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...lant 1903|Montbrillant 1903]]: Anniversary edition of [[2003]] for the 100-year anniversary of the beginning of aviation ...

...AMVOX series and was introduced in [[2004]] and went on sale the following year. It is inspired by the style of the cars and has an alarm function in the t ...

...ith a simple no-date or seconds quartz [[E 19|Cal. E 19 C]]. The following year, the 37.5 mm [[Patek Philippe Nautilus 3800|Midsize "La Classique" Ref. 380 ...tilus 3710|"Jumbo" Power Reserve model, Ref. 3710]] appeared the following year with a 42 mm case and [[PP 330|Cal. 330 S C]]. ...

[[Omega]] produces per year only a handful of models with central tourbillon, so these highly luxury de ...

...h 60 minute counter, with Cal. 95 M adding a 12 hour counter the following year. They are modular movements, with the chronograph plate mounted on a conven ...

...ced water resistance. Therefore at best the watch should be checked once a year by a watchmaker on water resistance and the seals replaced if necessary. ...

...s unveiled in a quiet press conference in Geneva on January 10 of the same year. They had begun developing their integrated automatic chronograph at the be ...Constellation|Constellation]] [[chronometer]] had been. Throughout that 10-year production run, the company modified the original movement just once, produ ...

...ht-Master II references received the new [[Rolex 4161]] movement that same year, though all models retain the same reference numbers. ...

...the Reverso Tribute Small Seconds, Tribute Duoface Large, and (late in the year) [[Jaeger-LeCoultre 847|Cal. 847]] Tourbillon "Duoface", both of which shar ...

...(FSR)]] cartel. The company was established in June [[1896]], less than a year after FSR was announced, and lasted until [[1932]]. ...

...e|Armbanduhren]] in [[2014]]. It also won the iF product design award that year. The Ahoi Datum was awarded the [[Goldene Unruh]] at [[MunichTime]]. ...

...enser]] to adjust to temperature variations. Battery life is better than 1 year. ...

...2013]] with a brown strap. A black strap option was also offered the first year. ...

:[[Year window]] at 7:30 ...

...as "collections" rather than standalone nameplates in [[2010]]. That same year, Bulgari consolidated manufacturing of movements, dials, and cases, allowin ...

:[[Year window]] at 7:30 ...

Released in the year [[2004]], the model '''Cricket Aviator Elapse Time''' opened the legendary ...

...d as a public stock, with Investcorp liquidating its holding the following year ...

...h was presented mid [[2007]] and in [[2008]] was elected as [[Watch of the Year]] (Uhr des Jahres). ...

:[[Small seconds]] ([[hacking]]) and [[leap year indicator]] at 6:00 ...

...growing to 39 mm for the [[IWC Mark XVI|Mark XVI]] in [[2006]]. That same year, IWC introduced the smallest Pilot's Watch yet, this 34 mm '''Pilot's Watch ...

...ing [[wristwatch]]es, [[pocket watch]]es and desk clocks. In the following year [[1997]] Parmigiani took part in the trade show [[SIHH]] for the first time ...rve]] of eight days. By [[2000]], Parmigiani was producing 350 watches per year, priced in the haute horology range of the market, over US$6000. But he sti ...

...e|Armbanduhren]] in [[2014]]. It also won the iF product design award that year. ...

...istened Robert Baptiste. His family moved to [[Saint-Imier]] the following year. Savoye began working as an office employee for [[Ernest Francillon]], the ...

...acheron Constantin]] presents the limited edition "Les Masques" as a three-year collection of 25 sets of four watches, each for a different continent are: ...

...ri previously and acquired all of Couleru-Meuri's trademarks the following year. Lévy, for his part, passed ownership of the firm to [[Georges Meyer]], ano ...4, [[1908]]. It was deleted from the commercial registry on June 3 of that year. ...

One year later, in the spring of [[2010]], with the "Luminous" a version of the ''Ze ...

...atch movements in the 20th century. He registered the Siva brand that same year and quickly began registering designs and patents. ...

...ially renamed "Fabrique d'horlogerie La Glycine, Piccola & Joffrette" that year. ...

...[1921]], serving alongside factory director [[Erwin Meyer]]. The following year, after Meyer's death, the factory was reorganized with Straumann alone in c ...and honorary membership of the Société Suisse de Chronométrie in the same year. In 1967, the Fédération Internationale de Ski honored him with honorary me ...

...rother Adolf junior joined their father's business in 1898 despite being a year younger. César continued his education, joining the firm in [[1901]] upon t ...

...to have set up shop as an independent watchmaker in [[1905]]. This is the year specified in a [[1918]] business filing, and it lines up with the first app ...er a long illness, and Paul stepped back from the business in June of that year. The firm was renamed Paul Schwarz-Etienne & Co., reflecting the increased ...

...II, and Omega launched their first automatic winding watch in [[1948]], a year after Tissot. ...

...cheron Constantin]] presented the limited edition "Les Masques" as a three-year collection of 25 sets of four watches, each for a different continent: Amer ...

The '''Prix Gaïa''' is a watch award, which is awarded each year by the [[Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds]]. ...

!Generation!!Model!!Year!!Jewels!!Height!!Complications ...

!Year!!Movement!!Winding!!Beat!!Hands!!Date!!Subdial!!Jewels!!Notes ...

...version with gold bracelet similar to the Pythagore appeared the following year, followed by the novel Halo model. ...

:[[Year window]] at 7:30 ...

...pieces), and white gold (100 pieces). She was elected "Sports Watch of the Year" at the [[Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix]] [[2006]]. ...

...tcy in [[1931]]. It was re-formed as '''Nouvelle Election''' the following year and lasted through [[1987]] when it was renamed '''Douest'''. ...y as [[1859]], when "H. Braunschweig" is shown at number 20. The following year we see "A. Braunschweig" at 18, moving back to number 20 in [[1861]] and 22 ...

:Indication of the months and [[leap year]]s (at 12 o'clock) ...

After this ten-year collaboration, it was natural for Bucherer to expand the focus of mechanica ...

...[[1976]] the King Seiko was no more, with the 56KS cancelled the previous year and the [[King Seiko 52KS]] being the last model in production. ...

...ed from the industry group to Gogler's company by the end of the following year. It also lists the operation (and many other spring factories) under the "R ...ce spring industry. Although Perret actively advertised them for sale that year, it is likely that it took a few more years to perfect the material and man ...

Vuille moved the company to [[La Sagne]] in December [[1921]]. The following year Vuille brought in a new management team: [[Albert-Arthur Perret-Gentil]] op ...

...ari, Mercedes, Jaguar, Fiat, MG, Rover and Chevrolet. [[1950]], at the 100-year anniversary, Marvin could refer to a global distribution network that stret ...

The company traces the beginning of its watch manufacturing back to the year [[1868]] when Jules Godat as a watchmaker in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] sets up ...

...]], an 8-day [[alarm]] movement, and an 8-day [[minute repeater]] the next year. In [[1931]], Jaeger-LeCoultre introduced the most famous classic 8 day mov ...

...nder the further production and the company declared bankruptcy later that year. ...

...ver-sized movement that separated the clock and alarm functions. That same year Paul Glocker began producing watchmaking machines which he sold to other co ...

...it sold out quickly, Patek Philippe released an unlimited model later that year, the [[Patek Philippe Aquanaut 5065|"Jumbo" Ref. 5065 Aquanaut]], with a 38 ...

...ather in law Giacomo Trümpy as minority partner. Trümpy died the following year. ...

...ng and setting mechanism which first appeared in the [[Ressence Type 3]] a year earlier. ...

...e extremely difficult production was developed first worldwide exactly one year ago in the [[manufacture]]. ...

...Hamilton International Ltd.), whose tradition is retraced to the founding year of [[1892]] , began in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (USA) with their watch produ ...

...alibres 11, 12, 14, 15 would go into production and be released later that year. ...company was also on the verge of delivering an automatic chronograph that year. Indeed, [[Seiko 6139|Seiko's calibre 1639]] had already gone into producti ...

...to Rue Jaquet Droz 32 in [[1877]] and next door to number 30 the following year, a fashionable location at the corner of Rue du Casino near the old Hôtel d Less than a year earlier, on September 7, [[1917]], Jules Wolf founded the Slem Watch Co. wi ...

...e address given for the "watch shop" also established by him prior to that year. ...was offered for sale in 1923 and was taken over by [[Felsa]] the following year, which moved from [[Lengnau]] and soon became a major player in the watch i ...

...C stem decades of professional [[pilot's watch]]es. And since the founding year of [[1868]] there are the unsurpassed high-quality [[pocket watch]]es by IW ...lockmaking in Schaffhausen can be traced back even further back: up to the year [[1409]], in which a monk from the nearby monastery Rheinau built the churc ...

...maining as secretary and Jämes Mathey joined the board. On July 16 of that year Victor Châtelain was removed with Bernard Gabus taking his place on the boa ...

The next year, under the leadership of [[Blümlein, Günter|Günter Blümlein]], [[LMH]] (own ...ovement, the Lange 1 is an immediate success; it is elected [[Watch of the Year]] in [[1995]] and [[1997]] and becomes one of the decade's most-acclaimed w ...

...c and first appeared [[King Seiko 56KS|in King Seiko guise]] the following year. This was the first Suwa movement used in the Daini King Seiko line. ...

...for Pope Leo XIII in [[1887]] based on a patent he submitted in Spain the year before and drew up his own 8-day watch patent, CH88, in November [[1888]]. ...

In [[1898]], [[Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies]] selected the 32 year old Vuille to manage day-to-day operations of the [[balance spring]] [[cart ...

:[[Year window]] at 7:30 ...

...world's first wristwatch with tide indication. It was followed in the next year by the [[Heuer Mareograph-Seafarer]], the world's first chronograph with ti ...

...r "AGO" ("Ordinary Shareholder Meeting"), typically held at least once per year. Voting is usually performed by Directeurs acting by proxy for shareholders ...

...Alice Sophie (née Aubert) in [[1887]] with a daughter, Jane Louise, born a year later. A son, also named Alfred but called Fredo, came in [[1892]]. ...nograph]]s in [[Saint-Imier]] based on Lugrin's ideas. A third patent that year, "Mécanisme de montre à répétition à minutes, système simplifié et perfecti ...

...ed by [[Albert Etienne]] in [[1941]] and moved to [[Bienne]] the following year. It would remain in operation until [[1968]]. ...ssociated with the Octo brand by [[1927]], despite entering bankruptcy the year earlier and having relocated to Tourelles 17 along with Ernest Tolck. Tolck ...

...xclusive special edition and was available from November [[2007]]. The per year capacity amounts to 25 pieces with bright dial and 25 pieces with black dia ...

...ud was responsible for setting up Gruen Watch Export Co. SA in Geneva that year. This new company, managed by Jacques Léal, attempted to bring the Gruen br ...responsibilities suggest that this is the same man who until the previous year ran Gruen. But this connection is not mentioned in later biographies. He jo ...

...er turbine which increased production from 100,000 to 250,000 ebauches per year, roughly split between key-winding and crown-winding. ...

...managing the subsidiary Compagnie Zénith of France in [[1922]]. That same year Favre brought Rosat in to newly-acquired [[Le Phare]] as part of his manage ...

...th the firm until it was acquired by Zénith in 1959. It is also noted this year that Georges Pellaton-Steudler officially moved from Le Locle to Ponts-de-M ...Universal 281]] movement, produced in [[Les Ponts-de-Martel]] by Martel. A year or two later, in [[1933]] or [[1934]], Universal launched a three-subdial c ...

...the legendary Vulcain [[Vulcain Cricket V10 | Cricket Calibre]] later that year. ...

...w-priced product. He registered the brand name Spyrex in September of that year. ...es initiated in [[1958]] in celebration of the [[International Geophysical Year]], and using the [[ETA 2472]] movement ...

...es, announced the beginning of the watch brand Martin Braun. The following year, Martin Braun for the first time exhibited at the Basel watch fair. ...

Additionally, a window at 7:30 shows the year with four digits. :Four digit year window at 7:30 ...

...ficially on sale. The [[self-winding]] movement had been constructed by 29-year old [[Heyne, Mirko|Mirko Heyne]]. At the same time, also the Nomos [[manual That same year, the book [[NOMOS Glashütte - Das große Universallexikon]] is presented, a ...

...on the HL2.0 calibre, housed in titanium cases, are launched. In the same year comes ''Destination'', the brand’s first model with a dual time-zone indica ...

...er [[1886]]. Jules Calame-Robert de-registered the Berlin branch that same year. ...r by [[Sandoz & Breitmeyer]], re-unifying 2/3 of Calame-Robert less than a year after the split. Jules-Armand Hanhardt formed his own separate company at t ...

...[[Alle]]. The group boasted 700 models at their [[Basel Fair]] stand that year. The individual companies continued to operate independently through most o ...

...ic]] movement. It is based on the high-precision Ebel Calibre 137 from the year [[1995]], but was extended to a remarkable display of the conventional [[to ...

...match the [[IWC Pilot's Watch Mark XVI|XVI]], which was launched the same year. The movement, although still based on the [[ETA 7750]], was updated with [ ...

...utomatic [[PP 315|Calibre 315 SC]] but this was quickly replaced that same year with the new [[PP 324|Cal. 324 SC]]. This new calibre oscillates at 28,800 ...

* Heritage: Watches in retro style, launched on the occasion of the 150-year company anniversary in [[2003]] ...

...ge. The factory was registered as Manufacture de Chézard, Albaret & Cie. a year earlier, suggesting that F. Albaret had taken over just before Sandoz' deat ...

...rather than watches in [[1916]], moving again to Léopold-Rober 58 by that year. But Rueff continued to use (and protect) the Napoleon brand of wristwatche ...

...vement used, [[PP CH 28-520|Calibre CH 28-520]], was launched the previous year in the [[Patek Philippe Complications 5960|Complications Ref. 5960]]. ...

...contemporary ladies watches, typically with diamond-set bezels. Later that year, Lange began introducing more lady-like models with mother of pearl dials a ...

...becoming administrator. The company also registered the Austin brand that year. In November [[1958]] Marguerite Brandt was removed from the board, leaving ...

...irst model, the [[Speake-Marin Piccadilly|Piccadilly]], appearing the next year as the "Original Collection". The company would go on to diversify with bot ...

...ss. But seeing how it worked, he developed a superior replacement within a year, financed by selling the original. ...

Founded in the year [[1755]], the company has remained active ever since, making it the oldest ...his own watch workshop in the [[Geneva]] district of Saint Gervais in the year [[1755]]. In [[1785]] his son Abraham took over the then still small compan ...

The official decree of 21 Brumaire, year II, formalized the terms of support for Swiss emigrants settling in Besanço ...

...workshop of his master, Adolphe Picard, at 29, rue Montorgueil in Paris. A year ago he, the descendant of a powder horn maker, had become master jeweler an ...st awards by King Edward VII and King Alfonso XIII from Spain. In the same year dies Louis-François Cartier. Alfred Cartier died in [[1925]], Louis Cartier ...

...ncent Gostkowski, the company is renamed to '''Patek & Co.'''. In the same year a patent for a watch with an winding stem and hand adjustment mechanism is ...play (number of days since the last full moon), [[leap year indicator|leap year cycle]], day of week, month and date indication. The [[date display]] is av ...

...52KS]] '''5246''' that made this movement famous. A modest upgrade came a year later with the '''5216''', which added a spring-loaded pawl to eliminate th ...

...del under the name of '''Maurice Lacroix''' came to market in Austria that year. In [[1976]] the brand name was introduced on the Spanish market, and it sp ...

...ge 1 has been awarded more prizes than any other, including [[Watch of the Year]] [[1995]] and [[1997]]. ...01.031) versions. Pink gold/silver dial version (model 101.032) and single-year yellow gold/blue dial (model 101.028) models were introduced in [[1998]]. ...

...n" can be produced only in a small edition and with a few dozen pieces per year will always remain a rarity. ...

...capital, but Rode itself was facing the threat of bankruptcy the following year. ...

...no longer used on the model, though the GSG9 version continued. That same year, the special-edition '''Sansibar''' model appeared, along with an '''SDR''' ...

...asic Reverso One had been delayed slightly but was available for sale that year as well. In [[2019]], a less-expensive version of the Duetto was launched w ...

...it had a workforce of 600 employees and produced over 100,000 watches per year. The year [[1930]] marks a major milestone not only for Omega, but also for the histo ...

...itially (estimated at 100,000 pieces in 1974) but was doomed the very next year. Production stopped in 1975 but demand was so low that supplies lasted into !Winding!!Model!!Year!!30 Minute Chrono!!12 Hour Chrono!!Special Features ...

...the Vigilant, Tosca, and Normal brands. A new gold plated watch later that year was branded Corona, with Velox, Climax, Rugby, and Principal also used. By ...ch transferred ownership of some of his watch designs to this company that year. Montres Invar is named for [[Invar|the nickel-iron alloy of the same name] ...

...eft Thommen in [[1934]] and founded [[Nivarox SA]] in [[Saint-Imier]] that year. ...

...The Martel factory was spun off as an independent business once agin that year. It was purchased by [[Zénith]] in [[1959]]. ...00 francs of capital. The firm received an infusion of money the following year, raising capital to 2 million francs, and moved to a new headquarters at Ro ...

...adors.htm Rolex Oyster Quartz Datejust 17000] Reinhold Messner in the same year climbs Mount Everest without oxygen device. (Today Rolex offers models with In the year [[1953]] the New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing are the fi ...

...ludes [[Heuer-Leonidas]] as a member, but this was corrected the following year. ...

In the year [[1903]] [[LeCoultre, Jacques-David|Jacques-David LeCoultre]], grandson of ...as transferred to LeCoultre's offices in Le Sentier on December 28 of that year, and LeCoultre and Lebet were solely in charge as of [[1938]]. ...

...c EMSA]], which owned the novel [[automatic winding]] mechanism invented a year earlier by [[Meylan, Eugene|Eugene Meylan]]. This independent unit could tr ...

...[[Ebel]] for $460 million. Breguet would go to [[Swatch Group]] that same year. ...

...ss magazine Montres Passion awarded the ‘Special Jury Prize – Watch of the Year’ for the [[Greubel Forsey Tourbillon 24 Secondes Incliné|Tourbillon 24 Seco ...] was distinguished by the prize of the best ‘Limited Edition Watch of the Year’ at the Watch World Awards in India. In the same ceremony, Greubel Forsey w ...

...[[2017]]. A larger 38 mm [[Nomos Club Campus 38]] was then added the next year. ...

...e thrown in. All models care Chronology Certified and offered with a three year warranty.[http://www.bremont.com/best-of-british/technology/] ...ards, ‘Breakthrough Brand’, 2012; UK Jewellery Awards, ‘Watch Brand of the Year Award’, 2011. ...

...here it can be viewed through a [[display case back]]. Another launch that year was the [[IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Day & Date|Portofino Hand-Wound Day & Da ...

...ial District]] line. Like the [[Sinn 6099|Model 6099]] introduced the same year, it brought the [[chronograph]] complication to the larger case. ...

...graph 3705|Chronograph, Ref. 3705/3706]] replaced the Mechaquartz the next year. These would remain in the lineup through [[2005]] and were the first model The chronograph was updated as well that year, with the [[IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph 3717|Pilot's Watch Chronograph, R ...

...became prominent when the company moved to La Chaux-de-Fonds the following year. ...dre Grumbach first appearing as a watch dealer in [[Sonvillier]] that same year. Léon Grumbach is listed as a watchmaker in Bienne from [[1867]] through [[ ...

...z. The competing firm of [[Montandon-Lütz]] moved to the same address that year, so it is likely that the companies were effectively merged. ...

== Foundation in the year 1860 == ...]] Heuer developes the first board watches for racing cars and in the same year the legendary stopwatch [[Heuer Autavia|Autavia]]. The first use of the fam ...

...le für Uhrmacher). In [[1973]] his passion for sculpture lead him to a two-year study at the London Academy of Art. ...

...hinner. The calendar complication came to the Glorious range the following year. ...

...afari. This was introduced as a limited edition of 100 pieces later in the year along with an unlimited "Heritage" and limited "Heritage Bronze" models, bo ...

...it to the [[IWC Pilot's Watch Mark XII|Pilot's Watch Mark XII]] launched a year earlier. It was a strong, masculine watch and did much to set IWC back on t ...

...ufacturing a wide range of watches. Léon married Léonie Grumbach that same year, an Alsatian from Colmar. They soon had two children, Margot ([[1887]]) and ...Lac 103a in Bienne by [[1902]] and became a Société Anonyme the following year. Located in the "Rockhall" complex opposite the main post office, it was si ...

...1983]], with over 500,000 examples produced. The Atmos was redesigned that year with complications in mind, and a wide variety have been produced since. ...ngle thick line on the pendulum. These were produced for a short time that year only, with all known serial numbers in the 60,000-70,000 range. This short ...

The second Mühle company, "Hans Mühle Glashütte", was founded a year after the expropriation by the grandson of Robert Mühle, Hans Mühle, and wa ...

...history of the company Guinand goes far back into the past, namely to the year [[1865]]. At that time the brothers Julien-Alcide and Charles Leon Guinand ...

!Year!!Movement!!Winding!!Beat!!Hands!!Date!!Subdial!!Jewels!!Notes ...

...y Breguet watches were shown at [[Montres et Bijoux]] in Geneva later that year. ...mechanical movements, forming Group Breguet and driving sales to 4,700 per year by [[1993]]. ...

...20's, the company had grown to produce over a million watch movements each year, introducing mens products like a cigar lighter watch and protected self-wi ...China Haidian (now [[Citychamp]]) that also includes [[Corum]]. That same year, Eterna introduced [[Eterna 3843|Cal. 3843]] in the [[Eterna Advantic|Advan ...

...ty engineering. Visually similar to the first ''Omega Seamaster'' from the year [[1957]] the inner workings of the watch reflect modern watchmaking technol ...

...istwatch with a 13 ligne movement and boasted 150,000 watches produced per year as well as a new gold medal in Berne in 1914. ...ond died in the hospital in Lausanne on September 18, [[1946]] in his 75th year. ARSA celebrated its 50th anniversary just two years later, with models ava ...

...automatic chronograph and under what conditions. On January 10 of the same year, [[Zenith]]/[[Movado]] presented their own development of a [[self-winding] ...

From [[1954]] until the first half of the year [[1955]] the [[calibre]] [[Valjoux 72]] was used for this watch, later the ...

...d numbered 3777, but most individual models were re-numbered. Also in this year, a [[IWC Pilot's Watch Spitfire|Spitfire]] version was introduced. ...

On July 29, [[1903]], Jämes Pellaton began a 36-year career at the watchmaking school in [[Le Locle]]. He began as master of esc ...

The International Geophysical Year spanned [[1957]] and [[1958]] and was intended to highlight scientific expl ...

...[[Cyma]] and Tavannes brands under their [[Chronos Holding]] company that year. ...

...m for sporting events and industrial processes, in [[1971]]. The following year, Longines provides timing at the Olympic Games in Munich. ...

...re immediately re-registered by Paul Schwarz-Etienne on October 17 of that year. ...

In the year [[1852]] [[Girard, Constantin Othenin|Constantin Othenin Girard]] founds th ...d goldsmith had already begun to sign the watches with his own name in the year [[1791]], Girard-Perregaux since then counts this date as the beginning of ...

:[[Perpetual calendar]], perpetual [[moon phase]] indication, four-digit year indication ...

...Horst Jakob, an experienced watchmaker, who in [[2001]] celebrated his 50-year master anniversary, works quite in the silent background at the technology ...

...lance springs instead. Charles-Auguste Paillard died in [[1895]], the same year that the cartel was established. ...

...pean Association of Business Press appoints Gucci "European Company of the Year 1998" for its economic and financial performance, its strategic vision and ...

...-Imier]]. The founding of the Breitling brand is accordingly dated to this year. In [[1892]], Breitling moved to the watchmaker town [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]]. ...r chronograph in [[1934]] underscores the dominance of the company. In the year [[1936]] Willy Breitling brings a famous [[on-board clock|on-board]] chrono ...

...as Bureau de l'Indicateur, 10A Rue de la Balance, La Chaux-de-Fonds, that year as well. ...

...me the ASE, with the double-barrel MSE and TSE tourbillon added later that year. ...

...onal press conferences at the end of [[1990]]. The "1735", named after the year of the fondation of the [[manufacture]], has an ultra-thin movement, a [per ...g]] movement is in the exclusive use of the own, in-house models. The next year, the [[automatic]] calibre [[Blancpain 1315|1315]] follows, also with 3 [[b ...

...eft Thommen in [[1934]] and founded [[Nivarox SA]] in [[Saint-Imier]] that year. The company would merge with [[Fabriques d'Assortiments Réunies|Fabriques ...

...eived a Medal of Honor at the Universal Exhibition in London the following year. Queen Victoria herself reportedly asked about the Swiss watchmaker who rec ...

...series of Watch fairs in Basel, and future events were numbered from this year. The Mustermesse Basel changed its name to BASEL in [[1983]] and became an ...communications platform" but the in-person show was re-launched later that year as '''HourUniverse'''. ...

...[1888]], taking over the house of Paul Perret in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The 59 year old Numa takes over the firm with Louis-Ulysse Vuille on February 1, 1888, ...une 27, 1893, and the company was listed as dissolute on August 16 of that year. ...

...sesteinstrasse in Solothurn that would become the symbol of the company. A year later, MST also began producing its own lever movements, unrelated to the T ...

...friend (and heir to the Election company), [[Georges Braunschweig]]. This year also saw the commercialization of Incabloc. ...

...ord. In [[2001]] it wins richly deserved the watch election [[Watch of the Year]]. ...

...y a new wing on the side of the former building, which was renumbered that year as 14A. ...leted from the register of Swiss companies on October 1, [[1940]] just one year after the death of Samuel Jeanneret in December of [[1939]]. His obituary n ...

...& Cie]] of [[Landeron]], among other smaller makers in [[1927]]. The next year, Ebauches SA added 10 more companies, including [[Felsa|Felsa SA]], [[Venus ...join Ebauches SA. Many smaller movement makers would join Ebauches SA that year as well: [[Fabrique d'Ebauches de Fleurier]], [[Fabrique d'Ebauches Réunies ...

...the Vigilant, Tosca, and Normal brands. A new gold plated watch later that year was branded Corona, with Velox, Climax, Rugby, and Principal also used. By ...ch transferred ownership of some of his watch designs to this company that year. Montres Invar is named for [[Invar|the nickel-iron alloy of the same name] ...

...come his father in law when he married Eline Frésard (1915-) the following year. But Léon Frésard died suddenly, with his daughters Denise Frésard and Elin ...

...by branding their "explorer" watches "[[Enicar Sherpa|Sherpa]]" later that year. Over 100 different [[Enicar Sherpa]] watches were introduced in the follow ...

...[[Fleurier]] in [[1935]] and was transferred to [[Neuchâtel]] less than a year later. But there is no contemporary reference connecting Erwin Hirt's Aero ...

...as also made. Chronoswiss now exports to over 40 countries worldwide. Each year about 7,000 watches are sold in about 500 stores worldwide - in Paris, Lond ...

...board of directors consists of at least three members; for the first three-year period have been appointed as members: ...

...Vuille]] on the board of [[Fabriques Suisse de Balanciers]]. The following year he joined the board of [[Fabriques de Spiraux Réunies]]. ...

Today even many watch fans don't know that it is only since the year [[1969]] that chronographs with [[automatic]] winding have been manufacture ...

...f [[W. Ruch & Cie]], maker of Berna brand springs. Albert Ruch died just a year later, so Straumann's department was split off and re-formed as [[Nivarox S ...

...Phare relocated to [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]], changing ownership the following year. The company continued to specialize in complicated pocket watches but also ...

...eing overshadowed by [[quartz]] technology. Production ended the following year, but so many were built in that short time that supplies lasted into the 19 ...

...sales and service business in Geneva called Auto-Novo in [[1922]], just a year before his death. ...

...moret in 1866, but there is no listing for Favre Frères in Neuveville that year, only "fabricant de balancers" Emile Favre. ...indres." But the business is not listed as "Favre Frères" in Cormoret that year, with individual listings there for Alfred, Auguste, Eugène, Gustave, Louis ...

...come a wheelwright, Albert was not suited to the trade and instead spent a year working for a watchmaker known as Salzmann in Combes des Brenets. Seeking m ...

...France. He studies marketing in [[Besançon]] and resides in England for a year to learn the language. ...

...losing the airplane on the seconds hand. This design had been previewed a year before in a special "Rodeo Drive Boutique" edition of the Top Gun. ...

...g. Jean Courvoisier, younger brother of partner Paul, joined the firm that year, becoming a partner in the firm two years later. He traveled to Madrid, Bar ...s death in [[1898]]. The company was renamed '''Ernest Borel & Cie''' that year, soon adopting their "dancing lovers" trademark. Borel was assisted by Ad. ...

...in July of [[1932]]. He was also responsible for liquidating [[Wasa]] that year. ...

...on Watch Prizes at the [[Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève]] the following year. Urwerk also added new models to the range and retired the old, bringing th ...

...Ultra-thin]] pocket watches and "[[wristwatch|bracelets-montres]]" by that year. Ditisheim had also begun to use the '''Ditis''' brand on watches by [[1908 ...

...portant models today. van der Klaauw's planetarium dial also appeared that year in the [[Christiaan van der Klaauw New Planetarium|New Planetarium]]. The [ ...

The following year, Andersen and Calabrese placed an advertisement in industry publications as ...

In the year of inflation [[1923]] Herbert Wempe buys the house at the Hamburg stone str ...

...imilien Di Blasi]], and [[Patrick Lété]] on a [[Sowind]] ebauche. The next year, the [[MB&F Horological Machine No. 3|Horological Machine No. 3]] appeared, ...

...power in [[1862]]. By [[1876]], FHF was producing 240,000 [[ebauche]]s per year with 400 employees. In [[1900]], [[Paul Robert]] modernized an FHF workshop ...

...el" balance spring maker. It was established in June [[1896]], less than a year after the announcement of the [[FSR]] cartel, and continued in operation un ...

...aeger-LeCoultre Reverso Complications|complications in the Reverso]] every year or two. Two years after the [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso 60ème|60ème]] came t ...Reverso Quantième Calendrier Perpétuel]], [[perpetual calendar]] with leap year indicator on front and month, day, date, and moon phase on back ...

...in Le Locle. The company used the brand name Presto, registered that same year, and soon offered portable and automobile clocks as well as Sandoz' signatu ...

...e the most accurate watch movement ever produced. Accurate to 1 second per year, this [[quartz]] movement uses an "AT Cut" oscillator rather than the more ...

...s death in [[1915]]. Vuille became Managing Director in [[1917]], the same year he also joined the board of [[FBR]], which he had also served in management ...m-Ernest Baehni and John Herren. 600 more shares were issued the following year and the board was shuffled again, with Ernest Dubois and Gustave Ulrich joi ...

...netic fields up to 80,000 Amperes per meter. This was launched at the same year as its historic rival, [[Rolex Milgauss]]. IWC repurposed the case of the [ ..., Ref. IW322702/IW322703. IWC also launched a smaller Ingenieur model that year, the [[IWC Ingenieur 4515|"Midsize" Ref. 4515]]. It housed an [[ETA 2892A2] ...

...artel starting in [[1932]] suggesting that the company joined late in that year. There is no reference specifically to the merger in primary source literat ...

...cifically states that the company was moving to St. Georges in Bienne that year. The fact that it is shown in La Chaux-de-Fonds through [[1873]] and in Bie ...manometers. The firm employed 60 people and produced 6 million springs per year, or about 30,000 per day. ...

...ut later reports suggest that shipment did not start until October of that year. ...

...series of Watch fairs in Basel, and future events were numbered from this year. The Mustermesse Basel changed its name to BASEL in [[1983]] and became an ...communications platform" but the in-person show was re-launched later that year as '''HourUniverse'''. ...

* [[Perpetual calendar]] with leap year ...

...ng this the first two-marque company. They would add [[Pigeon]] later that year and [[Excelsior]] in [[1894]]. * Richemont completes a 2-year plan to purchase the remainder of Vendôme and dissolves it ...

...ganized again. Fils de R. Picard & Cie is constituted on January 1 of that year, with Edmond Picard holding a majority share, Armand Picard as a minor shar ...

...antly to stop to adjust it precisely. These question unanswered in the 200-year history of the tourbillon has challenged the designers at Lange - and can e ...

...ement was a natural expression of the capability of the region, and the 29 year old watchmaker was selected to provide the movement. The result was a fine ...|his own watchmaking business]] in La Chaux-de-Fonds on January 24 of that year, with Arthur Aubry joining management in 1917. This business failed and was ...

...lunar phase drive of the [[Lange 1]], which was presented in the previous year, comes to use with the two watches. Behind this are the two Calibre variant ...

...m), which until today was followed by another 20 [[calibre]]s. In the same year Seiko bought the watch manufacturer [[Yema]]. ...

...me "La Fedele" (pictured on an envelope with two stars) in October of that year, covering watch cases, dials, movements, and so on. ...

...rotating 12-hour bezel. A third 34 mm model was added in December of that year, [[Sinn 6036|Model 6036]], which regains the third timezone functionality t ...

...e owner, José Miranda, was later arrested for the crime. On June 6 of that year, two employees of [[RSM]] in [[Le Locle]] reportedly robbed the company man ...

In [[1912]] the 29-year-old watchmaker [[Vogt, Walter|Walter Vogt]], together with Alfred Rüefli, f ...

One year after the creation of ASUAG, five cartels existed under ASUAG: ...], with [[Longines]] (owner of [[Record]] and [[Rotary]]) added later that year. ...

...eking a more powerful agreement. This date was extended to July 31 of that year, with all attention focused on the dissident [[ebauche]] producers. ...

...rks Tempora and Viam Temporis Illumino on February 17, [[1883]]. This same year, Charles Barbezat married, taking the alliance name Barbezat-Baillot afterw ...Phare relocated to [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]], changing ownership the following year. The company continued to specialize in complicated pocket watches but also ...

Awarded in November of each year since [[2001]], the GPHG includes prizes in important categories, including ...'' (Golden Pointer) automatically gets a seat in the jury in the following year. ...

...nograph]]s in [[Saint-Imier]] based on Lugrin's ideas. A third patent that year, "Mécanisme de montre à répétition à minutes, système simplifié et perfecti ...uthority was revoked. [[Henri Golay]] joined management in October of that year with a 1,000 franc investment. The firm's office is noted as being Rue du C ...

...r and Bernor in [[1929]] and [[1930]] along with a lion logo the following year. All of these trademarks were specifically for watch cases rather than fini ...

...tz and previewed the look of the [[IWC Mark XII|Mark XII]] that followed a year later. Like its predecessor, the dial was black with white markings. Lumino ...

In the year [[1983]] Certina joins the [[SMH]] group, consisting of a composite of [[AS ...

...cartel. It was merged with [[FSR]] in [[1955]] and dissolved the following year. ...

...ing continue volume shipments of unfinished ebauches until 2008 with a two year phase-out following. Yet in November of 2002, just after this announcement, ...

...registered a trademark dove holding a leaf marked "J&F" on June 15 of that year, followed by the Diana brand with a wild boar head in [[1888]]. The Colombe ...more involved. One son, Robert-Henri Jeanneret, took over management that year and would manage the company through the 1960s. In [[1925]] the company is ...

...in St. Petersburg and opened a watch factory in [[Le Locle]] the following year. Moser returned to [[Schaffhausen]] in [[1848]] and began developing indust ...

...o a stock company in the year [[1911]] the Zenith brand arose. In the same year Favre-Jacot retired and handed the management of the company over to James ...0]] on by [[Martel]] were used, which were bought by Zenith. In May of the year [[1929]], the astronomical observatory in England told the public that out ...

...was 55 year old Louis Courvoisier but records show that she married his 22 year old son Emile. ...nkruptcy. As for the Excelsior Park brand name, this was adopted that same year by Jeanneret-Brehm (who had previously just used "Excelsior") and aligns wi ...

...abbath or jubilee, Hebdomas could be used as a term for the seventh day or year. Although the famous watch movement had 8-day power reserve, the concept of ...

Jean-Baptiste Berret was an accountant and left the company the following year to return to Delémont, where he lived to be over 90. He was replaced by Kur ...

...ttle while retaining its partially rustic character until around 1850, the year in which Le Locle was erected as a municipality. ...

...ch 27, [[1941]]), and both relocated their offices to Rue du Parc 148 that year as well. ...

..., Ref. IW322702/IW322703. IWC also launched a smaller Ingenieur model that year, the [[IWC Ingenieur 4515|"Midsize" Ref. 4515]]. It housed an [[ETA 2892A2] ...