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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 ...
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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.
In 1866, at a time when watchmaking skills were divided up among hundreds of small workshops, [13] Antoine and his son, Elie LeCoultre (1842–1917), established the Vallée de Joux's first full-fledged manufactory, LeCoultre & Cie., pooling their employees' expertise under one roof. Under this set-up, they developed in 1870 the first partially ...
Girard-Perregaux SA (French: [ʒiʁaʁ pɛʁəɡo]) is a luxury Swiss watch manufacture with its origins dating back to 1791. [1] [2] In 2022, then-owner French luxury group Kering sold its stake in Sowind Group SA, the parent company of Girard-Perregaux, via management buyout.
Breitling SA (German pronunciation: [ˈbraɪtlɪŋ]) is a Swiss luxury watchmaker founded in 1884 in Saint-Imier, Switzerland, by Léon Breitling. The company is known for its precision-made chronometers designed for aviators and is based in Grenchen, Switzerland. The company is currently owned by Partners Group.
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.
The company was founded in 1983 through the merger of ASUAG and SSIH, moving to manufacturing quartz-crystal watches to resolve the quartz crisis threatening the traditional Swiss watchmaking industry. [2] [3] [4] The Swatch Group is the largest watch company in the world and employs about 31,000 people in 50 countries. [5]