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The Geneva Seal (English), Poinçon de Genève (French), or Genfer Siegel (German) is the official seal of the City and Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.When a variation of the official seal is applied to wristwatch movements, the Geneva Seal is the quality seal of the Watchmaking School of Geneva and it has an official purpose as defined by the law.
A Boule de Genève (Geneva ball) is a type of pendant watch in the shape of a small ball or sphere originating from Geneva, (Switzerland). The dial is usually at the bottom of the sphere facing the floor, at the opposite side of the jump ring on the upper part of the sphere, although there are examples with a front view face.
Universal Genève SA is a Swiss luxury watch company, [1] founded in 1894 as Universal Watch.It is a subsidiary of Breitling SA.Since its beginnings, the company has produced complete watches with in-house movements.
Among the top 58 most expensive watches sold at auction (over 2 million US dollars), 46 are Patek Philippe watches. A small part of the demand for auction pieces is driven by Patek Philippe themselves, as they are purchasing in the auction market to add to the collection of the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva. [44] [45] [46]
Geneva: François-Paul Journe Geneva: Private Favre-Leuba: 1737 Abraham Favre Solothurn: Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry: 1982 Bienne: Jean-Daniel Pasche Fortis (Swiss watchmaker) 1912 [1] Grenchen [1] Walter Vogt [1] Grenchen 40 Privately held company: Owner and CEO - Jupp Philipp Franck Muller: 1992 Geneva: Private company Franck Muller
Baillod Gil, "The beating heart of worldwide horology", in watch around, n.012, automn 2011-winter 2012, pp. 70–73; Bosshart, Nicole, "International Museum of Horology – La Chaux-de-Fonds", in BUJARD Jacques; TISSOT Laurent (2008), The Territory of Neuchâtel and its Horological Heritage.
Jean-François Bautte (22 March 1772 in Geneva – 30 November 1837 in Geneva) was a Swiss watchmaker and jeweller famous for several reasons: he founded the most complete watch manufacture of his time in Geneva. He also created watches and jewellery for famous people and was one of the inventors of the extra-thin watch.
Jean-Antoine Lépine (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan lepin]; alternatively spelled L’Pine, LePine, Lepine, L’Epine, born Jean-Antoine Depigny; 18 November 1720 – 31 May 1814) was a French watchmaker.