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2. List of most expensive watches sold at auction - Wikipedia

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   A Patek Philippe pocket watch. This list of most expensive watches sold at auction documents the watches sold at auction worldwide for at least 1.5 million US dollars.The final price listed is the total price paid by the buyer converted to US dollars, according to the currency exchange rate at the time of auction.

3. Mido (watch) - Wikipedia

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   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. Mido found a market in the flourishing automotive market by producing watches in the shape of radiator grills of a wide range of brands such as Buick , Bugatti , Fiat , Ford , Excelsior ...

4. List of watch manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   Slow watch; Roger W. Smith; SMH (short for Société de Microélectronique et d'Horlogerie previous name of the company issued from the merger of ASUAG & SSIH, ...

5. List of watchmakers - Wikipedia

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   first wrist watch. Georges Louis Ruedin (1870–1935), Swiss watch producer, Berner Jura, director of the Société Horlogère Reconvilier. Jens Olsen (1872–1945), Danish clockmaker, Ribe, astronomical world clock in Copenhagen. Jämes Pellaton (1873–1954), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle, tourbillon.

6. Ingersoll Watch Company - Wikipedia

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   These watches were made until the late 1920s, after the American parent company had collapsed. Ingersoll bought the Trenton Watch Company in 1908, and the bankrupt New England Watch Company in Waterbury, Connecticut, for $76,000 on November 25, 1914. [2] By 1916, the company was producing 16,000 watches per day in 10 models.

7. History of watches - Wikipedia

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   Thomas Mudge, inventor of the lever escapement. The lever escapement, invented by Thomas Mudge in 1754 [18] and improved by Josiah Emery in 1785, gradually came into use from about 1800 onwards, chiefly in Britain; it was also adopted by Abraham-Louis Breguet, but Swiss watchmakers (who by now were the chief suppliers of watches to most of Europe) mostly adhered to the cylinder until the 1860s.