Watch Movements

A watch or clock is nothing without its movement - the heart beating within. Some companies make their own movements - the majority buy them in from independent producers. It is a division of labour that has existed for centuries.

The Manufacture is served by the Etablisseur 

List of Swiss Watch Movement Makers

• Arogno - founded 1872 - closed 1974
• AS S.A - founded 1896 - closed 1983 (merged with ETA 1979)
• Mader & Co - 1929 - 1962
• Derby - 1929 - 1965
• Eta (ETA) 1856 - still trading
• Felsa - 1918 - 1969
• Fabrique d'horologie ebaches de Fleurier (FEF) - 1881 - 1979
• Fabrique d'ebaches de Fontainemelon (FHF0 - 1793 - 1982
• Landeron - 1873 - 1970
• A Michel - 1898 -
• Peseux - 1923 - 1983
• Unitas - 1898 - 1893
• Valjoux - 1901 - still trading
• Venus - 1924 - 1983

Famous Watch Movements

• Alarm Movements
• Lemania 1873
• Omega 861
• Zenith ElPrimero
• Lemania 5100
• Omega 321
• ETA Valjoux 7500
• Jaeger LeCoultre 930
• IWC Cal89
• IWC Cal5000
• Omega Cal 1040

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