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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.
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]
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.
Jean-Claude Biver (French pronunciation: [dʒɑ̃ klod bivɛr]; born 20 September 1949) is a Luxembourg-born Swiss businessman, executive and cheesemaker.He previously served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of TAG Heuer.
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Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre SA, or simply Jaeger-LeCoultre (French pronunciation: [ʒeʒɛʁ ləkultʁ]), [2] is a Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer founded by Antoine LeCoultre in 1833 and is based in Le Sentier, Switzerland. [3] Since 2000, the company has been a fully owned subsidiary of the Swiss luxury group Richemont. [4]
Le Brassus is the home of the luxury watchmakers Audemars Piguet and Blancpain. References This page was last ...