The history of DuBois et Fils starts in the 18th century when Moise DuBois takes over his father’s textile trading company
Switzerland is a European country officially called the Swiss Confederation. Also known as Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confédération Suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, Confederaziun Ssvizra and Confoederatio Helvetica. The country is considered to be the area where the first watches were made. Although Germany, Belgium, France and Italy do not agree with that, and probably more countries ‘think’ they created the first (pocket) watch. Nobody knowns, but the watch industry is one of the biggest industries in Switzerland. In terms of value, Switzerland is responsible for about half of the world production of watches.
History of brands from Switzerland on our site
The history of Girard-Perregaux starts in the 18th century when, in 1791, Jean-François Bautte creates a manufacturing company in Geneva
The history of TAG Heuer starts in the 19th century. TAG Heuer SA starts in 1860 under the name Uhrenmanufaktur Heuer AG
The history of Blancpain starts in the 18th century. The company was founded by Jehan-Jaques Blancpain (born in 1693) in 1735
The history of Vacheron Constantin starts in the 18th century. Vacheron Constantin was founded in 1775 by Jean-Marc Vacheron (1731–1805)
The history of Breitling starts in the 19th century when Léon Breitling (1860-1914) founded a workshop in the Swiss Jura, in 1884
The history of Favre-Leuba starts in the 18th century. On the 13th of March 1737 Abraham Favre started a workshop in Le Locle, Switzerland
The story of Jeanrichard begins in the 17th century. According to the website of the Swiss brand the company began in 1681
The history of Gallet starts in the 15th century. ‘Since 1466 Gallet was there’, Gallet’s website claims, but they do not claim to be the oldest watchmaker
The history of Ferdinand Berthoud starts in the 18th century when when Ferdinand Berthoud officially earned the title of Master Clock Maker in 1753