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Joël Pynson
July 2025
Wilhelm Kaufmann founded Fabrique Wilka (the first letters of his name) in Geneva in 1909 [1]. He soon specialized in wristwatches, in particular luxurious ladies' models in platinum and adorned with precious stones.
Fabrique Wilka is a manufacturer, producing calibers of all shapes and sizes.
1913
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1917
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1925
1928
In 1928, Wilka acquired the Compagnie des Montres Novalis in Geneva [2]. Founded in 1919, this factory may already have supplied movements or watches to Wilka. But the economic situation was bad, and Wilka was in difficulty in 1932.
1927
Although the company didn't disappear, it wasn't until after the Second World War that Wilka once again rose to prominence, this time as a simple manufacturer. Numerous classic models are launched with calibers from Ébauches SA.
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1958
From the 1960s onwards, Wilka underwent a succession of managers, but the company ran into difficulties in the early 1970s, disappearing in 1981 [3].
[1] FOSC 1909
[2] FOSC 1928
[3] FOSC 1975 and 1981
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