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Tissot was founded in 1853 by Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son Charles-Émile Tissot in the Swiss city of Le Locle, in the Neuchâtel canton of the Jura Mountains area. [2] The father and son team worked as a casemaker (Charles-Félicien Tissot) and watchmaker (Charles-Emile). His son having expressed an interest in watchmaking from a young ...
Technos (watches) 1924 Welschenrohr: Joseph Gunzinger Tissot: 1853 [3] Le Locle [3] Charles-Félicien Tissot, Charles-Emile Tissot [3] Le Locle: 250 Subsidiary The Swatch Group: Sylvain Dolla Georges Nicolas Hayek Jr. (chairman of the board) Titoni: 1919 Grenchen Fritz Schluep Grenchen: 60 Private Daniel Schluep Tudor Watches: 1926 Geneva: Hans ...
Mathey-Tissot no longer produces its own watch movements in house. Instead, the company customizes mechanical and quartz watches with movements sourced from others. [4] Its logo is similar to the "peace symbol" of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, but turned upside-down, with the words Mathey-Tissot in manuscript, above the printed words "since 1886".
Then in 2009, possibly due to available production capacity or stocked parts, Tissot reintroduced the Autoquartz in its PRC200 dive watch. The Autoquartz movement used by Tissot is gold plated and carries the designation ETA 205.914. [citation needed] Movement calibers: [citation needed] 204.901 (small 8.75 lignes used primarily in women's watches)
This list is a duplicate of Category:Watch brands, which will likely be more up-to-date and complete. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname.
Elias Allen (1588–1653). Jan Táborský z Klokotské Hory (1500–1572), Czech astronomer and mechanic, Prague, Prague astronomical clock.; Juanelo Turriano (c. 1500–1585), Spanish clockmaker of the court, Toledo, astronomical clock, restoring the astrarium of Giovanni Dondi.
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Finally, any auctioned watch without public online records from auctioneers (e.g. major auction houses) will not be included in the ranking. As of December 2022, the most expensive watch (and wristwatch) ever sold at auction is the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010, fetching US$31.19 million (31,000,000 CHF) in Geneva on 9 ...