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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]
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.
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. (シチズン時計株式会社, Shichizun tokei Kabushiki-gaisha), also known as the Citizen Group, is an electronics company primarily known for its watches and is the core company of a Japanese global corporate group based in Nishitokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 March 2025. Finnish manufacturer of compasses, dive computers and sports watches Suunto Oy Suunto's headquarters and production facilities in Vantaa, Finland Company type Subsidiary Industry Measuring instruments Founded 1936 ; 89 years ago (1936) Founder Tuomas Vohlonen Headquarters Vantaa, Finland ...
The Waltham Watch Company, also known as the American Waltham Watch Co. and the American Watch Co., was a company that produced about 40 million watches, clocks, speedometers, compasses, time delay fuses, and other precision instruments in the United States of America between 1850 and 1957.
Patek Philippe SA (French: [paˈtɛk fiˈlip]) is a Swiss luxury watchmaker and clock manufacturer, located in the Canton of Geneva and the Vallée de Joux. [3] Established in 1839, it is named after two of its founders, Antoni Patek and Adrien Philippe.
In advertising and marketing, foreign branding is the use of foreign or foreign-sounding brand names for companies, goods, and services to imply they are of foreign origin, generally to make them appear to come from a place that seems attractively fitting, or at least exotic. It may also be done if the country of origin has a poor image, in ...
Allied Telesis – NW, OEE; Alpine – CA, CN; Atari; Brother Industries – CM, CP, FAX, MFP, PR, OEE; Buffalo (Melco) – HDD, NW, OEE; Canon – CM, DC, DVC, FAX ...