Time To Tell

The true story of Swiss watchmaking

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More than 1.5 million Chinese people, undoubtedly passionate about watchmaking, visited our website in two months!

We are very proud of this unexpected interest in the history of Swiss watchmaking shown by our friends from the Land of the Rising Sun!

29 10, 2025

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The true story of Delbana and Liga watches

Delbana made pretty watches with movable dials, and Liga made anchor watches, Roskopf watches, and even sports counters.

28 10, 2025

853 views

Back from Switzerland with over 90 GB of new documents

Thank you to all the documentalists at the Musée International d'Horlogerie in La Chaux de Fonds for helping me with my research!

21 10, 2025

738 views

Manufacture of the month: Marvin

This beautiful Swiss manufacturer, which was particularly creative from the 1930s to the 1950s, experienced difficult times at the end of the 20th century. It still exists today.

8 10, 2025

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The true story of Zila watches

This small generalist manufacturer based in La Heutte, near Biel, produced a few remarkable models, particularly 8-day calendar watches, but disappeared at the beginning of the 21st century.

2 10, 2025

997 views

The True Story of Elida and Lavina

Both manufacturers disappeared in the 1960s, at a time when Swiss watchmaking was flourishing. The Lavina factory, which produced observatory chronometers, was bought by Favre-Leuba.

2 10, 2025

812 views

The true story of Onsa watches

Before its takeover by Fortis in 1971, Onsa was a generalist manufacturer, but in the 1960s it turned its attention to waterproof and diver's watches, producing its most interesting models.

30 09, 2025

1741 views

Two manufacturers that no longer exist: Miramar and Postala

There are two common reasons for these disappearances: the proliferation of management teams and the lack of a model capable of differentiating itself from the competition.

23 09, 2025

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Factory of the month: Technos

In the Swiss watchmaking arc that stretches from Basel to Geneva, virtually every village has its own family of watchmakers and entrepreneurs. In Welschenrohr (Rosières in French), it's the Gunzingers who are behind Technos watches.

14 09, 2025

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Agon and the golden age of Roskopf wristwatches

Although forgotten today, Roskopf watches accounted for nearly half of Swiss watch exports in the 1960s. And Agon was one of the most active producers.

6 09, 2025

808 views

The true story of Roamer and Driva

An automatic watch with pendulum weight in 1933? Roamer! The first mass-produced repeater wristwatch? Driva!

29 08, 2025

1768 views

Manufacture of the month: Favre-Leuba

Each month, a watch manufacturer in the spotlight. This month: Favre-Leuba, a very old company, very active in the English Indies, and which returned to Switzerland in 1940, making its mark with remarkable models such as the Bivouac watch or the Deep Blue diver's watch.

25 08, 2025

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