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2. Counterfeit watch - Wikipedia

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   According to the Swiss Customs Service, counterfeit watches can be made in such a manner as to require special equipment to confirm near authenticity. Previously, replica watches could be distinguished by "sloppy printing, soft metal and cheap quartz movements that made the second hand clunk its way round the dial" while recent "fakes feel ...

3. Cortébert (watch manufacturer) - Wikipedia

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   Cortébert was a Swiss premium watch brand, manufacturing their own movements, supplying movements to other brands such as Rolex and introducing a jump-hour movement later adopted by IWC. When the quartz crisis hit the industry in the 1970s, the majority of prestige brands ceased production, including Cortébert.

4. List of Swiss watch manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   Rolex: 1905 London Hans Wilsdorf, [2] Alfred Davis Geneva 30,000 Private: Hans Wilsdorf Foundation: Jean-Frédéric Dufour (CEO) Vanguart (watches) 2021 Switzerland: Thierry Fisher, Jeremy Frelechox, Axel Leuenberger, Mehmet Korutürk La Chaux-de-Fonds: Private: Romain Gauthier: 2002 Romain Gauthier Le Sentier and Vallée de Joux: Romain ...

5. Tudor Watches - Wikipedia

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   The Tudor trademark was registered in 1926 by Swiss watchmaking company Veuve de Philippe Hüther on behalf of Hans Wilsdorf, founder of Rolex watches. In 1936, Wilsdorf took it over and went on to found the company Montres Tudor SA in 1946. [5] Tudor's purpose was to offer a more affordable watch than Rolex while maintaining Rolex-like quality.

6. Cyma Watches - Wikipedia

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   Under Sandoz's leadership, the company became the Cyma Watch Company and built the Cyma factory in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in the Jura Mountains, near Le Locle. Both towns had been the center of the Swiss watchmaking industry during the 19th century. In 1959 the brand was bought by the Heuroplan group, joining Movado, Eska and Nappey. [4]

7. List of watch manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   Samsung; Sandoz watches; Schwarz Etienne; Sea-Gull; Sector; Seiko; Seiko Instruments; Seikosha; Sekonda; Shinola Detroit; Sinn; SSIH (previous holding company, now ...

8. The Swatch Group - Wikipedia

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   The Swatch Group Ltd is a Swiss manufacturer of watches and jewellery. The company was founded in 1983 through the merger of ASUAG and SSIH, moving to manufacturing quartz-crystal watches to resolve the quartz crisis threatening the traditional Swiss watchmaking industry. [2] [3] [4]

9. Rodania - Wikipedia

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   Only Rolex really did that then. The Geometer was produced with either a black or a silver dial. As for all Swiss watch brands, the invasion of cheaper watches equipped with quartz movements from Japan and the Far East represented a severe threat to the brand, and although the Swiss management fought hard to get a grip on the situation ...