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Chopard Logo — The Chopard Manufacture was founded in 1860 by Louis-Ulysse Chopard at Sonvilier (Switzerland). It produces watches and chronometers accurately. In 1963, the brand was bought by Karl Scheufele, a German watchmaker based in Pforzheim (Germany) which combines the two products under the brand Chopard.

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The brand has production units in Meyrin and Fleurier , Switzerland and Pforzheim in Germany. May 30, 2009, at 15 hours, are stolen for more than 6 million of jewelry in a turning solo, a jeweler Chopard, in Paris, Place Vendome. More

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Tissot Logo — Tissot watch is a Swiss founded in 1853, belonging to the Swatch. Tissot was founded by the watchmaker Charles-Felicien Tissot in 1853, and his son Charles-Emile established the factory in Le Locle, which is located on today’s signing. The same year of its foundation was the first pocket watch produced in series.

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Economic difficulties occurred during the First World War had just made ​​in 1925 merged with the Omega company, to form the group SSIH watchmaker in Geneva. Paul-Emile Brandt, director of Omega, would lead the group. In 1930 introduced the first anti-magnetic watch the market and in 1944 released his first machine. Under Brandt’s leadership, and from 1955 to Joseph Reiser, the group SSIH continued to grow, creating or absorbing about 50 companies. In the sixties, launches Tissot PRS model, inspired by the automotive world, yet in production, and an icon of the firm. And in 1971 introduced the first commercial watch with plastic case. More

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TAG Heuer Logo — TAG Heuer is a Swiss manufacturer of luxury watches, specializing in sports watches and chronographs, with a strong link with the automotive world. Part of the luxury goods company LVMH, like Zenith and Hublot. The company motto is “Swiss Avant-Garde Since 1860″ (Vanguard Switzerland since 1860).

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The company was founded in 1860 by Edouard Heuer in St-Imier, Switzerland. His first chronograph was patented in 1882 and in 1887 Heuer patented the “oscillating pinion” still used in mechanical chronographs. In 1911 Heuer patented the first chronograph on board for automobiles and aviation, “Time of Trip”. In 1914 introduced the first wrist chronograph in 1916 and introduced the Micrograph, the first chronograph that would measure hundredths of a second. The Olympics in Antwerp, Paris and Amsterdam are timed with instruments of the firm. More

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Seiko Logo — Seiko is a brand of watches Japan, founded in 1881 by Kintaro Hattori. Seiko is a true watchmaking, as their watches, even the most basic ranges, have their own billing mechanisms. Although it was not until 1924 when it produced the first wristwatch under the Seiko brand in 1877 Kintaro Hattori creates his own watch repair shop in Kyobashi. In addition to addressing repair watches also sells pre-owned watches. His clock is then obtained success needed to start making their own watches: the company creates Hattori Seiko in 1881 and launched the brand Seikosha in 1882. For innovative, undertook the creation of pocket watches, a project that leads to the clock Time Keeper in 1885.

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From 1903, the assembly of all clocks are held in the Seikosha factory, which became the largest producer of watches in Japan, but also one of the largest in the world. In 1913 produced the “Laurel” and without recourse to parts or components from other manufacturers. To date, all parts of watches, from the belt until the mechanisms are manufactured by the firm. More

Cartier Logo

Cartier Logo — Cartier SA is a factory French of watches and jewelry, founded in 1847 by Louis-Francois Cartier, belonging to the Swiss luxury goods Richemont. Cartier is a watch manufacturer, as many of their watches have their own billing mechanisms. The corporation carries the name of the Cartier family of jewelers whose control ended in 1964 — who were known to create several famous pieces, including diamond necklace “Bestiary”, made ​​in the year 1920 for the Maharaja Indian Yadavindra Singh- a and the first wristwatch handy, the “Saints” in 1904. The central facilities are located Cartier SA in Paris.

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The company has served a long list of celebrities and characters from the royalty, in fact, one of the Princes of Wales Cartier referred to as “the jeweler of kings, the king of jewelers”. A Cartier was given the mission to make 27 tiaras for the coronation of new King. King Edward VII of England was crowned in 1902, and two years later he honored the company with the Royal Order of the British Royalty. Similar orders continued in different countries such as Spain, Portugal, Russia, Thailand, Greece, Serbia, Belgium, Romania, Egypt and Albania, as well as the House of Orleans and the Principality of Monaco. More

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Breitling Logo — Breitling is a brand watch Swiss native Bernese Jura and founded by Leon Breitling in 1884 in St. Imier. Breitling offers high-end models of watches certified chronometers. These are often used in aviation, became the emblem of the watchmaker. Breitling watches are luxury watches and some are distinguished by their dial wide (for readability) and their multiple functions (such as chronograph, slide rule, or ratchet rotating bezel).

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Match the label Swiss Made (“manufactured in Switzerland”), all Breitling watches are Swiss made ​​from components from the same country. Mechanisms (blanks) from suppliers are modified by Breitling Chronometrie Workshops (formerly Kelek SA) to undergo a certification by the COSC. In 2009, Breitling launched its own movement, the Caliber B01, and at the same time joined the select circle of manufactures, the same sense that Audemars Piguet, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Rolex, Vacheron Constantin and Zenith. More