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30 03, 2026
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These catalogs date from 1949 and 1955 and consist of two volumes.

Rare in their complete form, these documents have been carefully digitized, and the downloadable file is an indexed PDF.

The texts are in French, English, Spanish, and German.

For example, Volume 1 of the 1955 catalog includes the Ébauches SA gauges from the following 17 calibres manufacturers:

- A. Schild S. A.

- Fabrique d'Horlogerie de Fontainemelon

- Eta S. A., Fabrique d'Ébauches

- Fabrique d'Horlogerie de Fontainemelon, Succursale du Landeron

- A. Michel S. A.

- Felsa S. A.

- Fabriques d'Ébauches Bernoises S. A., Établissement Aurore

- Fabrique d'Ébauches Venus S. A.

- Fabrique d'Ébauches Unitas S. A.

- Fabrique d'Ébauches de Fleurier S. A.

- Fabrique d'Ébauches de Peseux S. A.

- Fabriques d'Ébauches Réunies Arogno S. A.

- Fabrique d'Ébauches de Bettlach

- Fabrique d'Ébauches de Chézard S. A.

- Derby S. A.

- Nouvelle Fabrique S. A. Tavannes

- Valjoux S. A.

It also includes calibres from:

- Eterna

- Mido

- Girard-Perregaux.

In total, over 190 pages and more than 650 calibres.

Volume 2 includes calibres from the following 42 manufacturers:

- Alpina

- Audemars, Piguet

- Beguelin

- Buren

- Buser Frères

- Cortébert

- Court

- Culmina

- Cyma

- Enicar

- Excelsior Park

- Marc Favre

- Helvétia, La Générale

- IWC

- Kurth Frères

- Langendorf

- Lavina

- Jaeger-LeCoultre

- Liengme

- Otto Maire

- Martel

- Marvin

- Meyer & Stüdeli

- Minerva

- Moeris

- Montilier

- Movado

- Ulysse Nardin

- Omega

- Phenix

- Piaget

- Pierce

- Rayville-Blancpain

- Reconvilier

- Record

- Recta

- Schild & Co.

- Stolz Frères – Angélus

- Thommen

- Tissot

- Universal

- Vacheron & Constantin

- Vulcain

- Zenith

In total, over 190 pages and more than 620 calibres.

You can find them here.