The Perrelet watch company was founded by Abraham Louis-Perrelet in 1777. Seven years earlier, Abraham Louis Perrelet, master watchmaker, wanted to design a watch that could be wound easily. From this vision, he invented a rotating, oscillating weight that is known as the rotor. The […]
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Patek Philippe Watches
Patek Philippe, founded in 1851, is a well-known Swiss watch manufacturer. The company produces some of the most complicated technical timepieces in the world. Patek Philippe invented the perpetual calendar, minute repeater, chronograph, and split-seconds hand. Patek Philippe has been awarded 764 prizes at the […]
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In 1860, Giovanni Panerai opened a family watch shop. The watchmaker’s shop was on the Ponte alle Grazie in Florence, Italy and was the first shop of its kind in the city. Throughout the next years, Giovanni Panerai developed an on-going relationship with some of […]
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1904 marked the year Pay Cattin and Georges Christian established the Oris watch firm in Holstein, Switzerland. The company’s name was inspired by a brook close to their hometown of Le Locle, Switzerland. The company opened five other factories in Switzerland between 1906 through 1925, […]
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Omega watches are some of the most impressive timepieces in the history of watches. They have been cleverly designed to impress the masses. The attention to detail is one of the most coveted attributes of the designers that create these masterpieces. When you buy an […]
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Desco von Schulthess AS founded the Maurice Lacroix watch company in 1975. One year later, Maurice Lacroix was introduced to the Spanish market. By 1980, the watch company established its own business in Germany. The watch firm had a benchmark year in 1989 when they […]
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Auguste Agassiz and two partners formed the company which eventually became Longines Watches, in 1832. He was the brother of the world renowned naturalist Louis Agassiz. Agassiz became the head of the company in 1846, because the family had connections in the United States, which […]
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A. Lange & Söhne was founded by Ferdinand Adolph Lange in 1845 in Glashutte, Germany. Over the next century, A Lange & Söhne watches were among the most popular watches in the world. However, the watch company went into a 40 year lull after World […]
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Jaeger LeCoultre was founded in 1883 by Antoine LeCoultre. The company is based out of Le Sentier, Switzerland and has created hundreds of unique calibers, which includes the smallest caliber in the world. The company also invented the most complicated watch on the planet and […]
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International Watch Company (IWC) was founded in 1868 and is a high-quality Swiss watch manufacturer that is housed in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. IWC is a member of the Federation of Swiss Watch Industry FH. Florentine Ariosto Jones, founder of IWC, was an engineer and watchmaker from […]
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