Bell & Ross Watches History
In 1992 a team of designers specialized in aircraft and space controls joined to create watches for professional use. Nowadays astronauts, pilots, divers or bomb disposal experts use Bell &…
bedat & co watches
In 1931 in Lugnez, near Porrentruy, Simone Bédat began at the Lang SA watch-case manufacturer at the age of fifteen and a half. In 1934 she became head clerk of…
bedat & co watches history timeline
Baume et Mercier vintage watch
In 1830 the Baume family opened one of the first comptoirs horlogers (watch shops) in the Swiss Jura region in the village of Les Bois. “Frères Baume” soon became a…
Baume et Mercier vintage watch
Ball The Railroad watches
Webb C. Ball was born in Fredericktown, Ohio on October 6, 1847, later on start as jewelry retailer and became a jeweler & watchmaker. When Standard Time was first adopted…
Ball The Railroad watches
Aviator The Pilot’s watches
Russia is the world’s largest manufacturer of Aviation wristwatches, with a history going back to 1927 when the Russian government decided to build quality timepieces for its military. In the…
Aviator The Pilot’s watches
Audemars Piguet
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet long history dates back to 1875 when a then 23 year old Jules Audemars joined forces with a 21 year old Edward Piguet, also a trained…
Audemars Piguet watches
ASUAG - The Swatch Group
Swatch subsidiary ETA SA, which is based in Grenchen, Switzerland, furnishes many OEM brands, such as LVMH (which markets TAG Heuer, Hublot and Zenith watch lines) and Richemont (which markets amongst others.…
ASUAG – The Swatch Group
Ansonia Clock
1844 - The Ansonia Brass Company is formed by Anson Green Phelps who became one of the great mercantile capitalists of his time. Connecticut’s Naugatuck River Valley is rich in…
Ansonia Clock Company – Ansonia, Connecticut
American Waltham
American Waltham was the first American Watch Co. They are the pioneered almost in all of the early developments in watches and watch making in the United States. Elgin was…
Waltham Watch Company
Alpina Genève luxury watches
Alpina Genève is a Swiss manufacturer of accessible luxury watches and is an independent company based in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1883, we continue to develop highly distinctive and attractive…
Alpina Genève – innovation luxury watches
Accurist watch
In 1946, working from premises in St John Street in London's Clerkenwell district. Asher and Rebecca Loftus established Accurist with the intention of creating a brand name of lasting value.…
Accurist-first watch to promote the 21 JEWEL lever-movement
Ancre Watch
Ancre is not a manufacturer or retailer name. It is simply a French word which refers to a mechanical detail about the watch movement, that it is equipped with a…