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2. Patek Philippe - Wikipedia

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   [94] [95] The first model was Ref. 3700 and was made of steel. [96] It was designed by Swiss watchmaker Gérald Genta, who previously designed the Royal Oak collection for Audemars Piguet, and was released by Patek Philippe during the quartz crisis in the hope that it would help re-attract people's attention to high-end Swiss mechanical watches ...

3. List of Swiss watch manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   Swiss watch brand Christelle Rosnoblet (CEO) Squale Watches: 1959 Neuchâtel: Charles von Büren Chiasso: Andrea Maggi, Massimo Maggi Swatch: 1983 Biel: Subsidiary: The Swatch Group: Nick Hayek Jr. (chairman, president) TAG Heuer: 1860 [1] Saint-Imier [1] Edouard Heuer [1] [2] La Chaux-de-Fonds: Wholly owned subsidiary: LVMH: Frédéric Arnault ...

4. Armand Nicolet - Wikipedia

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   Armand Nicolet, the son of a watchmaker, set up his own Atelier d'Horlogerie in 1875, having successfully completed an excellent apprenticeship. [3] [4]By 1902, the Atelier was producing pocket watches with grand complications, such as a piece that consisted of a guilloché rose gold case, enamel dial, monopusher chronograph, complete calendar (date, day, month and moonphase indication ...

5. IWC Schaffhausen - Wikipedia

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   A rise in gold prices in 1974 had grave consequences for the watch exporting industry. Between 1970 and 1974 the price of gold rose from 4,850 to 18,000 francs and the value of the US dollar against the Swiss currency fell by up to 40%. As a result, the price of watch exports rose by as much as 250%.

6. Breguet (brand) - Wikipedia

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   Breguet (French pronunciation:) is a Swiss luxury watch, clock and jewelry manufacturer founded by Abraham-Louis Breguet in Paris in 1775. [1] Headquartered in L'Abbaye, Switzerland, Breguet is one of the oldest surviving watchmaking brands and a pioneer of numerous watchmaking technologies such as the tourbillon, which was developed into a practical solution by Abraham Breguet in 1801. [2]

7. A. Lange & Söhne - Wikipedia

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   All A. Lange & Söhne watches contain mechanical rather than quartz movements, and, with the exception of a very few special edition watches and the Odysseus model, [46] Lange watch cases are made of yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, or platinum. Lange's movements are developed, produced, and assembled by Lange itself. [47]