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Geneva: Jeanrichard S.A. Arcadia Watches: 1858 Fleurier Claude Sanz Geneva Private: Richard Baldwin (CEO) Armand Nicolet: 1875 Armand Nicolet Tramelan: 20 Privately held company: Ateliers deMonaco: 2008 Geneva Watch Manufacturer Members of the Citizen Group Pim Koeslag, Robert van Pappelendam, Peter Stas: Audemars Piguet: 1875 [1] [2] [3] Le ...
It took about 6,000 hours for the watch masters to make this watch and about 20 months for jewelers to enrich the watch. [44] On April 3, 2005, the Vacheron Constantin pocket watch Ref. 402833 (1929), which was owned by King Fuad I of Egypt, fetched a final price of 2.77 million US dollars (3,306,250 CHF) in Antiquorum's Geneva auction. [11 ...
A Patek Philippe pocket watch. This list of most expensive watches sold at auction documents the watches sold at auction worldwide for at least 1.5 million US dollars.The final price listed is the total price paid by the buyer converted to US dollars, according to the currency exchange rate at the time of auction.
Universal Genève SA is a Swiss luxury watch company, [1] founded in 1894 as Universal Watch.It is a subsidiary of Breitling SA.Since its beginnings, the company has produced complete watches with in-house movements.
Sold through Phillips' Geneva auction house, the watch fetched a final price of US$11.14 million (CHF 11,002,000). [80] This was the first time that a steel-case Ref. 1518 (only four were made in steel) went for auction; in fact, this piece was the first of the four steel Ref. 1518 manufactured, which features a chronograph and perpetual ...
Georges Louis Ruedin (1870–1935), Swiss watch producer, Berner Jura, director of the Société Horlogère Reconvilier. Jens Olsen (1872–1945), Danish clockmaker, Ribe, astronomical world clock in Copenhagen. Jämes Pellaton (1873–1954), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle, tourbillon. Louis Cartier (1875–1942), French watchmaker, Paris, Cartier ...
The history of watches began in 16th-century Europe, where watches evolved from portable spring-driven clocks, which first appeared in the 15th century. The watch was developed by inventors and engineers from the 16th century to the mid-20th century as a mechanical device, powered by winding a mainspring which turned gears and then moved the ...
Rolex watch in original packaging. Rolex (/ ˈ r oʊ l ɛ k s / ⓘ) is a Swiss watch brand and manufacturer based in Geneva, Switzerland. [2] Founded in 1905 as Wilsdorf and Davis by German businessman Hans Wilsdorf and his eventual brother-in-law Alfred Davis in London, the company registered Rolex as the brand name of its watches in 1908 and became Rolex Watch Co. Ltd. in 1915.