Patek Philippe
Patek Philippe is a Geneva watch manufacture founded in 1839 and one of the few major Swiss watch companies still owned by a family. It is known above all for complicated mechanical watches – perpetual calendars, chronographs, minute repeaters and astronomical displays – and for classic collections such as the Calatrava and the Nautilus. Since 1932 the company has belonged to the Stern family. Thierry Stern, the fourth generation of the family to run it, has been president since 2009. Patek Philippe makes its own movements and produces a relatively small number of watches each year, which it s…
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Richard Mille
Watches Richard Mille one of the most technologically advanced in the world of the high watch art. They are created with using of modern super complex materials which are used in aerospace and automobile industries. The founder of the company, Richard Mile, is rightly considered as a pioneer in the world of the watchmaking. He's one of those who broke the conventional stereotypes and offered a new interpretation for the existing ideas. Designing its models the company is guided by three principles: complexity, the original technical content and ergonomics. The first model of the Richard Mille…
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DeWitt
In recent years the profitability of involving people, who don't have any special technical knowledge, but care much for watchmaking, for the watch industry has become obvious. A rather young DeWitt brand, which managed to succeed, having combined traditional craftmanship with original ideas, is a good example. The company's owner, Gerome De Witt designed his watches personally, though he's neither a designer, nor a hereditary watchmaker. For some years De Witt has been in construction business, building houses and bridges all over the world and only at the centuries breakup this gentleman dre…
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Blu
Swiss Blu watches initially had the name “source du temps” (source of time) created by Bernhard Lederer. The name Blu was given after his leaving for Switzerland. Blu is the first letters from the sentence “Bernhard Lederer's Universe”. An independent watchmaker, Lederer, moved to Switzerland and settled in Colombiers close to Neuchatel on the eve of the new millennium, but the mark “Swiss made” was not important for Blu timepieces in essence. Bernhard Lederer was never interested in ordinary classical watches. However, he considers his duty to follow precepts of great masters watchmakers and…
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Van Cleef & Arpels
For more than a century, Van Cleef & Arpels is prestigious jewelry house. It creates a feminine, luxurious and elegant masterpieces of watches and filigree art, executed in the inimitable, a characteristic style. Philosophy of House Van Cleef & Arpels in watchmaking is based on a key principle: the technical parameters of the models of the famous jewelry house in any case should not yield to their sophisticated design and flawless beauty. Watchmaking brand Van Cleef & Arpels is a fruitful alliance of advanced technology and a century of experience. Professionalism is the ability to watchmakers…
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Maximilian Busser & Friends
According to Maximilian Büsser, the founder of Maximilian & Friends (MB & F) company, the MB & F company is creating machines which tell the time, but not the machines, made to tell the time. These are the Horological Machines, that reflect the microtechnological possibilities while displaying the time. By the creation of these masterpieces Maximilian Büsser & Friends watch company shows such a drastic approach to watchmking, that at first sight it is difficult to detect a wrist watch in these robotic mechanisms. Maximilian Büsser & Friends is not just the watch brand. It is a unique laborator…
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Harry Winston
Harry Winston watches are not just devices designed for measuring time, but also expensive pieces of jewelry. Only very wealthy people can afford to buy Harry Winston luxury wrist watches. The production of Harry Winston watches began in 1989, after the New York's famous jeweler had decided to expand his business. Those were Harry Winston jewellers who managed to make watches, that could surely be called real masterpieces thanks to the great professional competence of their creators. The first Harry Winston watches collection created a furore, because no one before had been able to combine wat…
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Ulysse Nardin
Swiss watch company Ulysse Nardin was founded in 1846 in the Swiss town of Le Locle. This company over 160 years confirms its excellent quality. During its existence the company has received 4300 awards, including 18 golds. In 2000 Ulysse Nardin was four times awarded the prize "For innovation" in which it has no equal among other watch brands. Also, due to the efforts of Dr. Ohslina were made two fundamentally new movements with the astronomical calendar, one for wristwatches Ulysse Nardin Moonstruck, and one for the desktop Ulysse Nardin Planet Earth. Recently, the company Ulysse Nardin has…
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Breguet
The Swiss watch company Breguet was founded in 1775 in Paris. The founder Abraham-Louis Breguet was born in 1747 in Neuchâtel in Switzerland. When he was a child he moved to Paris with his stepfather, where he got a job in a Parisian watchmaker’s workshop. In 1801 he received a patent for his invention of the tourbillion – a unique mechanism compensating the effect of gravity on the accuracy of the wristwatch. In the same year Breguet began gradually to develop new markets, including Russia. As a result, in 1808 in St.Petersburg the “Breguet Russian House” was opened. Among those who gave his…
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Vacheron Constantin
This company is one of the oldest watch manufactory. The ruling in Geneva, XVI-XVII factory company Vacheron Constantin's hard work, successful business in every way and fought with the luxury of leaving the lovers of beautiful things only loophole - to create luxury Swiss watches. Therefore, out of 20 000 people who lived in Geneva in the middle of the XVIII century, about a quarter were employed in watchmaking. Of these, 800 were watchmaker, that is, the owners of shops and the owners of the nominal brand is put on the dials and movements. One of them was a young engineer, Jean-Marc Vacheron…
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De Bethune
De Bethune company was founded in 2002. Its founders are watchmakers David Zanetta and Denis Flageollet, whose motto was: “Style. Creativity. Quality”. The company was named after the French expert, who invented the movement regulator for pocket and long-case clocks. The company's headquarters and its laboratory are located in L’Auberson. De Bethune has produced an interesting wrist watch, distinctive for its design and the materials, used at its production: the balance of titanium and platinum; the triple anti-shock system with a titanium axle; the drum with reduced fraction; the case…
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Celsius X VI II
Watch brand Celsius X VI II was founded in 2006 in Paris. Known in the world of telecommunications and mobile communications, the company decided to expand their capabilities and range of consumers. The company began to make mechanical watches built into the mobile phone. About such a mobile phone which can be reunited with complex mechanical watch, thought well -known engineer Thomas Pryuvo, when he flew from Paris to London. During four years the company step by step has worked on this project, and, eventually, at the Basel exhibition in 2011 was presented only a single model of that watch -…
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Bovet
Bovet Swiss timepieces do not resemble others, because their case form is so ergonomic that the first touch to them entirely proves this. Not depending on case sizes they are extremely comfortable. Bovet, undoubtedly, is of those watch producers who are not worth to lose sight of by both serious collectors and people, for those timepieces are a mean of self-expression and a considerable reason to interest their life-satiated friends. Bovet timepieces are miniature works of art. These watches are an exquisite feast for true connoisseurs of original accessories. The best masters of engraving, en…
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Cyrus
The watch brand CYRUS was founded by two cousins - Julian and Laurent. The architect and engineer, Julien has been developing and designing of products, graphic design and brand responsible for the 3D-animation. Julien, closely working with Laurent, is watching for new trends and material selection. Laurent spent several years in marketing and selling of watch products in more than 60 countries. He has developed a marketing strategy and use special marketing and sales tools. The roots of the brand’s history begin with the conqueror Cyrus the Great (2500 years ago). The watches CYRUS, which evo…
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Urwerk
Martin Fry's idea of creating and design watches of the first indexing time served as the foundation for the company was founded Urwerk. People are often looking for innovative solutions. Maybe this is what has helped the company acquire Urwerk great success and popularity. Fry, together with his brothers Felix and Thomas Baumgartner (skilled watchmakers and skilled craftsmen), founded Urwerk. Grandfather of brothers gathered chronometers, and his father was engaged in the restoration of antique curiosities. Thomas for a year restoring the pendulum watch of the XVII century, in which he used t…
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Piaget
The wrist watches by Piaget are the products, that will surely suit the tastes of different customers. Piaget company produces the pieces of jewelry and the unique watches, that combine the technical perfection and the elegant design. Piaget watch factory foundation is dated to 1874. The founder of the company was Georges Edouard Piaget, who opened the workshop in the picturesque village of La Côte-o-Fe, Switzerland. In the workshop the high-precision movements were produced, that were delivered to the well-known watch companies. With the lapse of time, the production was expanded, and Piaget…
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Corum
The company Corum was founded by watchmaker Gaston Ries and his nephew René Bannwart in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1955. It has achieved fame and popularity, following a simple philosophy - "superb craftsmanship, plus the endless search for novelty and beauty." The company’s logo is a key, symbolizing the access to the hearts of horology lovers. The history of Corum includes two epochs. The first begins from the foundation. René Bannwart was looking for a suitable name for the company very long and decided to stay on the Latin word “Quorum”. Then René Bannwart with his uncle decided to simplify the…
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Franck Muller
Franck Muller are amazing, original Swiss watches. This is one of the most famous Swiss watch brand. Swiss watches Franck Muller - is primarily a fine jewelry. The creation of these magnificent watches influenced by the wonderful place where the workshop of the company was located. It was a beautiful setting on the shores of Geneva Lake, in a romantic villa, next to which were the hills. And the masters began their "creation" on the hill Jeanty. This beautiful nature influenced on creation of these little masterpieces. The founder of the brand Franck Muller was born in 1958 in Switzerland. Tec…
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TAG Heuer
TAG Heuer is a Swiss watchmaker founded by Edouard Heuer in Saint-Imier in 1860. The company built its reputation on chronographs, stopwatches and precision timing, and its history is closely tied to motor racing. Today its best-known watch families include the Carrera, Monaco, Aquaracer and Formula 1. Originally known as Heuer, the company became TAG Heuer after Techniques d'Avant-Garde acquired the watchmaker in the mid-1980s. It has belonged to the French luxury group LVMH since 1999. TAG Heuer is headquartered in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, and has been led by CEO Antoine Pin since Sep…
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Blancpain
Blancpain timepieces are on the top of the watch Olympus. The Swiss Blancpain watch company was first a small workshop founded by a watchmaker Jehan-Jacques Blancpain in 1735 at the village of Villeret. At that time watches were manually being produced by peasants who then went to a watchmaker to examine all watch components for quality and to assemble the whole movement. Under the pressure of competition and changing pricing policy towards watch production, and growing requirements to quality and accuracy of watches, to the end of the 20th century the two-storied factory was built. Being true…
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Audemars Piguet
Audemars Piguet is a Swiss watch manufacture founded in 1875 in Le Brassus, a village in the Vallée de Joux, and is still owned by descendants of its founding families. It is best known for the Royal Oak, the steel luxury sports watch introduced in 1972, and for a long tradition of complicated and ultra-thin mechanical movements. Unlike most major Swiss watch brands, Audemars Piguet is independent and not part of a luxury group. It has stayed in Le Brassus since its foundation, and its headquarters is still there. Since 2024 the company has been led by CEO Ilaria Resta. History of Audemars Pig…
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Glashutte Original
It is amazing but in the whole Switzerland the definition of manufacture can be just Jaeger-LeCoultre, and Saxon town Glashutte became the house of two manufactures. They refer to the most original and advanced manufactures in watch industry. There are Glashutte Original manufacture among them. During quartz crisis in Switzerland they lost many original developments, and Glashutte Original almost did not come to harm, as it is situated on the territory of ex-GDR and in social countries there was high demand on mechanical watches. “Because of that demand-says general director Franc Muller-we ke…
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Chopard
The history of Swiss watch house “Chopard” began 150 years ago. So, in 2010, the watch brand “Chopard L.U.C.” (Louis – Ulysse Chopard) marks its anniversary. In 1860, Louis-Ulysse Chopard established his workshop in Swiss village Sonvillier and proudly wrote his initials L.U.C. on the front of building. In the beginning the company was focused on the manufacture of high quality limited watches. In 1912, it worked up the watch markets of Eastern Europe, Russia and Scandinavian countries. Travel leads to orders increase. A high quality of Chopard products favours their popularity increase. The w…
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Hublot
Hublot is a relatively young but well-known Swiss watch company. In 1976, the representative of an ancient dynasty in Milan, known for Breil watches manufacturing, Carlo Crocco, having moved to Switzerland, founded the MDM Geneve (Montre des Montres) firm and started to design watches, which he called Hublot (a French word for — "illuminator or porthole"). As a result, Swiss movements blended with features of Italian design, having given birth to the world famous Hublot wrist watches for men and ladies. The first gold Hublot watches were launched by Carlo Crocco in 1980 and immediately became…
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Jaquet-Droz
The history of the Jaquet Droz watch house is about three centuries. The founder is Pierre Jean Droz. He was born in 1721 in the town of La Chaux-de-Fonds, where he opened a workshop in 1738. In 1784 he opened a watch manufactory in London, then in Geneva, where he invited the most skillful masters-watchmakers of that time. Pierre together with his son founded a successful company to produce mechanical watches and mechanical dolls called automatons. In the 60s of the 18th century Pierre demonstrated mechanical watches and dolls to the Spanish court. At court of Ferdinand VI the king he was exp…
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Laurent Ferrier
Laurent Ferrier, having worked over 37 years at the famous Patek Philippe factory, with his son Christian decided to start their own business to produce exclusive watches and called their brand Laurent Ferrier Genève. Their first work was the Galet Classic Tourbillon Double Spiral, the model underlining freedom, quality and precision. Their watches reflect traditions of Swiss watchmaking workmanship going to the future. They are created according to requirements of watch classic without excess in an understatement style. The first exclusive of the new brand is Tourbillon Double Balance Spring…
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Montblanc
Montblanc Swiss watch company manufactured its watches in the town of Le Locle and in the town of Viller, that is situated at an altitude of 1,000 meter above the sea level in the Jura Mountains. Montblanc company has always been famous for its writing instruments of a high quality. In recent years the company has expanded its colection of luxury goods, producing watches, sunglasses, jewelry, belts and writing instruments. Montblanc wrist watches are very popular among the connoisseurs and collectors. The foundation of Swiss watch company was laid in 1906, when Alfred Nehemias, the banker from…
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Hermes
Indefatigable aspiration for improvement, adherence to quality and family traditions is the main conception of HERMES company. Hermes watch became popular not only in Europe but also all around the world. Hermes is estimated not only for luxury and beauty but also for a high quality and functionality. Swiss quality Of Hermes is lavishly flavored with Paris spirit, by laborious and honest work of many generations of skilful watchmakers. These particularities tell Hermes from the brands. Hermes history starts in 1837 when German immigrant Thierry Hermes opened a saddlery workshop and his sons en…
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Girard Perregaux
Swiss watchmaker company Girard-Perregaux was founded in 1791. The founder of the company is Jean-François Botte. In 1854, the watchmaker Constant Girard-Oaten married Mary Perregaux, her family was engaged in manufacturing of watches. In 1966 - Girard-Perregaux creates the first high-frequency (36 000 vph), with manual winding movement based on the caliber of 1957. In 1967, 73% of the movements that have received certification from the Newchatel Observatory Chronometer, were models Gyromatic HF. In 1969 the Swiss watch industry was shocked with quartz movement. Many well-known companies wary…
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Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton, the founder of one of the oldest fashion houses, was born in 1821, in the canton of Jura, Switzerland. In 1835, being a 14-years old teenager, he went to Paris by feet without any money in his pocket. There he studied a joiner's work and was so successful in it that sooner he became a private joiner of Empress Eugenie de Montijo, the wife of Napoleon III. Significant connections within the French elite helped him to open his own joiner's shop at Rue Neuve des Capucines street in Paris, in 1853. This shop is also mentioned in works of Denis Diderot, a famous French philosopher. 1…
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Ikepod
Ikepod company was founded in 1994. It got wide international recognition thanks to the alliance of Marc Newson, a famous Australian designer, and Oliver Ike, a Swiss businessman. The name “Ikepod” descended from the “Ike” last name and Newson's design style, called “Pod”. All Ikepod watch brand's models are produced in limited edition series in Switzerland. Every collection has chronographs in it. All Ikepod watches are mechanical and they all have the status of certified chronometers. In 1995 Ikepod company produced its first collection, called “Seaslug”. These watches are equipped with the…
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Frederique Constant
Watches Frederique Constant are luxury wristwatches, made for men and women. The making of these chronographs enter into itselves the deepest creative process, inspired development, the highest attention to details and effective expansion. But let's begin with roots of this famous watch manufacture. History of Frederique Constant takes the beginning in 1904, when Constant founded lithography company "Lithography" on production of metal plates. On such plates were printed images, and the same technology used that times for production of watch dials for developing manufacture Friesche Klokken. B…
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Chanel
Chanel is a French high fashion house which produces luxury goods, clothing, cosmetics and perfumes, men's and women's watches, luxury jewelry and accessories. The brand Chanel was founded in the early XX century by Gabrielle Chanel. Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was born in 1883 in the French city Somur. The founder of fashion house Chanel has laid the tradition of elegance that cannot be influenced by time. The first boutique under the brand Chanel was opened in 1913. Constant trendsetter – the company Chanel could not pass by such an important and prestigious accessory like a watch. Her first col…
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Zenith
Swiss watchmaking Zenith was founded in 1865. Its creator young Swiss Georges Favre-Jacot. At age 22, he created the concept of watch factory. Ten years later, the factory Zenith employed more than 1000 employees. After the First World War the company was able to increase the production of its watches to two million units per year. During World War II, Zenith produced devices for military purposes. Opened new branches in Geneva, London, Paris, New York, Vienna and Moscow. In 1969, the company produces a model of El Primero - Automatic Chronograph, which today remains the most accurate chronogr…
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Bell & Ross
Swiss watches Bell & Ross were born under the strange circumstances. Brand was created in 1992 by a team of designers and experts in the field of aviation equipment. They gathered to discuss the idea of creating watches for extreme situations. Since that time the years are gone , and now one can say with confidence that an experiment is successful - Bell & Ross is now a brand with an international reputation. The similarity of Bell & Ross watches’ design with devices of cockpit gave these timepieces a unique individuality. The company headquarters is located in Paris, but the products are desi…
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Vulcain
Vulcain Swiss watches specially are made to order the White House for every new president of the United States. Such prestige Swiss watches are awarded only for Vulcain which sometimes is also called the "presidential." For example, the recently released Vulcain Anniversary Heart in honor of the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama, which coincided with the 150th anniversary of the brand Vulcain. During this time, Vulcain watches have accumulated a rich history and authenticity. The founder of the brand Vulcain Swiss watchmaker Maurice Ditisheim opened in 1858 his own company. The motto…
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