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Blancpain SA (French pronunciation: [blɑ̃pɛ̃]) is a Swiss luxury watch manufacturer, headquartered in Paudex/Le Brassus, Switzerland. [3] It designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells prestige and luxury mechanical watches .
Squale is a French word for shark. [7] The E is silent and it is pronounced "Skwal." In 1946, Charles von Büren created C.Von Büren SA in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. In 1959, after testing the reliability of the watch cases himself on numerous occasion, he registered the Squale trademark.
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Villeret (French pronunciation:) is a ... Starting in 1735, watchmaking moguls such as the Blancpain family built houses, infrastructure, ...
Jehan-Jacques Blancpain (born 1693) was a Swiss industrialist at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Blancpain is a notable figure in the history of watchmaking , who created the Blancpain in 1735 (the oldest registered watch brand in the world), in the town of Villeret , of which he was mayor.
Le Petit-Fils de L.-U. Chopard & Cie S.A., [1] commonly known as Chopard (French pronunciation:), is a Swiss manufacturer and retailer of luxury watches, jewellery and accessories. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Founded in 1860 by Louis-Ulysse Chopard in Sonvilier, Switzerland , Chopard has been owned by the Scheufele family of Germany since 1963.
Vacheron Constantin SA (French pronunciation: [vaʃəʁɔ̃ kɔ̃stɑ̃tɛ̃]) is a Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer founded in 1755. [1] [2] Since 1996, it has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Richemont Group. [3]
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