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The Swatch Group: Hans-Rudolf Gottier Mido (watch) 1918 Biel/Bienne: George G. Schaeren Le Locle: Member of the Swatch group: The Swatch Group: Franz Linder, President: Minerva 1858 [2] Villeret [2] Charles Robert [2] Mondaine: 1951 Solothurn: Erwin Bernheim Montres Corum Sàrl: 1955 [2] La Chaux-de-Fonds [2] Gaston Ries, Simone Ries and René ...
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.
The Swatch Group. Website. longines.com. Compagnie des Montres Longines, Francillon S.A., or simply Longines ( French pronunciation: [lɔ̃ʒin] ), is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. [1] [2] Founded by Auguste Agassiz in 1832, the company has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Swatch Group and its predecessors since 1983.
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. (シチズン時計株式会社, Shichizun tokei Kabushiki-gaisha) is an electronics company primarily known for its watches and is the core company of a Japanese global corporate group based in Nishitokyo, Tokyo, Japan. In addition to Citizen brand watches, it is the parent of American watch ...
Cartier International SNC, or simply Cartier ( / ˈkɑːrtieɪ / KAR-tee-ay, French: [kaʁtje] ), is a French luxury-goods conglomerate that designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells jewellery, leather goods, watches, sunglasses and eyeglasses. [ 2][ 3][ 4] Founded by Louis-François Cartier (1819–1904) in Paris in 1847, the company ...
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. [1] Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as La Generale Watch Co. until incorporating the name Omega in 1903, becoming Louis Brandt et Frère-Omega Watch & Co. [2] [3] [4] In 1984, the company officially changed its name to Omega SA [5] and opened its museum in Biel/Bienne to ...
Swatch is a Swiss watchmaker founded in 1983 by Ernst Thomke, Elmar Mock, and Jacques Müller. It is a subsidiary of The Swatch Group.The Swatch product line was developed as a response to the "quartz crisis" of the 1970s and 1980s, in which inexpensive, battery-powered, quartz-regulated watches were competing against more established European watchmakers focused on artisanal craftsmanship ...
The Hamilton Watch Company is a Swiss manufacturer of wristwatches based in Bienne, Switzerland. Founded in 1892 as an American firm, the Hamilton Watch Company ended American manufacture in 1969, shifting manufacturing operations to the Buren factory in Switzerland. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, the Hamilton Watch Company ...