Engineering:List of Swiss watch manufacturers
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This is a list of Swiss watch manufacturers and brands.
| Name | Logo | Founded (Year) | Founded (City) | Founder | Headquarters | Number of Employees | Company Type | Owner | Key people |
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| 88 Rue du Rhone | 2012 | Pierre and Elie Bernheim | Geneva | My Maracujá Sàrl | Pierre Bernheim | ||||
| A. Favre & Fils | |||||||||
| Adriatica | |||||||||
| Allgemeine Gesellschaft der Schweizerischen Uhrenindustrie | |||||||||
| Andreas Strehler | |||||||||
| Anonimo | 1997 | Federico Massacesi | Florence, Italy | Private | |||||
| Aquastar | 
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1962 | Frédéric Robert | Geneva | Jeanrichard S.A. | ||||
| Arcadia Watches | 
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1858 | Fleurier | Claude Sanz | Geneva | Private | Richard Baldwin (CEO) | ||
| Armand Nicolet | 
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1875 | Armand Nicolet | Tramelan | 20 | Privately held company | |||
| Ateliers deMonaco | 2008 | Geneva | Watch Manufacturer Members of the Citizen Group |
Pim Koeslag, Robert van Pappelendam, Peter Stas | |||||
| Atlantic Watches | 1888 | Bettlach | Eduard Kummer | Lengnau | Private | Jürg Bohne | |||
| Audemars Piguet | 
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1875[1][2][3] | Le Brassus[1][2][3] | Jules Louis Audemars, Edward Auguste Piguet[1][2] | Le Chenit | 1,450 | Private |
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| BALL Watch Company | 
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1891 | Ohio, USA | Webb C. Ball | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Private | |||
| Baume | 
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2018 | Meyrin | Subsidiary of Richemont Group | Compagnie Financière Richemont SA | ||||
| Baume et Mercier | 
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1918[1][2] | Les Bois[1] | William Baume, Paul Mercier[1][2] | Geneva | Subsidiary of Richemont | William Baume & Paul Mercier (Founders) David Chaumet (CEO) | ||
| Baumgartner Frères Grenchen (BFG) | 1899[3] | Grenchen[3] | Arnold Baumgartner | 1700 (in 1974)[3] | |||||
| Bedat & Co | 
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1996 | Simone Bédat Christian Bédat | Geneva | Private Limited Company | ||||
| Bell & Ross | 
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1992 | Paris, France | Bruno Belamich Carlos Rosillo |
Paris | Private | |||
| Blanchet | 
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1819 | Jean Blanchet | D Group | |||||
| Blancpain | 
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1735[1][2] | Villeret[1][2] | Jehan-Jacques Blancpain[1][2] | Paudex/Le Brassus | Subsidiary | The Swatch Group | Marc Hayek | |
| Bovet Fleurier | 
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1822 | Edouard Bovet | Geneva | Privately held company | ||||
| Breguet | 1775[1][2] | Paris, France | Abraham-Louis Breguet[1][2] | L'Abbaye | Subsidiary | The Swatch Group | Nicolas G. Hayek | ||
| Breitling SA | 
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1884[1] | Saint-Imier[1] | Léon Breitling[1][2] | Grenchen | Private | Partners Group | Georges Kern (CEO) | |
| Cabot Watch Company | |||||||||
| Candino | 
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1847 | Herbetswil | Adolf Flury-Hug | Herbetswil | Subsidiary | Festina Group | ||
| Carl F. Bucherer | 
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1888 | Carl F. Bucherer | Lucerne | 200 | AG | Bucherer AG |
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| Catorex | 1858 | Constant Cattin | Les Breuleux | Private | Guy Albert Cattin | ||||
| Cecil Purnell | 
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2006 | Cecil Purnell | Geneva | Private | Cecil Purnell, Founder Jonathan Purnell, co-founder, Horologist | |||
| Century Time Gems | 
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1966 | Hans-Ulrich Klingenberg | Nidau | Philip W. A. Klingenberg (current company head) | ||||
| Certina | 
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1888[1] | Grenchen[1] | Adolf & Alfred Kurth[1] | Le Locle | Member of the Swatch group | The Swatch Group | ||
| Charriol | 1983 | Philippe Charriol | Geneva | Privately held | |||||
| Chopard | 
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1860[1] | La Chaux-de-Fonds[1] | Louis-Ulysse Chopard[1] | Geneva | Private (société anonyme) | Scheufele family | Co-presidents: Caroline Scheufele Karl-Friedrich Scheufele | |
| Christian Jacques | 1988 | Christian Bach & Jacques Geeraerts | Basel | ||||||
| Chrono AG | 1981 | Solothurn | |||||||
| Chronoswiss | 
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1981[1] | Munich, Germany[1] | Gerd Rüdiger Lang[1] | Lucerne | 30 | Private |
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| Cimier | |||||||||
| Claude Bernand | 1973 | Les Genevez | Claude Bernand | Les Genevez | Private | Victor Strambini | |||
| Cortébert | 
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1790[1] | Cortébert[1] | Abraham-Louis Juillard[1] | Cortébert | Watch maker | |||
| Cyma Watches | 1862 | Le Locle | Joseph Schwob, Theodore Schwob | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Privately held company Public (HKEX) |
Under care of Universal Genève | |||
| Czapek & Cie | 1845 | François Czapek | Geneva | Privately held company | Xavier de Roquemaurel, CEO | ||||
| Daniel Roth | 
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1988 | Vallée de Joux | Subsidiary |
|
Daniel Roth | |||
| Davidoff | 
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Zino Davidoff | Basel | Oettinger Davidoff AG | |||||
| De Grisogono | 1993 | Fawaz Gruosi | Geneva | Privately held company | De Grisogono | ||||
| Doxa S.A. | 
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1889[1] | Le Locle[1] | Georges Ducommun[1] | Romeo F. Jenny Jan Edöcs (CEO) | ||||
| Dreffa | 
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1874 | Geneva | Armand Dreyffus | Geneva | Wholly owned subsidiary | TGX Holdings | Armand Dreyfus(founder) Jacques Maguin (CEO) Mark Haus (President) Yehuda Fulda (chairman) | |
| Dubey Schaldenbrand | 1946 | Georges Dubey René Schaldenbrand |
La Chaux-de-Fonds | Cinette Robert | |||||
| ETA SA | 1856[1] | Grenchen[1] | Urs Schild,[1] Josef Girard[1] | Grenchen | Subsidiary | The Swatch Group Ltd. | Damiano Casafina, CEO | ||
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1911[1][2] | La Chaux-de-Fonds[1] | Eugène Blum,[1] Alice Lévy[1] | La Chaux-de-Fonds | ||||
| Eberhard & Co. | 
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1887[1][2] | La Chaux-de-Fonds[1] | George-Emile Eberhard[1][2] | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Barbara Monti, CEO, Mario Peserico, Managing Director | |||
| Ebosa | 1915 | Grenchen[3] | Paul Leo Glocker[3] | ||||||
| Endura Watch Factory | 1966 | Biel/Bienne | Biel/Bienne | Subsidiary | The Swatch Group | Pierre-André Bühler, President | |||
| Epos | 
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1983 | Biel | Peter Hofer | Lengnau | Singi Chonge (chairman of the board) Tamdi Chonge (CEO) | |||
| Era Watch Company | 
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1884 | Christian Ruefli-Flury | Les Genevez | Private | Victor Strambini | Christian Hotz (CEO) | ||
| Ernest Borel | 1856 | Neuchâtel[1] | Jules Borel[1] | Le Noirmont | Teguh Halim (The Board of Directors of Ernest Borel S.A.) | ||||
| Eterna | 
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1856[1][2] | Grenchen[1][2] | Josef Girard and Urs Schild[1][2] | Grenchen | ||||
| Excelsior Park | 1866[2] | Saint-Imier[2] | Jules-Frédéric Jeanneret[2] | ||||||
| F. P. Journe | 1999 | Geneva | François-Paul Journe | Geneva | Private (SA) | ||||
| Favre-Leuba | 
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1737 | Abraham Favre | Solothurn | |||||
| Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry | 
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1982 | Bienne | Jean-Daniel Pasche | |||||
| Fortis (Swiss watchmaker) | 
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1912[1] | Grenchen[1] | Walter Vogt[1] | Grenchen | 40 | Privately held company | Owner and CEO - Jupp Philipp | |
| Franck Muller | 
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1992 | Geneva | Private company | Franck Muller | ||||
| Frédérique Constant SA | 1988 | Aletta and Peter Stas | Geneva | Subsidiary of Citizen Holdings | Niels Eggerding, Managing Director | ||||
| Gallet & Company | 1466 | Geneva | Humbertus Gallet | Privately held company | |||||
| General Watch Co | |||||||||
| Girard-Perregaux | 
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1791[2] | Geneva[2] | Jean-François Bautte, Mouliné, Constant Girard, Marie Perregaux[2][3] | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Subsidiary | Sowind Group | Patrick Pruniaux | |
| Glycine (watch) | 
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1913[1] | Biel/Bienne[1] | Eugène Meylan[1] | Biel/Bienne | Subsidiary | Invicta Watch Group | Eyal Lalo (Parent Group CEO), Daniele Andreatta (Managing Director) | |
| Greubel Forsey | 
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2004 | Robert Greubel Stephen Forsey |
La Chaux-de-Fonds | Private company | Antonio Calce, CEO | |||
| Grovana | 
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1924 | Tenniken | 35 | Private company | Christopher Bitterli (CEO) | |||
| Gérald Genta | |||||||||
| H. Moser & Cie | 1828 | Saint Petersburg | Heinrich Moser | Schaffhausen | 100 | Private | MELB Holding Group (Meylan family) | Georges-Henri Meylan (chairman) Roger Nicholas Balsiger (Honorary chairman) Edouard Meylan (CEO) | |
| HYT (watchmaker) | 
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2012 | Lucien Vuillamoz (Inventor), Patrick Berdoz (chairman) | Neuchâtel | 11 | Gregory Dourde (CEO) | |||
| Hamilton Watch Company | 
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1892 | Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Bienne | Subsidiary | The Swatch Group | |||
| Hanowa | 1963 | Biel/Bienne | Hans Noll Elisabeth Noll-Wirz |
Möhlin | Public | ILG - International Luxury Group | Paris C. Brown (CEO) | ||
| Hublot | 
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1980 | Nyon | 200 | Subsidiary | LVMH | Carlo Crocco (founder) Ricardo Guadalupe (CEO) | ||
| IWC Schaffhausen | 
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1868[1] | Schaffhausen[1] | Florentine Ariosto Jones[1] | Schaffhausen | 650 | Subsidiary | Richemont | |
| Ikepod | 1994 | Oliver Ike Marc Newson |
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| JC Biver | 
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2022 | Jean-Claude Biver (Founder) Pierre Biver (Founder) |
Givrins | Private | ||||
| Jaeger-LeCoultre | 1833[2] | Le Sentier[2] | Antoine LeCoultre[2] | Le Sentier | Subsidiary | Richemont | Catherine Rénier, CEO | ||
| Jean Lassale | 
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1976 | Jean Bouchet-Lassale | Geneva | Private | Jean Bouchet-Lassale, founder; Pierre Mathys, watchmaker | |||
| Jean Perret | 
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1893 | Jean Perret | Geneva | Privately held company | ||||
| Jowissa | 1951 | Bettlach | Josef Wyss | ||||||
| Juvenia | 1860 | Saint-Imier | Jacques Didisheim-Goldschmidt | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Subsidiary | Asia Commercial Holdings Ltd. | |||
| Laurent Ferrier | 2009 | Laurent Ferrier | Plan-les-Ouates | Private | Laurent Ferrier Christian Ferrier François Servanin | ||||
| Le Phare-Sultana S.A. | 1888[2][3] | Le Locle[2] | Charles Barbezat[2][3] | ||||||
| Lemania | 1884 | L'Orient[3] | Alfred Lugrin[3] | ||||||
| Linde Werdelin | 
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2002 | London & Copenhagen | Independent |
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| Longines | 
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1832[1][2] | Saint-Imier[1] | Auguste Agassiz[1][2] | Saint-Imier | 340 | Subsidiary | The Swatch Group |
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| Louis Erard | 
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1929 | Louis Erard and André Perret | Le Noirmont | Privately held company | Alain Spinedi, Manuel Emch | |||
| Luminox | 1989 | Barry Cohen | San Rafael, California | Private | Mondaine | ||||
| Manufacture Modules Technologies | 2015 | Geneva | SARL | Philippe Fraboulet, CEO | |||||
| Manufacture Royale | 1770 | Ferney-Voltaire | Voltaire | Vallorbe | Privately held company | ||||
| Mathey-Tissot | 1886 | Les Ponts-de-Martel | Edmond Mathey-Tissot | Geneva | |||||
| Maurice Lacroix | 
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1975 | Saignelégier | Zürich | 220 | ||||
| Maitres du Temps | 
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2005 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Watchmaker | Steven M. Holtzman | ||||
| Micro Crystal | 1978 | Grenchen | Grenchen[3] | 750 | The Swatch Group | Hans-Rudolf Gottier | |||
| Mido (watch) | 
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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 Bannwart[2] | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Management Committee | ||||
| Mouawad | 
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1890 | Beirut | David Mouawad | Dubai, Geneva | 500 | Private | Robert Mouawad, Fred Mouawad, Alain Mouawad, Pascal Mouawad and Jimmy Mouawad | |
| Movado | 
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1881[2] | La Chaux-de-Fonds[2] | Achille Ditesheim[2] | Paramus, New Jersey, U.S. | 1,457 | Public | Efraim Grinberg (Chairman & CEO), Sallie A. DeMarsilis (CFO) | |
| Nivada | 1879 | Grenchen | Jacob Schneider | ||||||
| Ochs und junior | 2006 | Ludwig Oechslin Kurt König |
La Chaux-de-Fonds | ||||||
| Ollech & Wajs | 
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1956 | Albert J. Wajs Joseph Ollech |
Zürich | |||||
| Omega SA | 
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1848[2] | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Louis Brandt[2] | Biel/Bienne | Subsidiary | The Swatch Group | Raynald Aeschlimann (President) | |
| Orfina | 1922 | ||||||||
| Oris | 
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1904 | Hölstein | Paul Cattin Georges Christian |
Hölstein | 140 | Private company | Ulrich W. Herzog, Chairman Claudine Gertiser-Herzog, Co-CEO Rolf Studer, Co-CEO | |
| Parmigiani Fleurier | 1996 | Fleurier | Michel Parmigiani | Fleurier | Privately held company | Sandoz Family Foundation | Guido Terreni (CEO) | ||
| Patek Philippe | 1839[2] | Geneva[2] | Antoni Patek, Franciszek Czapek, Adrien Philippe[2] | Plan-les-Ouates | Private (Société Anonyme) | Stern family |
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| Patria (watchmaker) | 1892 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Louis Paul César Brandt |
Bienne | |||||
| Perrelet SA | 
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1777 | Abraham-Louis Perrelet | Biel/Bienne | Private | Festina Group | Miguel Rodriguez, President | ||
| Philippe Dufour | 1992 | Philippe Dufour | La Sentier | Watchmaking | |||||
| Piaget SA | 
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1874 | La Côte-aux-Fées | Georges Edouard Piaget | Geneva | Subsidiary | Richemont | Georges Edouard Piaget (Founder) Yves Piaget (President) | |
| Purnell (company) | 2017 | Maurizio Mazzocchi (CEO) | Geneva | Private | |||||
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1917 | Lengnau | Fritz Schlup Ernst Schlup Werner Schlup | |||||
| Raymond Weil | 
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1976 | Raymond Weil | Geneva | 230 | Elie Bernheim (CEO) Olivier Bernheim (President) Raymond Weil (Founder) | |||
| Revue Thommen | 1853 | Waldenburg | Gédéon Thommen Louis Tschopp | Baar, Switzerland | |||||
| Richard Mille | 
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2001 |
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Les Breuleux | 350 | Private | RICHARD MILLE Group | Richard Mille, (Chairman/CEO) | |
| Richemont | 
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1988 | Geneva | Johann Rupert | Bellevue | 34,000 | Public | Compagnie Financière Rupert (Rupert family) (9.1% equity, 50% voting power) | Johann Rupert (Chairman) Jérôme Lambert (Group CEO) |
| Roamer of Switzerland | 
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1888[3] | Solothurn[3] | Fritz Meyer[3] | Wallbach, Aargau | Private | Chungnam Group of Companies | Christian Frommherz (CEO) | |
| Rodania | 
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1930 | Grenchen | Baumgartner family | |||||
| Roger Dubuis | 
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1995 | Roger Dubuis & Carlos Dias | Geneva | Richemont International SA | ||||
| Rolex | 
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1905 | London | Hans Wilsdorf,[2] Alfred Davis | Geneva | 30,000 | Private | Hans Wilsdorf Foundation | Jean-Frédéric Dufour (CEO) |
| Romain Gauthier | 
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2002 | Romain Gauthier | Le Sentier and Vallée de Joux | Romain Gauthier | ||||
| Ronda (watchmaker) | 
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1944[3] | Lausen[3] | William Mosset[3] | Lausen | 1,400 | |||
| Rotary Watches | 1895 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Moise Dreyfuss | Elm Yard, 13-16 Elm Street, United Kingdom | Privately held company | Dreyfuss Group Ltd. | |||
| Sandoz (watch company) | Tavannes | Henri Sandoz | |||||||
| Schwarz Etienne | 
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1902 | Paul Arthur Schwarz and Olga Etienne | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Privately held company | ||||
| Solvil et Titus | 
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1892 | Paul Ditisheim | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | Paul Bernard Vogel (former owner) Joseph Chong Chun Wong (Chairman) | ||||
| Sowind Group | 
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La Chaux-de-Fonds, Le Locle | Patrick Pruniaux | ||||||
| Speake-Marin | 
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2002 | Bursins | Peter Speake-Marin | Geneva | Swiss watch brand | Christelle Rosnoblet (CEO) | ||
| Squale Watches | 
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1959 | Neuchâtel | Charles von Büren | Chiasso | Andrea Maggi, Massimo Maggi | |||
| Swatch | 
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1983 | Biel | Subsidiary | The Swatch Group | Nick Hayek Jr. (chairman, president) | |||
| Swiss Alpine Military | Tenniken | Brand | Grovana | ||||||
| Swiss Military by Chrono | 1994 | Solothurn | Brand | Chrono AG | |||||
| Swiss Military Hanowa | 1990 | Biel | Brand | Hanowa | |||||
| TAG Heuer | 
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1860[1] | Saint-Imier[1] | Edouard Heuer[1][2] | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Wholly owned subsidiary | LVMH | Frédéric Arnault, CEO | |
| Technos (watches) | 1924 | Welschenrohr | Joseph Gunzinger | ||||||
| Tissot | 
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1853[3] | Le Locle[3] | Charles-Félicien Tissot, Charles-Emile Tissot[3] | Le Locle | 250 | Subsidiary | The Swatch Group | Sylvain Dolla (CEO) Georges Nicolas Hayek Jr. (chairman of the board) |
| Titoni | 
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1919 | Grenchen | Fritz Schluep | Grenchen | 60 | Private | Daniel Schluep (CEO) | |
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1926 | Geneva | Hans Wilsdorf | Geneva | 194 | Subsidiary | Montres Rolex SA | |
| Ulysse Nardin | File:Ulysse Nardin Logo.svg | 1846[2] | Le Locle[2] | Ulysse Nardin[2] | Le Locle | Subsidiary | Sowind Group | Patrick Pruniaux (CEO) | |
| Universal Genève | 1894[2] | Le Locle, Neuchâtel | Numa-Emile Descombes, Ulysse Georges Perret, Louis Edouard Berthoud[2] |
Geneva | Privately held company (1894-1989) Public (HKEX) (1989–present) |
Vincent Lapaire (CEO) | |||
| Vacheron Constantin | 
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1755[2] | Geneva[2] | Jean-Marc Vacheron[2] | Plan-les-Ouates | 1,200 | Subsidiary | Richemont (since 1996) | Louis Ferla (CEO) |
| Valbray | 
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2009 | Côme de Valbray and Olga Corsini | Romanel sur Morges | Private company | ||||
| Victorinox | 
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1884 | Karl Elsener | Ibach | 1,850 | Aktiengesellschaft | Victorinox Foundation, Carl and Elise Elsener-Gut Foundation | Carl Elsener Jr. (President, CEO & Chairman) | |
| Wenger | 
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1893 | Paul Boéchat | Delémont | 150 | Société anonyme | Victorinox AG | ||
| West End Watch Co. | 
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1886 | Arnold Amstutz and Constant Droz | Leytron (Valais) | Private company | Jérôme Monnat Jr., current CEO | |||
| Zanuti | 
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1887 | Albert Favre Zanuti | Geneva | Private | ||||
| Zenith (watchmaker) | 
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1865[2] | Le Locle[2] | Georges Favre-Jacot[2] | Le Locle | Wholly owned subsidiary | LVMH | Julien Tornare (current CEO) | |
| Zeno-Watch Basel | 1868 | Jules Godat | Basel | 28 | Private | Huber Family | Felix W. Huber |
See also
- List of watch manufacturers
- List of German watch manufacturers
- List of watchmakers
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.54 1.55 1.56 1.57 1.58 1.59 Brunner, Gisbert L.; Pfeiffer-Belli, Christian; Downing, Alan; Hunter, Stephen; Lesouëf, Jean-Luc; Schmitt, Ingrid (1999). Wristwatches, Armbanduhren, Montres-bracelets. Köln, Germany: Könemann im Tandem. ISBN 978-382900660-6. OCLC 716528869. https://books.google.com/books?id=N08YPwAACAAJ.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.41 2.42 2.43 2.44 2.45 2.46 2.47 2.48 2.49 2.50 2.51 2.52 2.53 2.54 2.55 2.56 2.57 Brunner, Gisbert L.; Pfeiffer-Belli, Christian (2004). Wristwatches, Revised 4th Edition. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd.. ISBN 0-7643-1901-9. OCLC 1036915238. https://archive.org/details/wristwatches00brun/.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 Trueb, Lucien F.; Ramm, Günther; Wenzig, Peter (2013). Electrifying the Wristwatch. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd.. ISBN 978-0-7643-4304-9. https://archive.org/details/electrifyingwris0000true/.
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