List of watch manufacturers

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This list of watch manufacturers includes both watch manufacturers and companies that manufacture watches in series or simply encase watch movements. As far as is known, the company founders, the year of foundation and the place of foundation are given. It is not yet complete. The list is arranged alphabetically and can be sorted.

Watch manufacturer founder founding year Place of foundation country
Accurist Asher and Rebecca Loftus 1946 London Great Britain
ADVOLATE Wolf D. and Kristina C. Franke 1997 / 2013 Basel Switzerland
Aegir Instruments Todd Caldwell 2007 Perth Australia
A. Lange Ferdinand Adolph Lange 1868 Glassworks Germany
AGUL Ignaz Schöpperle and Eduard Hauser 1851 Lenzkirch Germany
Alain Silberstein Créations Alain and Sylvie Silberstein 1990 Besançon France
Alexander Shorokhoff watch manufacture Alexander Shorokhov 2003 Alzenau Germany
Alpina Union Horlogerie SA Cooperative of dealers 1883 Biel Switzerland
Aerowatch Denis Bolzli 1910 Saignelégier Switzerland
Andersen Geneve Svend Andersen 1978 Geneva Switzerland
Antide Janvier Antide Janvier circa 1775 Paris France
A. Reymond SA (ARSA) Auguste Reymond 1898 Tramelan Switzerland
Aristo Julius Epple I 1907 Pforzheim Germany
Askania Carl Bamberg 1871 Berlin Germany
J. Assmann German anchor watch factory Julius Carl Friedrich Assmann 1852 Glashütte i. Sat Germany
Ateliers deMonaco Pim Koeslag , Robert van Pappelendam , Peter Stas 2008 Geneva Switzerland
Atlantic-Watch Production Ltd Eduard Kummer 1888 Bed laugh Switzerland
Audemars Piguet Jules Audemars and Edward Piguet 1875 Le Brassus Switzerland
Badische Uhrenfabrik AG Rombach, Ketterer and Leo Faller 1889 Furtwangen Germany
Ball Watch SA Webster Clay Ball 1891 Neuchâtel Switzerland
Baume and Mercier Baume family 1834 Les Bois Switzerland
RB Baumgartner Swiss Watchmaking Reto Baumgartner 2014 Aarberg Switzerland
Bell & Ross Bruno Belamich Carlos A. Rosillo 1992 Paris France
Bifora Josef Bidlingmaier 1870 Gmünd (Württ.) Germany
Blancpain Jehan-Jacques Blancpain 1735 Paudex Switzerland
BOTTA design Klaus Botta 1986 Königstein im Taunus Germany
BORGWARD time manufacture Jürgen Betz 2002 Efringen churches Germany
Breguet SA Abraham-Louis Breguet 1775 Paris France
Breitling SA Leon Breitling 1884 Saint-Imier Switzerland
Bruno Söhnle GmbH Bruno Söhnle 2000 Glassworks Germany
Bulgari Sotirio Bulgari 1884 Rome Italy
Bulova Joseph Bulova 1875 New York City United States
BUTI Tommaso Buti 2001 Florence Italy
Calvin Klein Watches + Jewelry Nicolas Hayek 1997 Biel Switzerland
Candino Adolf Flury-Hug 1947 Herbetswil Switzerland
Carl Suchy and Sons Carl Suchy 1822/2017 Prague / Vienna Czech Republic / Austria
Cartier Louis-François Cartier 1847 Paris France
Casio the four Kashio siblings 1946 Tokyo Japan
Certina Brothers Adolf and Alfred Kurth 1888 Grenchen Switzerland
Charles Frodsham & Co., Ltd. Charles Frodsham 1834 London England
Chopard Louis-Ulysse Chopard 1860 Sonvilier Switzerland
Chronoswiss Gerd-Rüdiger Lang 1981 Munich Germany
Cimier Joseph Lapanouse 1924 Hölstein Switzerland
Citizen Watch Yamalaki 1918 Tokyo Japan
Claude Bernard Montres Edox et Visa SA 1973 Les Genevez Switzerland
Cover Theo Ingold 1980 Solothurn Switzerland
Czapek & Cie Francois Czapek 1845/2011 Geneva Switzerland
Damasko watch manufacture Konrad Damasco 1994 Barbing Germany
Daniels George Daniels 1967 London England
Darwil 1960 Vacallo Switzerland
D. Dornblüth & Son D. Dornblüth 1999 Calf (mildness) Germany
Dugena Originated from the watch company Alpina 1917 Berlin Germany
Durowe Ludwig Hummel 1920s Pforzheim Germany
E. Dent & Co. Ltd. Edward John Dent 1840 London England
EasyWatch Stelios Haji-Ioannou 2005 London Great Britain
Ebel Eugene Blum and (et) Alice Levy 1911 La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland
Eberhard & Co. Georges Emile Eberhard 1887 La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland
Edox Christian Ruefli-Flury 1884 Biel Switzerland
Emile Chouriet Emile Chouriet 1685 Geneva Switzerland
ELTON ( Prim ) State of Czechoslovakia 1949 Nové Město nad Metují Czech Republic
ETA SA Benguerel, Humbert 1793 / 1932 Fontainemelon Switzerland
Eterna SA Josef Girard, Urs Schild 1856 / 1932 Grenchen Switzerland
Favre-Leuba Abraham Favre 1737 Le Locle Switzerland
Ferdinand Berthoud Ferdinand Berthoud around 1745 Paris France
Festina Festina family 1902 La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland
Find iron Martin N. Zettl 2017 Leesten b. Bamberg Germany
Fortis Watches Walter Vogt 1912 Grenchen Switzerland
Formex Watch SA 2000 Biel Switzerland
fossil 1984 Richardson United States
FP Journe Francois-Paul Journe 1999 Geneva Switzerland
Franck Muller Watchland Francesco "Franck" Muller and Vartan Sirmakes 1991 Genthod Switzerland
Franc Vila SA Franc Vila 2004 Geneva Switzerland
Frédérique Constant Aletta Bax and Peter Stas 1988 Geneva Switzerland
Girard-Perregaux Jean François Bautte 1794 La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland
Glashütte Original Ferdinand Adolph Lange 1845 Glassworks Germany
Glycine (watch factory) Eugène Meylan 1914 Biel Switzerland
W. & H. Groeflin Walter and Hans Gröflin 1924 Tennis Switzerland
Grovana Werner Bitterli 1970 Tennis Switzerland
Green Watch Company Dietrich Gruen 1894 Cincinnati United States
H. Moser & Cie Heinrich Moser 1828 St. Petersburg Russia
Haldimann Horology Beat Haldimann 1991 Tuna Switzerland
Hamilton Watch Company 1893 Lancaster, Pennsylvania United States
Hanhart Johann Adolf Hanhart 1882 Diessenhofen Switzerland
Hanowa Hans Noll and Elisabeth Noll-Wirz 1963 Biel Switzerland
Hasler & Co. Abel Frédéric Hasler 1881 Tramelan Switzerland
Hentschel Hamburg watch manufacturer Andreas Hentschel 1988 Hamburg Germany
Hindustan Machine Tools Indian government 1953 Bengaluru India
Horage Biel Switzerland
Andreas Huber before 1918 Munich Germany
Hublot 1980 Geneva Switzerland
International Watch Company Florentine Ariosto Jones 1868 Schaffhausen Switzerland
Invicta Watch Group Invicta Watch Group 1991 Hollywood , Florida United States
Jacques Etoile Klaus Jakob 1996 Loerrach Germany
Jacques Lemans Alfred and Norbert Riedl 1975 St. Veit an der Glan Austria
Jaeger-LeCoultre Charles-Antoine LeCoultre 1833 Le Sentier Switzerland
Jaquet-Droz Pierre Jaquet-Droz 1759 La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland
JS unique watches Joerg Schaefer 2009 Othmarsingen Switzerland
John Arnold John Arnold circa 1755 London England
John Harrison John Harrison 1713 London England
Junghans Erhard Junghans 1861 Schramberg Germany
Kienzle Johannes Schlenker 1822 Schwenningen am Neckar Germany
Lacher & Co. (Laco) Frieda Lacher and Ludwig Hummel 1925 Pforzheim Germany
Lang & Heyne Marco Lang and Mirko Heyne 2001 Dresden Germany
Lehmann precision watches Markus Lehmann 2011 Schramberg Germany
Longines Auguste Agassiz 1832 Saint-Imier Switzerland
Louis Erard Louis Erard 1929 Le Noirmont Switzerland
LOWIN Cologne Lothar Wingenbach 2014 Troisdorf Germany
Suck 1956 Minsk Belarus
MeisterSinger Manfred Brassler 2001 Muenster Germany
Mathey-Tissot Edmond Mathey-Tissot 1886 Les Ponts-de-Martel Switzerland
Maurice Lacroix Developed from the Desco von Schulthess AG company 1961 Saignelégier Switzerland
Mido Georges Schaeren 1918 Solothurn Switzerland
Molnija 1947 Chelyabinsk Russia
Mondaine Erwin Bernheim 1967 Zurich Switzerland
Montegrappa Edwige Hoffman and Heidrich Helm 1912 Bassano del Grappa Italy
Montilier Watch Co Etienne-Ovide Domon 1852 / 1931 Montilier Switzerland
Moritz Grossmann Christine Hutter 1854 / 2008 Glassworks Germany
Movado Achille Ditesheim 1881 La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland
Mühle Glashütte Hans-Jürgen Mühle 1994 Glassworks Germany
Nomos Glashütte / SA Roland Schwertner 1991 Glassworks Germany
Nimbus Watch Co. Sebastian Krämer 2017 Düsseldorf / Pforzheim Germany
Officine Panerai Guido Panerai 1860 Florence Italy
Olma Watch Numa Jeannin 1906 Fleurier Switzerland
Omega SA Louis Brandt 1848 Biel Switzerland
Onsa Hans Gilomen 1923 Lengnau BE Switzerland
Orex Mecanică Fină 1978 Bucharest Romania
Orient Watch Shogoro Yoshida 1950 Tokyo Japan
Orfina SA 1922 Grenchen SO Switzerland
Oris Paul Cattin and Georges Christian 1904 Hölstein Switzerland
Parmigiani Fleurier SA Michel Parmigiani 1996 Fleurier Switzerland
Patek Philippe Antoine Norbert de Patek and Adrien Philippe 1839 Geneva Switzerland
Pequignet Emile Péquignet 1973 Morteau France
Peter Henlein Peter Henlein 1511 Nuremberg Germany
Peweta KG (GmbH + Co.) Max Prien 1904 Hamburg Germany
Piaget Georges Piaget 1874 La Cote-aux-Fées Switzerland
Polar Electro Seppo Säynäjäkangas 1977 Kempele Finland
Poljot First Moscow watch factory 1930 Moscow Russia
Polpora Krzysztof Janczak 2006 Zielona Góra Poland
Porta watch factory Rudolf Wehner 1948 Pforzheim Germany
R. Picard Raphael Picard 1837 La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland
Rado Schlup brothers 1917 Lengnau Switzerland
Rainer Brand Rainer Brand 1992 Heimbuchenthal Germany
Raymond Weil Raymond Weil 1976 Lancy Switzerland
Reguladora José Gomes Carvalho 1892 Vila Nova de Famalicao Portugal
Review Thommen Gédéon Thommen 1853 Waldenburg Switzerland
Richard Bethge GmbH Richard Bethge 1939 Pforzheim Germany
Riedel watches Martin L. Riedel 1936 Rheda-Wiedenbrück Germany
Roamer Fritz Meyer 1888 Solothurn Switzerland
Roger Dubuis Roger Dubuis 1995 Meyrin Switzerland
Rolex Hans Wilsdorf 1908 Geneva Switzerland
Rollier & Matthey-Doret Rollier and Matthey-Doret 1876 Cormoret Switzerland
Ronda William Mosset 1946 Lausen BL Switzerland
Schäuble & Sons manufactured goods Carl Schäuble 1924 Karlsruhe Germany
Seiko Kintaro Hattori 1881 Tokyo Japan
Seiko Instruments Seiko 1937 Chiba Japan
Seikosha Kintaro Hattori 1892 Tokyo Japan
Siegfriedson watch manufacture Lutz Aulich 2016 Pingelshagen Germany
Silvana 1923 Tramelan Switzerland
sense Helmut Sinn 1961 Frankfurt am Main Germany
Stowa Walter Storz 1927 Hornberg Germany
Suunto Tuomas Vohlonen 1936 Vantaa Finland
Sturmanskie First Moscow watch factory 1930 Moscow Russia
Swatch Nicolas Hayek 1983 Biel Switzerland
Swiss Militaire Geneva Switzerland
Day, this year Edouard Heuer 1860 Saint-Imier Switzerland
Thomas Earnshaw Thomas Earnshaw 1785 London England
Thomas Tompion Thomas Tompion 1674 London England
TIMEstandard Pat Micheli 2014 Zurich Switzerland
Timex Waterbury Clock Company 1854 Naugatuck United States
Tissot Charles Félicien Tissot and Charles-Émile Tissot 1853 Le Locle Switzerland
Titoni Fritz Schluep 1919 Grenchen Switzerland
Tutima Ernst Kurtz / Dieter Delecate 1945 / 2011 Glassworks Germany
Petrodvorets watch factory Peter the Great 1721 Peterhof (Saint-Petersburg) Russia
Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin 1846 Le Locle Switzerland
UNE Works SA Frédéric Bürgi, Marc Frehner 2014 Biel Switzerland
Universal Genève SA Numa-Emile Descombes and Ulysse Georges Perret 1894 Le Locle Switzerland
Union glassworks Johannes Dürrstein 1893 Dresden Germany
UROFA Girozentrale Sachsen, Ernst Kurtz 1926 Glassworks Germany
Urwerk Felix Baumgartner, Martin Frei 1997 Geneva Switzerland
Vacheron Constantin Jean-Marc Vacheron and François Constantin 1755 Geneva Switzerland
Vostok Europe Igor Zubovskiy and Co 2003 Vilnius Lithuania
Vulcain Maurice Ditisheim 1858 La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland
Waltham International SA Waltham Watch Company 1954 Lausanne Switzerland
Waltham Watch Company Aaron Lufkin Dennison , David Davis, Edward Howard 1850 Roxbury United States
Wempe Chronometerwerke Herbert Wempe 1878 Elsfleth Germany
Vostok 1942 Moscow Russia
Zeitmanufaktur.net Axel Schmidt 1989 Hong Kong Hong Kong
Zenith Georges Favre-Jacot 1865 Le Locle Switzerland
Zeno-Watch Basel Jules Godat 1868 / 1922 La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland
Zodiac Ariste Calame 1882 Le Locle Switzerland

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.findeisen-uhren.com .
  2. ^ Gisbert L. Brunner : Wristwatches of the manufacturing and trade mark "Andreas Huber" Munich. In: Old clocks. Issue 1, 1982, pp. 43-50.