This is a list of Swiss watch manufacturers and brands.
Entries with an article should also be suitable for inclusion in Category:Watch manufacturing companies of Switzerland or Category:Swiss watch 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 | |||
Bianchet | 2017 | Rodolfo and Emmanuelle Festa Bianchet | Neuchâtel | Private | Rodolfo and Emmanuelle Festa Bianchet | ||||
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 |
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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 | ||
Ebel |
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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 | |||||
Rado (watchmaker) |
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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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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) |
Vanguart (watches) | 2021 | Switzerland | Thierry Fisher, Jeremy Frelechox, Axel Leuenberger, Mehmet Korutürk | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Private | ||||
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) | |
Tudor Watches |
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1926 | Geneva | Hans Wilsdorf | Geneva | 194 | Subsidiary | Montres Rolex SA | |
Ulysse Nardin | 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 |
This is a list of Swiss watch manufacturers and brands.
Entries with an article should also be suitable for inclusion in Category:Watch manufacturing companies of Switzerland or Category:Swiss watch 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 | |||
Bianchet | 2017 | Rodolfo and Emmanuelle Festa Bianchet | Neuchâtel | Private | Rodolfo and Emmanuelle Festa Bianchet | ||||
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 |
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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 | ||
Ebel |
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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 | |||||
Rado (watchmaker) |
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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) |
Vanguart (watches) | 2021 | Switzerland | Thierry Fisher, Jeremy Frelechox, Axel Leuenberger, Mehmet Korutürk | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Private | ||||
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) | |
Tudor Watches |
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1926 | Geneva | Hans Wilsdorf | Geneva | 194 | Subsidiary | Montres Rolex SA | |
Ulysse Nardin | 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 |