The true story of Swiss watchmaking

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History of the brands

The true story of Société Horlogère Reconvilier

Reconvilier

Reconvilier watches suffered a double whammy: little appreciated during their existence because they were fitted with Roskopf calibers, and wiped out when American and then Asian quartz watches reached such low prices that the entire Swiss Roskopf watch industry disappeared.

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The true story of Acacia watches

Acacia

Founded in 1930, this Geneva-based company was taken over by Favre-Leuba seven years later.

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The true story of Sportex Watches

Sportex

This "small" manufacturer of chronographs and counters had a rather original destiny: it was in a way bought twice by the same company!

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History of the brands

The true story of Ulysse Nardin

Ulysse Nardin

“The House currently has a selection of chronometers in Geneva whose average variation is less than 0.4 sec. per day." Ulysse Nardin advertisement, 1877

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