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Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry: 1982 Bienne: Jean-Daniel Pasche Fortis (Swiss watchmaker) 1912 [1] Grenchen [1] Walter Vogt [1] Grenchen 40 Privately held company: Owner and CEO - Jupp Philipp Franck Muller: 1992 Geneva: Private company Franck Muller Frédérique Constant SA: 1988 Aletta and Peter Stas Geneva: Subsidiary of Citizen Holdings
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Many fashions and department stores offer a variety of less-expensive, trendy, "costume" watches (usually for women), many of which are similar in quality to basic quartz timepieces but which feature bolder designs. In the 1980s, the Swiss Swatch company hired graphic designers to redesign a new annual collection of non-repairable watches.
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Since 2016, H. Moser & Cie. has unveiled a special watch every year at the annual Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) to raise public awareness on different topics. 2016, the Swiss Alps Watch Zzzz, a parody of Apple Watch [16] 2017, the Swiss Mad Watch, with the case made of real Swiss cheese [17]
Mido was founded in 1918 by George G. Schaeren in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Mido comes from the Spanish phrase Yo mido meaning "I measure".In the 1920s, Mido introduced ladies' watches with color-enameled shaped cases and modern straps as well as timepieces for gentlemen in art deco style.
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Under Sandoz's leadership, the company became the Cyma Watch Company and built the Cyma factory in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in the Jura Mountains, near Le Locle. Both towns had been the center of the Swiss watchmaking industry during the 19th century. In 1959 the brand was bought by the Heuroplan group, joining Movado, Eska and Nappey. [4]