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Watchmaking Piaget SA: 1874 La Côte-aux-Fées: Georges Edouard Piaget Geneva: Subsidiary Richemont: Georges Edouard Piaget . Yves Piaget Chabi Nouri (Chief Executive Officer) Purnell (company) 2017 Maurizio Mazzocchi (CEO) Geneva: Private: Rado (watchmaker) 1917 Lengnau: Fritz Schlup Ernst Schlup Werner Schlup Raymond Weil: 1976 Raymond Weil
The "Watch Valley" covers all the Swiss Jura Arc, from Geneva to Basel, and is the primary location of the Swiss watch-making industry.Beginning initially in 15th century Geneva, the cradle of the European time keeping industry, and spreading north east through the Jura Mountains, the great majority of the companies related to the Swiss watch-making industry were first established.
[2] [4] [5] In 1965, the company began selling antique and vintage watches. [4] The business opened a museum, the Uhrenmuseum Beyer, [6] in the same building in 1971. It was originally called the Museum of Timekeeping. [2] In 2003, the company opened a goldsmith's atelier. [2] Beyer began selling certified pre-owned Rolex watches in 2023. [7]
Daniel Roth is a luxury watch manufacturer based in the Vallée de Joux, Switzerland. The company was created by Daniel Roth in 1989 and was acquired by the Bulgari Group in 2000. [1] Daniel Roth has workshops in Le Sentier as well as in Geneva, which it shares with its sister company Gerald Genta.
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.
The Duoplan was also one of the first gem-set steel watches and, in 1929, its glass was replaced with sapphire crystal, a first in watchmaking. The Duoplan was insured by Lloyd's of London with a special after-sales service, and a damaged movement could be replaced in a few minutes, leading London-based store owner Tyme to display in its shop ...
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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.