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Switzerland: Thierry Fisher, Jeremy Frelechox, Axel Leuenberger, Mehmet Korutürk La Chaux-de-Fonds: Private: Romain Gauthier: 2002 Romain Gauthier Le Sentier and Vallée de Joux: Romain Gauthier Ronda (watchmaker) 1944 [3] Lausen [3] William Mosset [3] Lausen: 1,400 Rotary Watches: 1895 La Chaux-de-Fonds: Moise Dreyfuss Elm Yard, 13-16 Elm ...
The "Watch Valley" covers all the Swiss Jura Arc, from Geneva to Basel, and is the primary location of the Swiss watch-making industry.Beginning initially in 15th century Geneva, the cradle of the European time keeping industry, and spreading north east through the Jura Mountains, the great majority of the companies related to the Swiss watch-making industry were first established.
Achille Hubert Benoit (1804–1895), French watchmaker, Versailles, director of the royal factory, director of the watchmaking school of Cluses. Heinrich Moser (1805–1874), Swiss watchmaker from Schaffhausen (Switzerland), founder of H. Moser & Cie. Lorenz Bob (1805–1878), German clockmaker, Furtwangen, Schwarzwald.
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IWC factory in Schaffhausen. In 1869 F.A. Jones rented the first factory premises in an industrial building owned by J.H. Moser at the Rheinstrasse. Having to rent further rooms in the Oberhaus By 1874 plans were already being made for a new factory and a site was purchased from Moser's hydroelectric company.
TAG Heuer S.A., founded Heuer AG [a] (/ ˌ t æ ɡ ˈ h ɔɪ. ər / TAG HOY-ər) is a Swiss luxury watchmaker.Founded in 1860 by Edouard Heuer in St-Imier, Switzerland, it was acquired by Techniques d'Avant Garde in 1985, which purchased a majority stake in the company, forming TAG Heuer. [1]
François Constantin. The business was founded in 1755 by Jean-Marc Vacheron, an independent watchmaker in Geneva, Switzerland. [1] [15] [16] He was a close friend of leading Enlightenment philosophers Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire due to their common interests in philosophy, science and watchmaking.
In 1966, Hamilton acquired the Buren Watch Company of Büren an der Aare, Switzerland, including all factories and technologies Buren had developed up to that point. From 1966 to 1969, Hamilton Lancaster and Buren Switzerland were operated as a joint concern, with Hamilton using several Swiss movements for their "American" watches and Buren ...