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* [[TAG Heuer]] (then Heuer) launches the world's first [[pocket watch]] with waterproof case. ...watch manufacturer [[Seiko]] (then Seikosha) starts production of [[pocket watch]]es. ...

...Charles Félicien|Charles Félicien Tissot]] founds a [[pocket watch|pocket watch factory]] in [[Le Locle]], Switzerland together with his son [[Tissot, Char ...

...wiss watchmaker and the inventor of the [[automatic]] winding for [[pocket watch]]es, dies in [[Le Locle]]. ...

...wiss watchmaker and the inventor of the [[automatic]] winding for [[pocket watch]]es, is born on January 9 in [[Le Locle]]. ...

'''Moeris''' was a Swiss watch brand dating to [[1893]]. It was later part of [[Rayville]], owners of [[Bl The Moeris Watch Factory was established in [[1893]] in [[Saint-Imier]]. The company was a h ...

* [[Storz, Walter|Walter Storz]] founds a [[pocket watch|pocket]] and wristwatch manufacturing under the label [[Stowa]] in Hornberg (Germa ...Named according to him and manufactured after his concept the [[hour angle watch]] [[Longines Lindbergh]] is made. ...

...ffer-Jeune, Pontifa was founded in [[1865]] by Henri Stauffer and produced pocket and bracelet watches, ultra-thin watches, chronographs, stopwatches, clocks ...Edmond Mathey-Tissot]], the company produced complicated watches, high-end pocket and wristwatches, and chronographs. ...

...p. in [[Glashütte]], a factory to produce [[Glashütte]] precision [[pocket watch]]es. It will be later renamed to [[Union]]. ...r Intellectual Property on 27 March and therefore is the oldest registered watch manufacturer in the world. ...

[[Tourbillon]] [[pocket watch]] by [[Richard Mille]] ...launched [[pocket watch]] model with [[tourbillon]]: the [[plate]] of the watch [[movement]] is made ​​from this material. The [[nanofiber]]s are pressed u ...

...ion of the IWC classic [[Portugieser]] ("Portuguese"). The original pocket watch movement calibre 98 has been continuously developed over the past 70 years, :[[Manual winding]] [[manufacture]] movement [[IWC 98295]] (base [[pocket watch]] calibre IWC 98), 18,000 A/h ...

{{File|IWC|Fliegeruhr Handaufzug Platin|IWC Pilot’s Watch Hand-Wound in platinum}} {{File|IWC|Fliegeruhr Handaufzug Stahl|IWC Pilot’s Watch Hand-Wound in steel}} ...

'''Union Glashütte''' is a German watch manufacturer in [[Glashütte]], currently part of the [[Swatch Group]]'s Hig ...es and gentlemen pocket watches, complicated watches, [[tourbillon]]s, and pocket and marine [[chronometer]]s of the highest Glashütte quality. J. Bergter wa ...

* The first [[Citizen]] pocket watch is built in December. ...

'''Braunschweig & Hirsch''' were a maker of pocket watches in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] active in the 1890s and 1900s. The company ...de la Serre 27 in [[1895]] and [[1896]]. The firm registered a patent on a watch movement design in [[1893]], the first of many. It was operated by [[Isaac ...

'''Calibre 98000''' is a family of classic watch movements produced by [[IWC]] since the 1930s. IWC introduced the [[hunter]] pocket watch movement '''Cal. 98''', in the 1930s. But it became well known as the movem ...

...inventions he contributed significantly to the improvement of the [[pocket watch]]. His principal contribution was the development of the modern [[plate]] a ...e watchmaker colony Ferney founded by Voltaire. He later also headed this "watch factory" (till [[1783]]). Jean-Antoine Lépine died [[1814]] in Paris. ...

...ion of the IWC classic [[Portugieser]] ("Portuguese"). The original pocket watch movement calibre 98 has been continuously developed over the past 70 years, :[[Manual winding]] [[manufacture]] movement [[IWC 98245]] (base [[pocket watch]] calibre IWC 98), 18,000 A/h ...

'''Cal. 6498''' is a large [[pocket watch]] movement produced by [[Unitas]] and [[ETA]] since [[1950]] and continuing The Cal. 6498 family is a [[Savonette|Savonette or hunter]] [[pocket watch]] [[calibre]] and thus has the [[sub seconds]] dial at 6:00, 90º off-axis f ...

'''Perrelet''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer. ...am-Louis Perrelet]], the inventor of the [[automatic]] winding at [[pocket watch]]es. ...

...e Swiss [[Saint-Imier]]. In the following period it becomes the well-known watch manufacturer [[Longines]]. ...self in Paris and manufactures [[marine chronometer]]s, precision [[pocket watch]]es and precision pendulum clocks. ...

'''Laco''' is a German watch manufacturer. ...t manufacturer [[Durowe]] (German raw watch movements), which provided his watch factory LACO completely with its own movements, but was also supplying othe ...

...niversary watch what is at the time probably the most complicated [[pocket watch]] in the world, [[La Fabuleuse]]. It has seven additional dials, on which c ...

...e German watch manufacturer [[Junghans]] starts the production of [[pocket watch]]es, but suffers several setbacks at the beginning. ...

Watch brand ...age. There were two watch ranges: the name '''Jubilar''' was for [[pocket watch]]es, and the name '''Chrono Sport''' for classical pilot's watches and [[ch ...

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". ...

...ortefeuille; Montres automobile" ("8-day watches, anchor, visible balance; Pocket watches, visible balance; Easel watches or full dial, visible balance; Wall ==Octus Watch== ...

...​In his small studio Jules Godat produces especially large silver [[pocket watch]]es for railroad workers. ...in the manufacture of observation watches for military use, slide rule and pocket watches . ...

'''Cal. 6497''' is a large [[pocket watch]] movement produced by [[Unitas]] and [[ETA]] since [[1950]] and continuing The Cal. 6497 family is a [[Lépine]] [[pocket watch]] [[calibre]] and thus has the [[sub seconds]] dial at 9:00, in line with t ...

...he watchmaker Francois Czapek. This is the start of the prestigious luxury watch brand [[Patek Philippe]]. ...ted and thereby greatly improves the precision and quality of the [[pocket watch]]es. ...

...red American watchmaking factories including [[Waltham Watch]] and [[Elgin Watch]] and David's report spurred companies like [[Longines]] and [[Zénith]] to ...] - Quality watches, including calendar and repeating as well as a 4 ligne watch ...

'''Josef Pallweber''' is a Swiss watch brand. ...r of watches with jumping numerals. With this [[1883]] patented indication pocket watches were then fitted. They were also called "Pallweber watches". [[IWC] ...

'''Tissot''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, currently part of the [[Swatch Group]]'s Middle Range. '''Tissot''' ist a Swiss watch manufacturer of the [[Swatch Group]] and is located in [[Le Locle]] in the ...

...en's wristwatch model, the first [[pilot's watch]], and the first [[sports watch]], it has changed dramatically over time but includes notable elements, inc ...a screwed-on [[bezel]] and integrated [[lugs]]. Santos-Dumont wore such a watch when he was photographed flying his airplane in [[1906]], and it caused a s ...

...atch]]es to railway companies since [[1895]], the Railmaster was the first watch that was designed specifically for railway employees, scientists, technicia ...calibre, equipped with [[manual winding]]. The elegant, perfectly legible watch was also delivered in [[Omega Seamaster Railmaster Chronometer|three smalle ...

'''Atlantic-Watch Production Ltd''' Swiss watch manufacturer ...

German watch manufacturer ...[UFAG|Glashütter Uhrenfabrik AG (UFAG)]] at about [[1930]]. [[Pocket watch|Pocket]] and [[wristwatch]]es of this quality brand were equipped with movements ...

Calibres '''17-13''' and '''16-15''' are two closely-related watch movements from [[Minerva]]. All measure about 17 [[ligne]], though the mode ...as well as [[Sinn]] dashboard clocks and the limited-edition [[Chronoswiss Pocket Regulateur]]. It was the basis for Calibre 16-15 (see below) as well as [[c ...

...]] in [[Saint-Imier]], relocates to [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] in a newly built watch plant. * The brothers Christian and George Thiel start the production of [[pocket watch]]es in [[Ruhla]] (Germany) and thus lay the foundation of the city traditio ...

'''BWC''' is a Swiss watch brand. ...id quality. At that time the focus was still on the production of [[pocket watch]]es. In [[1953]] the father of the founder, Edwin Volkart, took over the co ...

...atch]] by Jaquet Droz from the year [[1785]]: according to the name of the watch here the second is performed particularly large. From the current model the [[Category:Watch models]] ...

...a new ebauche factory in [[Tavannes]] (likely [[Henri Sandoz]]' [[Tavannes Watch]] factory) and another in [[Tramelan]] (perhaps [[Armand Nicolet|Nicolet]] ...listed in 1893. Maître was later a founder of the famous [[Wenger]] Swiss pocket knife company in Delémont. ...

'''Baume''' is an entry-level watch brand from [[Richemont]], launched in [[2018]]. ...[open heart]] dial, while the Custom Timepiece series has a classic pocket watch look with wire lugs, the crown at 12:00 and retrograde day by pointer, [[sm ...

'''B. Junge & Söhne''' is a German watch manufacturer. ...feifer]], who had made himself a name in the watch industry as head of the watch manufacturer [[Glashütte Original]] and at the same time is also constribut ...

On February 7, [[1916]], Ruh founded the [[Roo Watch|Roo Watch Co.]] (misspelled Roe) in [[Bienne]]. The company was a manufacturer of wat ...e board. He appears to have moved to [[Evilard]] by [[1923]] and started a watch wholesaling company simply called Ruh. ...

'''Zila Watch''' was a Swiss watch company located in [[La Heutte]] in the district of [[Courtelary]] from the Zila Watch Co. SA was founded in [[La Heutte]] in the district of [[Courtelary]] in [[ ...

'''Stowa''' is a German watch manufacturer. ...om [[1940]] Stowa obtained the [[ebauche movement]]s for the [[observation watch]]es required by the Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces) from [[Unitas]] (diamet ...

...to read [[pilot's watch]] in the classic style with the legendary [[pocket watch]] calibre [[5011 Zenith|Zenith 5011K]] with [[manual winding]]. The model " [[Category:Watch models]] ...

'''Speake-Marin''' is an [[eponymous]] Swiss watch manufacturer founded by [[Peter Speake-Marin]]. ...d the [[Speake-Marin Foundation Watch|Foundation Watch]], a large [[pocket watch]] that established the design trends that would be echoed by his later watc ...

'''Vintage 1945 XXL Foudroyante''' is a luxury watch by [[Girard-Perregaux]]. In the year [[1880]] [[Girard, Constant | Constant Girard]] created a pocket chronograph, which was equipped with two finesses: a [[rattrapante]] functi ...

...moved to [[Tramelan]] soon after. Reymond purchased the existing [[Unitas Watch Company]] in [[1926]] and used that name on his ebauches, movements, and so In the 1950's, Unitas released two famous pocket watch movements, calibres [[Unitas 6497|6497]] and [[Unitas 6498|6498]]. These la ...

'''Minerva''' is a storied Swiss watch [[manufacture]], famous especially for producing [[chronograph]] movements ...Charles remained. At first the firm worked as [[etablisseur]] of [[pocket watch]]es, preferring movements of Fontainmelon ([[FHF]]). In [[1878]] the sons [ ...

...1 and 5 in Le Locle by [[1886]]. The company was known for [[complicated]] pocket watches, especially [[repeater]]s, and [[grand sonnerie]]s. H. Barbezat-Bôl [[Category:Watch brands Switzerland]] ...

'''Lange 1A''' is a luxury watch by [[A. Lange & Söhne]]. ...duction building. It stands in the tradition of the historic "1A" [[pocket watch]]es by A. Lange & Söhne: with [[lever]] and [[escape wheel]] in gold and ha ...

...he movement is based on a design, which was used in the 1960s for [[pocket watch]]es. ...lets, one in black alligator leather, one in natural [[rubber]], allow the watch either a very elegant or a more sporting appearance. ...

'''Jean d'Eve''' is a Swiss watch brand associated with '''Le Phare'''. It traces its roots to [[1888]] and t ...ember 30th, [[1888]] Charles Barbezat-Baillot founded the Barbezat-Baillot watch factory in [[Le Locle]]. This was the successor company to Barbezat's earli ...

The title "Uhr des Jahres" ('''Watch of the Year''') is awarded annually by the readers of the German newspaper ===Watch of the Year ("Uhr des Jahres")=== ...

'''Langematik Anniversary "Jubilee"''' is a luxury watch by [[A. Lange & Söhne]]. ...500 pieces with the characteristic red "XII" - like once with the [[pocket watch]]es of the finest quality - was launched. The irresistibly beautiful, artfu ...

...ourvoisier]], the name is most closely associated with a high-end maker of pocket watches in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] in the second half of the 19th century. Or ...alled it a "watchmaking Massacre" at the Leipzig fair in [[1801]]. And new watch styles were appearing in Paris that made the products of La Chaux-de-Fonds ...

'''Railmaster''' is a watch range by [[Omega]]. ...atch]]es to railway companies since [[1895]], the Railmaster was the first watch that was designed specifically for railway employees, scientists, technicia ...

...'''9S5x''' family of high-end watch movements was the flagship mechanical watch product of [[Seiko]] from [[1998]] until the introduction of the "3 Days" p The Calibre 8L and 9S families are assembled at Seiko's [[Shizukuishi Watch Studio]] in Morioka, Iwate prefecture, Japan, along with other high-end Sei ...

{{File|Longines|Lindbergh|The legendary<br>[[Hour angle watch]]<br>[[Longines Lindbergh]]}} '''Longines''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, currently part of the [[Swatch Group]]'s High Range division. ...

...the death of founder Emile Juillard the company took the name [[Cortébert Watch]]. Emile's sons continued the operation with their uncle Henri and the comp ...pression of the 1920s and 1930s but the firm, which had primarily produced pocket watches, was not competitive through the 1950s. In [[1962]] the factory was ...

Buren Watch Company (also spelled Büren) was a Swiss watch manufacturer located in [[Büren an der Aare]] in [[Canton Bern]] just south ...rnational branch. From [[1916]] Henry Williamson used the signature "Büren Watch Co." ...

'''Cartier''' is a Paris jewelry and watch company, currently one of the Jewellery Maisons of [[Richemont]]. ...he trade with new watches is systematically expanded. Apart from [[pocket watch]]es under their own name also timepieces from well known luxury companies a ...

...atch]]es to railway companies since [[1895]], the Railmaster was the first watch that was designed specifically for railway employees, scientists, technicia [[Category:Watch models]] ...

'''Ulysse Nardin''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in [[1846]] and currently part of the [[Kering]] group ...day the anchor in the company logo reminds us this.) Furthermore, [[pocket watch]]es with [[complication]]s such as [[moon phase]], [[perpetual calendar]], ...

'''Complications''' are display mechanisms on a watch. Some, like hour, minute, and second, are taken for granted, while others a ...me by ringing bells or firing guns. The evolution led to the production of pocket watches with similar capabilities, pioneered by English watchmakers [[Edwar ...

The '''Legacy Machine no. 1''' is a watch from [[MB&F]]. ...e No. 1]] and its successors. It has the appearance of a traditional round watch, though it is no less technically advanced than its predecessors. ...

Poldy Froidevaux ([[1920]]-[[1985]]) was a maker of watch glass in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]]. He was the son of [[Helyette Schwarz]], eld ...Bergeon, a French national who produced glass, secret springs, and pocket watch cases for the American market. Less than two years late, in November of [[1 ...

Aero Watch (often spelled Aéro) was a watch brand in [[Neuchâtel]] founded by [[Jean Grandy]] in [[1937]] and operated ...family. And there is no use or registration for the Aero, Aerowatch, Aero Watch, or Montres Aero brands prior to 1936. ...

'''Sky Moon Ref. 5102''' is an [[astronomical watch]] by [[Patek Philippe]]. This extravagant luxury watch with [[self-winding]] movement shows a detailed view of the northern night ...

...atch]]es to railway companies since [[1895]], the Railmaster was the first watch that was designed specifically for railway employees, scientists, technicia The elegant, perfectly legible watch was also available as [[Omega Seamaster Railmaster Chronograph|Seamaster Ra ...

...omatic]] winding and tourbillon in the collection ''Fine Art Pieces''. The watch features a red gold dial with centre intricately etched to leave a fascinat ...-Marin logo, which first appeared in the tourbillon cage of the Foundation Watch, can also be seen in the tourbillon cage of the Dong Son Tourbillon. ...

'''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. ...

...k as well as creating original pieces, such as a hand-made [[1994]] pocket watch with [[tourbillon]] and [[power reserve indicator]]. He then returned to be * [[2007]]: [[Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève]] Men's Watch Prize, [[Voutilainen Observatoire|Observatoire]] ...

...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 == ...

...The company had also branched out into emerging categories: [[Ultra-thin]] pocket watches and "[[wristwatch|bracelets-montres]]" by that year. Ditisheim had ...watches, though the majority of his work in La Chaux-de-Fonds was on large pocket chronometers. ...

Marcel Dépraz began producing watch movements in [[Le Lieu]] in the [[Vallée de Joux]] in [[1901]]. He managed ...ld Dubois with an automatic movement supplied by Hans Kocher of Büren. The watch appeared on the market in [[1969]]. ...

Luxury watch by [[Audemars Piguet]]. ...in the 18th century. It is frequently found in the famous [[chronograph]] pocket watches by Audemars Piguet, generally combined with a "Seconde [[foudroyant ...

'''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 ...

'''Robert Gygax''' the leading maker of watch cases in [[Saint-Imier]] from [[1876]] through the 1960s. ...ectory. This advertisement clarifies that Gygax specializes in gold plated watch cases and that his factory is mechanized. ...

...on a stem attached at 12:00 on the dial. It was most harmonious on such a watch to locate the small seconds subdial at 6:00. Because these watches used Lép In contrast, a so-called [[savonnette]] watch was designed to be held in the hand with the stem against the thumb, so the ...

...isochronism – the identical oscillations of the regulating organ – as the watch gradually discharges), while nonetheless achieving remarkably precise time ...ted to the going train, things are very different today. Only a handful of watch manufacturers are capable of transposing this mechanism into the diminutive ...

'''Marvin''' is a Swiss watch brand dating to the early 1900s. ...[[1854]] one could move to the newly built office building of the [[pocket watch]] [[manufacture]]. [[1891]]/[[1892|92]] the new generation change was perfo ...

...tered on September 25 of that year for cases, movements, dials, and pocket watch cases. These brands expired in [[1910]] and [[1911]], respectively. ...

The '''Cabaret Tourbillon''' is a luxury watch by [[A. Lange & Söhne]]. It extends the Cabaret series with its rectangular ...et watch]]es which were always carried upright in the same position in the pocket. By letting the precision-determining parts - [[balance wheel]] and [[escap ...

Historically, the [[mainspring]] in a watch movement could keep it running for about 40 hours, or just under 2 days. Th In [[1908]], [[Doxa]] introduced an 8-day watch movement that proved popular in World War I among soldiers. ...

'''Hebdomas''' is a trademarked brand and design for an [[8-day]] watch movement invented in [[1888]] and in production since at least [[1898]]. ...though the famous watch movement had 8-day power reserve, the concept of a watch that would require winding just once a week is what gave it this name. ...

...hmaking city, which was famous for producing the [[Hebdomas]] 8-day pocket watch with [[Arthur Graizely]] and later produced the [[Reform]] brand electric c ...

[[File:Chopard Armbanduhr.jpg|thumb|Elegant men's watch by Chopard]] '''Chopard''' is a Swiss watch and jewelry manufacturer established in [[1860]]. ...

'''Aquaracer''' is a [[dive watch]] series by [[TAG Heuer]] ...and watches. Because at that time they launched the world's first [[pocket watch]] with waterproof case. In [[1939]] followed the first waterproof wrist [[c ...

.... The company is mainly remembered today for the [[Vulcain Cricket]] alarm watch released in [[1947]], but it had a long history of producing interesting wa ...own company in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]]. In his studio he made fine [[pocket watch]], which he sold under his own name. His watches were characterized mainly ...

...e maintaining the Beau-Site workshop. The company produced pendant winding pocket watches. In [[1883]] after Didisheim's death his widow took over his share ...on brand, and a [[1914]] ad clarifies the the perpetrator was the Napoleon Watch Co. of Bombay who officially owned the "Napole" brand. ...

'''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 ...

'''Patek Philippe''' is a [[Swiss]] watch [[manufacture]], one of the few remaining [[independent brand]]s. On 1 May [[1839]] the watch [[manufacture]] '''Patek, Czapek & Co.''' is founded in [[Geneva]] by two P ...

...an-Dessus]] for most of its history and was associated with the [[Unitas]] watch movement factory, which it owned. ...]) was born in [[St-Sulpice]] and trained to become a banker. Drawn to the watch business, Reymond moved to [[Tramelan-Dessus]] and established a modest wat ...

'''Omega SA / Omega Watches''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, currently part of the [[Swatch Group]]'s Prestige and Luxury ...etia''', and these trademarks would become the foundation of the [[General Watch Co.]] Between [[1895]] and [[1906]] the Brandt brothers separated their com ...

'''Dugena''' is a German watch manufacturer, currently part of the [[EganaGoldpfeil]] group. The name "Dugena" is one of Germany's most famous watch brands. The roots of the company lie in Switzerland, namely with the Swiss ...

...first crowdinvesting in the luxury watch area, launch of "Rent Your Luxury Watch"). ...th century. First as successful textile entrepreneurs, then as pioneers in watch making, the DuBois family built up their name and reputation reaching far b ...

...mpany was run by businessman [[Charles Bonny]] of Chevroux in Canton Vaud, watch dealer Charles Widmaier of [[Schaffhausen]], and Robert Cart himself. Bonny ...mp hour]] and [[rising minute]]s display by [[1930]] and used this in both pocket and wrist watches. In April [[1934]], Robert Cart SA was reorganized with C ...

'''Jörg Hysek''' is a German artist, designer and watch manufacturer. === Experience in the watch industry and well-known watch models === ...

'''Tianjin Sea-Gull Watch Factory''' Chinese watch manufacturer ...

'''Breguet''' is a Swiss watch [[manufacture]], currently part of the [[Swatch Group]]'s Prestige and Luxu The current Breguet company is descended directly from watch case manufacturer [[Bernard Bréguet-Bréting]], who registered the current s ...

...remains in production over 100 years later. He previously created a 40-day watch for Pope Leo XIII, establishing his reputation in the industry. ...o be established in Switzerland as well. He also claimed to have created a watch that could run for three months, though the details of this mechanism were ...

'''Armand Nicolet''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer named for a putative 19th century watchmaker of the same name. ...nd Nicolet company. Located at Méval 11, Armand Nicolet produced wrist and pocket watches using the '''Telda''' and '''Verneta''' brands and continued in ope ...

'''Andreas Huber''' was a Munich watch shop and a watch manufacturer, named after the founder and after his grandson of the same na ...y French bronze watch cases. [[1912]] the title "Hofuhrenfabrik" (official watch factory of the court) is given to the company by the Bavarian prince regent ...

'''H. Moser & Cie.''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, partially held by [[MELB Holding]]. ...]) founded '''H. Moser & Co.''' in [[1828]] in St. Petersburg and opened a watch factory in [[Le Locle]] the following year. Moser returned to [[Schaffhause ...

'''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. ...

...ting the October 9, [[1930]] decision by Hans Baumgartner to start his own watch company, but the Rodana name originated elsewhere and the company would not ...was removed from the register on August 29, the same day as Josef Rudolf's watch case company, which was also located in Selzach. ...

'''Jacques Etoile''' is a German watch manufacturer. The watch company [[Jacques Etoile]] was founded on October 1, [[1996]] in Lörrach/Ba ...

Adolf Michel ([[1865]]-[[1928]]) was a watch movement manufacturer in [[Grenchen]], founding the firm of [[A. Michel]] i ...under the name of [[Aumann & Cie]], manufacturer of center case bands for pocket watches. The company was located in a building on today's Viadukstrasse tha ...

...e D.D.Q." steel in 10 varieties that year. The D.D.Q. version was aimed at watch case makers, protected by Swiss patent CH138647. D.D.Q. (for "deep drawing The first watch to be advertised with a Staybrite steel case was the [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Rev ...

...n et Golana''' in [[1956]]. The company gained approval to produce its own watch movements in [[1957]], and focused on slim movements and ultra-thin watches A [[regulator]] watch with a [[power reserve indicator]] at 9:00 was shown at [[BaselWorld|BASEL ...

'''Jean Lassale''' was a [[Swiss]] watch brand specializing in [[ultra-thin]] watches. Founded by [[1974]], the Lass At the [[Basel Fair]] in [[1976]], Jean Lassale introduced the thinnest watch movement in history, the hand-winding Cal. 1200 and automatic Cal. 2000 at ...

'''IWC''' ('''International Watch Co. Schaffhausen''') is a Swiss watch manufacturer established in [[1868]] and currently one of the Specialist Wa ...founding year of [[1868]] there are the unsurpassed high-quality [[pocket watch]]es by IWC. ...

'''Enicar''' is a historic [[Swiss]] watch brand dating to [[1914]] and currently operated by [[Wah Ming Hong|Wah Ming ...he family name. One, Jules Racine Sr., had registered the family name as a watch brand. ...

...hes and clocks from Octo, [[Rode]], and [[Octava]], and the [[Montbrillant Watch Manufactory]] building he shared with [[Breitling]] in the 1890s. ...d Charles Couleru. Charles Couleru-Meuri produced high-end and complicated pocket watches, specializing in [[moon phase indicator]]s and [[ultra-thin]] model ...

'''Chronoswiss''' is a [[Swiss]] (formerly [[German]]) watch manufacturer in operation since [[1984]]. ...or dial]] based on the model of precision pendulum [[clock]]s. A [[pocket watch]] "Regulateur" with a [[Minerva]] calibre was also made. Chronoswiss now ex ...

...hes and clocks from Octo, [[Rode]], and [[Octava]], and the [[Montbrillant Watch Manufactory]] building he shared with [[Breitling]] in the 1890s. ...d Charles Couleru. Charles Couleru-Meuri produced high-end and complicated pocket watches, specializing in [[moon phase indicator]]s and [[ultra-thin]] model ...

'''Berna''' is a historic watch brand named for the canton of [[Berne]]. The brand was originally used by [ ...aimed it "is bathed in a glass of water and which is no worse for it. This watch ... is intended to render real services in hot countries, where it will be ...

Jean d'Eve is a Swiss watch brand associated with Le Phare. It traces its roots to [[1888]] and the fir ...[[1880]]. In [[1881]], Guye & Barbezat earned a gold medal at the National Watch Exhibition in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]]. ...

'''Richard Mille''' is a [[French]] watch manufacturer, one of the few remaining [[independent brand]]s. ...period of three years Richard Mille in [[2001]] presented his first luxury watch: the [[Richard Mille RM 001]]. Since then the brand again and again caused ...

'''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 ...

The Swiss company '''Vacheron Constantin''' is the oldest continually active watch manufacturer in the world, founded in [[1755]] and currently one of the Spe ...ny has remained active ever since, making it the oldest continually active watch manufacturer in the world. It became known as "Vacheron & Constantin" in [[ ...

...tch manufacturer and a meritorious promoter of the high-quality mechanical watch in Germany. == From watch store to shop chain == ...

...e master watchmaker behind the company. Journe is a member of the renowned watch artist association [[AHCI]]. His motto »Invenit et Fecit«, which is everywh ...nce watch of the King of France. In [[1983]] Journe first built a [[pocket watch]], and later a [[wristwatch]]. ...

'''Breitling''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer ...Montbrillant Watch Manufactory]]'' one specializes first on [[pocket watch|pocket]] [[chronograph]]s. ...

...ted at Alte Straße 29 in Grenchen. This is the same address given for the "watch shop" also established by him prior to that year. ...en it was converted for weapons production) and afterward as a producer of pocket and wrist watches. It was bankrupt in [[1967]] with the Swiss company [[Sil ...

Japanese watch manufacturer ...itially only wall clocks were produced, before from [[1895]] also [[pocket watch]]es and from [[1899]] watches with [[alarm]] function were made. From [[191 ...

'''Officine Panerai''' is an Italian watch manufacturer, currently one of the Specialist Watchmakers of [[Richemont]]. == The legendary diver's watch "Radiomir" == ...

'''Jaeger-LeCoultre''' is a Swiss watch [[manufacture]] established in [[1833]] and currently one of the Specialist ...1st World Exhibition in London, LeCoultre won his first gold medal with a pocket chronograph, thanks to this new invention. ...

...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 ...

...ises 65,000 francs capital and specified the it specializes on complicated watch movements. ...in production for sixty years. But it was larger than desirable for wrist watch use. The military, involved in the First World War, required reliable brace ...

...dré Gindrat-Delachaux of [[Tramelan]] and shared the famous [[Montbrillant Watch Manufactory]] building with [[Breitling]] and [[Couleru-Meuri]]. He acquire ...6 Gindrat-Delachaux Ad.jpg|left|thumb|200px|This 1896 ad promises an 8-day watch, though it was likely still in development with Couleru-Meuri]] ...

'''Parmigiani Fleurier''' is a Swiss luxury watch [[manufacture]], one of the few remaining [[independent brand]]s. ...978]] he is active in the production of "private label" models of renowned watch manufacturers. Among his design credits are the [[Chopard]] [[LUC 1.96]] an ...

'''A. Michel AG''' (also known as '''A. Michel SA''' or '''AMSA''') was a watch movement manufacturer in [[Grenchen]] and founding member of [[Ebauches SA] ...ork for the firm of [[Aumann & Cie]], manufacturer of inner case bands for pocket watches, with [[Jean Aumann]] and [[Alfred Hofer]]. This company went bankr ...

'''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 ...

'''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]]. ...

...any registered a new brand for the British market in [[1919]], John Bull's Watch. ...ocated at Rue de la Paix 133, Slem was almost immediately renamed The Slam Watch Co. (Schlem SA) on October 1. The company registered the brands, Slem, Gran ...

'''Blancpain''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, currently part of the [[Swatch Group]]'s Prestige and Luxury ...in the world, the [[Blancpain Golden Profile|Golden Profile]] and the only watch with 53 jewels, the [[Blancpain Cyclotron|Cyclotron]]. ...

...Ab.-L. Perrelet]], from Le Locle, invented the so-called perpetual shaking watch, which is also attributed to a watchmaker from Vienna (Austria). * [[1790]] - First adjustment competition for pocket watches, organized by the Société des arts de Genève. ...

...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. ...

'''A. Lange & Söhne''' is a luxury watch manufacturer in [[Glashütte]], [[Germany]], currently one of the Specialist ..., Ferdinand Adolph|[[Ferdinand Adolph Lange]] (1815-1875), founder of the watch-and-clock-making industry in [[Glashütte]]|A. Lange & Söhne}} ...

'''Le Locle''' is one of the most important "watch cities" of [[Switzerland]]. ...]], and many others. Today, these companies remain in the town, along with watch manufacturing for many other famous names, including [[Montblanc]], [[Rolex ...

...for a range of [[8-day]] movement (thus the name) but also produced other watch models. Octo clocks were first produced in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] by Charles The 8-day watch and "Octo" brand originated in the [[Couleru-Meuri]] family. It is seen in ...

The earliest predecessor to Ernest Borel was the watch finishing workshop of Ulysse Roulet, which is first listed in [[Indicateur ...watch, 14 ligne gold savonette watches for ladies, and a 15 ligne cylinder watch. As early as [[1860]] Borel and Courvoisier welcomed agents from New York, ...

...e has a small dial (pressure gauge) which indicates for how many hours the watch has been wound. ...he distance covered by a pedestrian. All you have to do is hang it in your pocket. The distance is indicated in kilometer, English, Russian, etc. ...

'''Zenith''' is a Swiss watch [[manufacture]], currently part of the [[LVMH]] group. ...e „Fabrique des Billodes“ in [[Le Locle]]. First he manufactured precision pocket watches, which were signed with his name. About [[1900]] the product range ...

Swiss watch [[manufacture]] ...akes over the case production and Wilsdorf the acquisition of high quality watch movements. He orders the movements from the Swiss company [[Aegler]] based ...

'''Martel Watch Company''' was a [[Swiss]] [[watch movement]] company in the 20th century. On June 23, [[1914]], the '''Martel Watch Co.''' was established in [[Ponts-de-Martel]] by Pellaton-Steudler, though ...

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

...amelan still exists as Serre 14 today. Jeanneret et Fallet produced [[stop watch]]es and [[chronograph]]s, a specialty of the family. Fallet left the partne ...[[1902]] after Paul's death and specifically offered a 19 ligne [[bracelet watch|bracelet chronograph]] by [[1913]]. ...

'''TAG Heuer''' is a Swiss watch manufacturer, currently part of the [[LVMH]] group. ...vented the [[oscillating pinion]], which is still used today by well-known watch brands. This heritage is reflected in period advertisements, which note tha ...

...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 ...

...''Lugrin''') was a historic Swiss [[ebauche movement]] and [[complicated]] watch manufacturer. It is now called '''Manufacture Breguet''' and is part of [[B ...ges of finishing from the cutter to shipment. This included 18 complicated watch movements from simple chronographs to models with minute counters, quarter ...