Maurice Ditisheim

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Maurice Ditisheim (1831-1899)

Maurice Ditisheim (* 1831 ; † 1899 ) was a Swiss watchmaker and entrepreneur.

In 1858 he founded a watch workshop in La Chaux-de-Fonds , which quickly grew into the Maurice Ditisheim manufactory, producing Vulcain watches for the first time in 1894 . Ditisheim was one of the first sponsors of the MIH (Musée International d'Horlogerie), the international watch museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The watchmaker family Ditisheim emigrated from Hégenheim in France to La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1858 . Achille Ditisheim founded the Movado watch factory , Paul Ditisheim founded Solvil et Titus .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Watch Wiki: Maurice Ditisheim
personal data
SURNAME Ditisheim, Maurice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss watchmaker and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 1831
DATE OF DEATH 1899