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Roamer of Switzerland: 1888 [3] Solothurn [3] Fritz Meyer [3] Wallbach, Aargau: Private: Chungnam Group of Companies: Christian Frommherz (CEO) Rodania: 1930 Grenchen Baumgartner family Roger Dubuis: 1995 Roger Dubuis & Carlos Dias Geneva: Richemont International SA Rolex: 1905 London Hans Wilsdorf, [2] Alfred Davis Geneva 30,000 Private: Hans ...
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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.
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In 1770, philosopher Voltaire supports the establishment of watchmaking workshops in Ferney-Voltaire near Geneva and Manufacture Royale is established. It is then an important producer of timepieces and the famous Jean-Antoine Lépine, clockmaker to the king, is one of its watchmakers.
Paul Berner (1858–1942), Swiss watchmaker and teacher, longtime director of the watchmaking school in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Max Stührling (1859–1932), Swiss watchmaker, Biel. Stuhrling. Bahne Bonniksen (1859–1935), Danish watchmaker, London, Carousell. Léon Breitling (1860–1914), Swiss watchmaker, Saint-Imier, founder of Breitling SA.
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. [1] Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as Louis Brandt et Fils [2] until incorporating the name Omega in 1903, becoming Louis Brandt et Frère-Omega Watch & Co. [3] [4] [5] In 1984, the company officially changed its name to Omega SA [6] and opened its museum in Biel/Bienne ...
The reporter noted that Charles' watches weren't for sale. When Greg's father told him about his grandfather, he recounted a story about a Texas oilman who tried to buy the "Allison Mystery Clock."