There were rumors in the market for months but now it is official: Breitling is sold. CVC Capital Partners takes over 80 percent
The (brief) history of watch brands that can found on this site is based on several sources.
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1) The story the brand itself tells (mostly found on their website).
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2) One or more, mostly independent websites, with articles mostly written by specialists (where Wikipedia is one of the most consulted ones).
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3) Old(er) publications about a brand in (digital) books and (digital) magazines.
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4) We try to verify all stories found by combining data like sub-stories, dates and other not directly related sources. It is not a scientific research although it can be based on scientific research.
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We have a brief history of the following brands
We often wonder: what are the oldest watch brands in the world? What is the oldest watch company? We did some research…
Is the Pomander Watch by Peter Henlein the oldest watch in the world? Maybe, but there is no real evidence for that
The history of DuBois et Fils starts in the 18th century when Moise DuBois takes over his father’s textile trading company
The history of Audemars Piguet starts in 1875 when Jules Louis Audemars and Edward Auguste Piguet join forces in Le Brassus, Switzerland
The history of Jaquet Droz starts with Pierre Jaquet-Droz in 1738 when he is 17 and opens a workshop to make clocks
The history of Girard-Perregaux starts in the 18th century when, in 1791, Jean-François Bautte creates a manufacturing company in Geneva
The history of TAG Heuer starts in the 19th century. TAG Heuer SA starts in 1860 under the name Uhrenmanufaktur Heuer AG
The history of Blancpain starts in the 18th century. The company was founded by Jehan-Jaques Blancpain (born in 1693) in 1735
The history of Vacheron Constantin starts in the 18th century. Vacheron Constantin was founded in 1775 by Jean-Marc Vacheron (1731–1805)