, in 1931, the state participated in financing a holding company, the Société Générale de l'Horlogerie Suisse S.A., tasked with achieving a ...aking industry. The Swiss watchmaking industry was structured as a holding company that exercises control over other companies through a majority shareholding ...

...ufacturing in [[1926]]. Despite overseeing the strongest and most valuable company in the group, César and his brother Adolf took standard board seats, allowi ...[[ASUAG]] in [[1931]], uniting most watch production in a "super-holding" company. This move, plus generous funding from the government, was enough to persua ...

...ch and component reselling business of founder [[Jean-Pierre Jaquet]]. The company later supported companies such as [[Hublot]] with the development of watche ...Eric Loth, Rudolf Bohli, and other investors. Jaquet was bought out of the company secretly between March, 2003 and 2004 for a reported CHF 11 million. ...

...of Bienne. Although those companies technically were part of FSR, the new company was named Nivarox SA and was located on Rue du Progrès 125 in [[La Chaux-de ...new [[mainspring]] material, [[Nivaflex]], in [[1948]] and founded another company in [[Saint-Imier]] to develop this material, [[Nivaflex SA]], in [[1948]]. ...

...CHP) was formed in [[Le Locle]] on May 12, [[1958]]. It was not a holding company or profit-making venture but rather a marketing and promotion organization. ...[Emile Jauslin]], secretary, [[Charles Virchaux]], treasurer. The official company address was the home of René Calame, Bellevue 25 in Geneva, though the orga ...

...ue d'Ebauches Bernoises SA (Bernische Ebaucbesfabriken AG) was a [[holding company]] for [[ebauche]] manufacturers in [[Canton Berne]]. A subsidiary of [[Eba The company was headquartered in [[Bienne]] at Nidaugasse 49 and was established on Jun ...

...nues as a maker of miniature electric motors while Incabloc SA, a separate company, continues in the watchmaking field. ...ecause Braunschweig, son of the founder of Election, was embroiled in that company's [[1929]] bankruptcy, though he was absolved of responsibility as he was n ...

...[Aumann & Cie]], manufacturer of center case bands for pocket watches. The company was located in a building on today's Viadukstrasse that burned down in [[18 ...1901]] called Ad. Michel & Cie, Ebauches-Fabrik. On June 26, [[1903]], the company was moved to central [[Grenchen]]. This factory was purchased by Schwarzent ...

...other appropriate beginning point for ETA, since FHF was absorbed into the company in [[1982]]. ...Also in [[Grenchen]], in [[1896]], [[Adolf Schild]] founds the [[ebauche]] company [[A. Schild]] (AS), where the first cylinder and pin lever movements are pr ...

...d [[1937]] as a successor to the Charles Nicolet watchmaking business. The company focused on precision watches, including [[chronograph]]s by [[1938]]. By [[ ...70]], most of the Tramelan factories had been merged into a single holding company, '''Cominter SA''', which was founded in [[1964]]. This included Nicolet Wa ...

* [[1987]] - [[Tiffany]] is floated as a public company ...nder of Gucci is listed as a public stock, with Investcorp liquidating its holding the following year ...

...n in [[1934]] and founded [[Nivarox SA]] in [[Saint-Imier]] that year. The company would merge with [[Fabriques d'Assortiments Réunies|Fabriques d'Assortiment ...new [[mainspring]] material, [[Nivaflex]], in [[1948]] and founded another company in [[Saint-Imier]] to develop this material, [[Nivaflex SA]], in [[1948]]. ...

...oz-Robert]] spring factory in La Chaux-de-Fonds. In 1911, he took over the company and soon became actively involved in the horology industry. ...n effective representative of UBAH within the Swiss Watch Industry Holding Company (Superholding). ...

...rly '''North American Watch Company''' or '''NAWC''') is a [[watch holding company]] that owns the [[Movado]], [[Concord]], [[Ebel]], [[Olivia Burton]], and [ The company that would become [[Movado]] was founded in [[1881]] as **L.A.I. Ditesheim* ...

...ing of watches. It was still located at Rue St-Pierre 14 at this time. The company was officially renamed "Les Fils de R. Picard" in [[1892]]. ...was listed as a branch of R. Picard. A large advertisement claims that the company specializes in export watches for Russia, Austria, Germany, Spain, Turkey a ...

...watches officially dating to [[1859]] and re-launched in modern times. The company, originally called '''Borel et Courvoisier''', was one of the finest brands ...Henri Reynier, bourgeois of Neuchâtel, and Ulysse Roulet, of La Sagne. The company focused on watchmaking and was listed in [[Indicateur Davoine]] at Rue du M ...

...ore moving to [[Valjoux]] in [[Les Bioux]], close to his birth place. This company was famous for making complicated watch movements, especially [[chronograph ...lasted into the 1980s. Because the designs and tooling was preserved, the company would re-start production in [[1985]] under new owner [[ETA]] and Capt's de ...

...981]] the watchmaker [[Lang, Gerd-Rüdiger|Gerd-Rüdiger Lang]] founded this company in Munich. Chronoswiss is specialized on mechanical [[wristwatch]]es with S ...esented [[IWC]] by [[1981]]. The company was unrelated to the later German company. ...

...gust 1, [[1901]] by Paul-Ernest Dubois in the name of "Ernest Dubois." The company was located at Rue du Doubs 1 by [[1908]]. ...nt]] workshop in [[Le Locle]] in [[1931]] known as [[Fabrique Génia]]. The company was liquidated in [[1936]]. ...

...mpany between [[1932]] and [[1959]]. He is building a sales network of the company and further expands it into many foreign countries. ...y Schoepfer, which caught the imagination of the buying public, as did the company's new slogan, "The Architects of Time." ...

...by [[Jeanneret|Alb. Jeanneret & Frères]], making this the first two-marque company. They would add [[Pigeon]] later that year and [[Excelsior]] in [[1894]]. ...iété Anonyme de Produits Industriels et Commerciaux (SAPIC)]] as a holding company for their watch interests, including the [[Le Sentier]] watchmaking operati ...

'''Ebauches SA''' (often called '''ESA''') was a holding company for Swiss watch movement manufacturers from [[1926]], becoming the main mov ...d becoming the world's leading producer of essential watch components. The company quickly recognized its industrial calling to uphold and advance the Swiss w ...

...ontres Invar]], and [[Cervine]] brands, later adopting these names for the company. They were also closely associated with the [[Nouvelle Fabrique de Tavannes ...[[1883]], becoming a true watchmaking company there. The next step for the company came in [[1886]] as they moved to Léopold-Robert 32 as A. S. Hirsch & Cie. ...

...came chairman in [[1935]]. In [[1939]], Straumann took sole control of the company and expanded it into a precision decolletage operation and the manufacture ...exploitation of this development was initially taken over by the Karl Haas company in Schramberg, though it was [[Revue Thommen|Thommens Uhrenfabriken]] that ...

...5]]-[[1937]]) joined the firm. Even at this early point in its history the company specialized in watches for women from 10 to 14 lignes and exported their pr ...s-market [[wristwatch]] brand, as these became popular with ladies and the company specialized in this market. ...

...and [[Ernest Künzli]] of Rosières, both of whom lived in [[Court]]. Their company was called [[Kocher, Hänni & Künzli]] and focused on producing [[ebauche]]s ...now a financial partner with 80,000 francs invested. The La Chaux-de-Fonds company was finally liquidated in [[1900]]. ...

...th the financiers, who demanded regular payment of their rents even as the company was just starting. ...it was sold to Hirsch. It soon bore the "Vigilant Watch" brand used on the company's watches. By [[1910]], the population of Tavannes had expanded to over 2,5 ...

...t]] manufacturer '''Dr. Girard and Schild Ebauches''' in [[Grenchen]]. The company was formally organized eight years later, as production grew. In [[1866]], [[Girard, Josef|Girard]] retired from the company, selling his shares to Urs Schild for CHF 35,000. [[Schild, Urs|Schild]] as ...

...t manufacturer in [[Grenchen]] and founding member of [[Ebauches SA]]. The company was founded in [[1898]] by [[Adolf Michel]] ([[1865]]-[[1928]]) and [[Jean ...bands for pocket watches, with [[Jean Aumann]] and [[Alfred Hofer]]. This company went bankrupt in [[1893]] after the factory (on the present Viadukstrasse) ...

...ilant]], Invar, and [[Cervine]] brands, later adopting these names for the company. They were also closely associated with the [[Nouvelle Fabrique de Tavannes ...[[1883]], becoming a true watchmaking company there. The next step for the company came in [[1886]] as they moved to Léopold-Robert 32 as A. S. Hirsch & Cie. ...

...ds at the prestigious [[Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève]] than any other company, with 15 [[as of 2021]]. It has also won more [[Watchstars]] awards, with 5 ...is usual in many watchmaker workshops. In [[1881]] they jointly found the company '''Audemars Piguet & Cie., Manufacture d’Horlogerie'''. ...

The General Watch Holding Co. Ltd. was founded on February 18, [[1970]] to unite seven of the largest ...Reconvilier]], General Watch Co. took over the trademarks and logo of that company in [[1971]]. ...

...d a key role in the establishment of the [[ASUAG|Swiss General Watchmaking Company (ASUAG)]], which became the world's largest movement producer. Sydney de Co ...

...e associations to control the entire industry and prevent "dumping" by any company in Switzerland. ...the so-called "Superholding" was set up for the Swiss Confederation. This company, known as [[ASUAG]], was established with a subsidy of 13.5 million francs ...

...ed into a new company called Perrenoud Frères on November 1, [[1913]]. The company was owned by Georges-Alfred and his brother [[Charles-Eugène Perrenoud]] ([ ...guste Davoine]] and [[Charles-Ferdinand Perret]] were made managers of the company. ...

...ker of [[ebauche]]s in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]], part of [[Ebauches SA]]. The company is descended from F. Wuilleumier of [[Renan]], which was later renamed [[Pe An [[1889]] ad describes three important products of the company: ...

...Dubois, though the trademark was taken on by Ernest Tolck soon after. The company was later incorporated as Octo Sarl and Montres Octo SA before relocating t ...dated ownership in [[1927]] after the bankruptcy of Couleru's company. The company was acquired by [[Albert Etienne]] in [[1941]] and moved to [[Bienne]] the ...

...[1866]]" though it was not a separate company until two decades later. The company is closely associated with the [[Jeanneret]] family of [[Saint-Imier]] and ...Gallet]], [[Girard-Perregaux]], and [[Zénith]], among other firms. But the company lacked the resources to develop new movements in the 1960s and suffered as ...

{{File|Franck Muller|Genthod|Company headquarters Genthod near [[Geneva]]}} ...eva casing and gem expert [[Vartan Sirmakes]], a 51 year old Armenian. The company, '''Technowatch SA''', settled in Genthod, near [[Geneva]], in a neo-Gothic ...

The Swiss company '''Vacheron Constantin''' is the oldest continually active watch manufactur ...ni. [[Vendôme Luxury Group]], a subsidiary of [[Richemont]], purchased the company in [[1996]], bringing it together with [[Cartier]], [[Piaget]], and [[Baume ...

The watch company '''LeCoultre''' was founded in [[1833]] by the brothers [[LeCoultre, Charle ...s and came to become a dominant manufacturer of movements and watches. The company, now led by the sons of the founder, began building [[repeater]] watches, [ ...

'''Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies (FSR or SR)''' was a [[holding company]] for production of [[hairspring]]s for watches. Formed in [[1895]], it was ...consolidation]] and became the template and lesson for later efforts. The company incorporated the five major producers at that time, buying out the others, ...

From [[1903]], the Favre-Jacot company took part regularly and very successfully in the competitions of the observ ...demand had also a [[quarter-hour repetition]]. [[1923]] he founded another company in the French [[Besançon]] and [[1926]] an additional office in New York. ...