In 2009 the two Swiss towns of Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle were added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites. Corum watches is just one of a number of the world’s leading watch brands to be found here at the origins and heart of the watch industry. Watches and town planning, Savoir Faire and historical […]
TechnoMarine is a young watch brand, having only been created in 1997. Their first watch, a very popular one, was the Raft, reportedly selling over 50 000 pieces in the first year. The Raft offered a bold new style: a chronograph watch with a plastic strap. Ever since the daring Raft chronograph, TechnoMarine watches have […]
In 1997 what was then the Vendôme Group took over the Florentine watch company Officine Panerai. Today Panerai is owned by Richemont, a company that owns several of the world’s leading producers of jewellery, watches, writing instruments, leather and accessories, and clothing. In acquiring this range of producers of luxury goods, Richemont has ensured that […]
Zenith watches are designed and assembled in the company’s own workshops in Le Locle, Switzerland. Thus Zenith is legitimately entitled to use the word manufacture in the company name, as in ‘Zenith Manufacture’. This tradition has its roots in the French language where the word manufacture means ‘manufacturing company’. But Zenith watches have another reason […]
In 1860 Giovanni Panerai (1825-1897) opened the first watchmaker’s shop in the Italian city of Florence. He also made contact with some of the most prestigious and established of Swiss watch manufacturers. The family business grew from strength to strength and today Panerai watches bring together the best of Swiss technology and Italian design. Over […]
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