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Roamer of Switzerland: 1888 [3] Solothurn [3] Fritz Meyer [3] Wallbach, Aargau: Private: Chungnam Group of Companies: Christian Frommherz (CEO) Rodania: 1930 Grenchen Baumgartner family Roger Dubuis: 1995 Roger Dubuis & Carlos Dias Geneva: Richemont International SA Rolex: 1905 London Hans Wilsdorf, [2] Alfred Davis Geneva 30,000 Private: Hans ...
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.
In 1866, at a time when watchmaking skills were divided up among hundreds of small workshops, [13] Antoine and his son, Elie LeCoultre (1842–1917), established the Vallée de Joux's first full-fledged manufactory, LeCoultre & Cie., pooling their employees' expertise under one roof. Under this set-up, they developed in 1870 the first partially ...
Love watches? Then you need to know all about the inaugural edition of Esquire Escapes.
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Bianchet is the first watchmaking company to have developed its entire watch movement architecture and watch cases using the golden ratio of 1.618 and the Fibonacci sequence as a design basis. It is also the first company to have developed a tonneau-shaped watch in carbon capable of resisting a pressure of 10ATM or 100 meters of water depth ...
IWC is best known for its luxury pilot/aviation watches and for being a pioneer in the use of ceramic and titanium in watchmaking. [5] [6] [4] [7] In 2018 IWC was recognized by the WWF for its environmental efforts and received an "Ambitious" rating; placing first amongst fifteen other Swiss watchmakers.
Computer-generated Graphic Image of Roger Dubuis Manufacture in Geneva, Switzerland. Roger Dubuis started his career at Longines in the late 1950s, and founded his own atelier in 1980 after 14 years of developing complications in Geneva for Patek Philippe. He took commissions to design new complications for major brands for several years.