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  2. Roamer of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    The earliest identified watch is an unmarked lady's pocket watch containing an MST 41 cylinder escapement that has London silver hallmarks for 1908. [3] In 1917 [3] they purchased fellow Solothurn watchmaker L Tieche Gammeter (LTG). LTG had previously registered the brand "Roamer" in 1908. [3]

  3. Gallet & Company - Wikipedia

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    Gallet's finest pocket watches, hand-built in the classic Swiss tradition and retaining the family flagship and Electa names, were always available. Although not initially successful, included with the company's American offerings in 1895 were the world's first wrist-worn watches produced for mass consumption.

  4. IWC Schaffhausen - Wikipedia

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    Manufacture in-house movements include the Caliber 50000/52000, Caliber 80000/82000/89000, which feature the Pellaton winding system, using pawls rather than direct gearing between the rotor and barrel, [24] and the pocket watch movements used in the Portuguese F.A. Jones and other IWC pocket watches. Caliber 59000 is an in-house hand-wound ...

  5. Oris - Wikipedia

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    Oris was then allowed to make Swiss lever escapement watches, its first being the automatic Calibre 645, [4] followed shortly by the Calibre 652 movement, which was awarded full chronometer certification, the highest distinction for accuracy, by the Observatoire Astronomique et Chronométrique.

  6. Zenith (watchmaker) - Wikipedia

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    In 1865, at the age of 22, George Favre-Jacot began manufacturing watches under his name at a small workshops in Le Locle, Switzerland. After witnessing the success of American watch companies Waltham and Elgin utilizing mass production to sell affordable and reliable timepieces, he invested heavily in his own company to create a vertically integrated watchmaking operation, becoming the first ...

  7. Movement (clockwork) - Wikipedia

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    In horology, "caliber" refers to the specific internal mechanism of a watch or clock, also known as a movement. Although the term originally was only used to refer to the size of a movement, it is now used to designate a specific model (although the same caliber can be used in many different watches or clocks).

  8. Hamilton Watch Company - Wikipedia

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    The Model 23 was a 16-size chronograph pocket watch. The Model 4992b was in a 16-size case with a black dial. It was used as the pocket watch for the U.S. military, featuring a less accurate 21-jewel railroad grade movement. [citation needed] By 1970, 13,086 Hamilton Model 21 Marine Chronometers had been produced.

  9. Jaeger-LeCoultre - Wikipedia

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    The Calibre 497 featured a power reserve indicator along with small seconds located at the unusual position of 3:00. There is no crown on either side of the case. The crown to set the time is on the rear of the case. [37] Calibre 817 was used in the Jaeger-LeCoultre Futurematic and was a modification of the existing Calibre 497.

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