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This list is a duplicate of Category:Watch brands, which will likely be more up-to-date and complete. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname. Names in this list require an article about the watch brand or watchmaker
Pages in category "Watch manufacturing companies of India" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Waltham Watch Company. pocket watch. Georg Friedrich Roskopf (1813–1889), German watchmaker, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Roskopf escapement. Matthäus Hipp (1813–1893), German clockmaker, Bern, electric precision pendulum clock. Edward Howard (1813–1904), American watchmaker and manufacturer, Waltham Watch Company, pocket watch.
Also, many watch manufacturers own more than one brand, while others own no brands and simply do contract manufacturing. Note that watch brands that do not manufacture watch movements of their own, but merely assemble components made by others should not be categorized as "watch manufacturers" or as "watchmakers".
B. Babool (brand) Bajaj Auto; Bajaj Consumer Care; Template:Bajaj Group; Bakeys; Balaji Wafers; Balkrishna Industries; Banas Dairy; Bank of Baroda; Bellatrix Aerospace
West End Watch Co. 1886 Arnold Amstutz and Constant Droz Leytron Private company: Jérôme Monnat Jr., current CEO Zanuti: 1887 Albert Favre Zanuti: Geneva Private Zenith (watchmaker) 1865 [2] Le Locle [2] Georges Favre-Jacot [2] Le Locle Wholly owned subsidiary: LVMH: Julien Tornare (current CEO) Zeno-Watch Basel: 1868 Jules Godat Basel: 28 ...
Watch production was interrupted during World War I, when the company was contracted by the government to build gun sights. By the time watch production resumed in 1918, the market had changed, with the wristwatch rapidly gaining popularity over the pocket watch. Regardless, the South Bend Watch Company prospered through the 1920s.
A pocket watch is a watch that is made to be carried in a pocket, as opposed to a wristwatch, which is strapped to the wrist. They were the most common type of watch from their development in the 16th century until wristwatches became popular after World War I during which a transitional design, trench watches , were used by the military.