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This is a list of Swiss watch manufacturers and brands.

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Name Logo Founded (Year) Founded (City) Founder Headquarters Number of Employees Company Type Owner Key people
88 Rue du Rhone 2012 Pierre and Elie Bernheim Geneva My Maracujá Sàrl Pierre Bernheim
A. Favre & Fils
Adriatica
Allgemeine Gesellschaft der Schweizerischen Uhrenindustrie
Andreas Strehler
Anonimo 1997 Federico Massacesi Florence, Italy Private
Aquastar 1962 Frédéric Robert Geneva Jeanrichard S.A.
Arcadia Watches 1858 Fleurier Claude Sanz Geneva Private Richard Baldwin (CEO)
Armand Nicolet 1875 Armand Nicolet Tramelan 20 Privately held company
Ateliers deMonaco 2008 Geneva Watch Manufacturer
Members of the Citizen Group 		Pim Koeslag, Robert van Pappelendam, Peter Stas
Atlantic Watches 1888 Bettlach Eduard Kummer Lengnau Private Jürg Bohne
Audemars Piguet 1875[1][2][3] Le Brassus[1][2][3] Jules Louis Audemars, Edward Auguste Piguet[1][2] Le Chenit 1,450 Private
  • Alessandro Bogliolo (Chairman)
  • Olivier Audemars (Vice Chairman)
  • Ilaria Resta (CEO)
BALL Watch Company 1891 Ohio, USA Webb C. Ball La Chaux-de-Fonds Private
Baume 2018 Meyrin Subsidiary of Richemont Group Compagnie Financière Richemont SA
Baume et Mercier 1918[1][2] Les Bois[1] William Baume, Paul Mercier[1][2] Geneva Subsidiary of Richemont William Baume & Paul Mercier (Founders)
David Chaumet (CEO)
Baumgartner Frères Grenchen (BFG) 1899[3] Grenchen[3] Arnold Baumgartner 1700 (in 1974)[3]
Bedat & Co 1996 Simone Bédat
Christian Bédat 		Geneva Private Limited Company
Bell & Ross 1992 Paris, France Bruno Belamich
Carlos Rosillo 		Paris Private
Bianchet 2017 Rodolfo and Emmanuelle Festa Bianchet Neuchâtel Private Rodolfo and Emmanuelle Festa Bianchet
Blanchet 1819 Jean Blanchet D Group
Blancpain 1735[1][2] Villeret[1][2] Jehan-Jacques Blancpain[1][2] Paudex/Le Brassus Subsidiary The Swatch Group Marc Hayek
Bovet Fleurier 1822 Edouard Bovet Geneva Privately held company
Breguet 1775[1][2] Paris, France Abraham-Louis Breguet[1][2] L'Abbaye Subsidiary The Swatch Group Nicolas G. Hayek
Breitling SA 1884[1] Saint-Imier[1] Léon Breitling[1][2] Grenchen Private Partners Group Georges Kern (CEO)
Cabot Watch Company
Candino 1847 Herbetswil Adolf Flury-Hug Herbetswil Subsidiary Festina Group
Carl F. Bucherer 1888 Carl F. Bucherer Lucerne 200 AG Bucherer AG
Catorex 1858 Constant Cattin Les Breuleux Private Guy Albert Cattin
Cecil Purnell 2006 Cecil Purnell Geneva Private Cecil Purnell, Founder
Jonathan Purnell, co-founder, Horologist
Century Time Gems 1966 Hans-Ulrich Klingenberg Nidau Philip W. A. Klingenberg (current company head)
Certina 1888[1] Grenchen[1] Adolf & Alfred Kurth[1] Le Locle Member of the Swatch group The Swatch Group
Charriol 1983 Philippe Charriol Geneva Privately held
Chopard 1860[1] La Chaux-de-Fonds[1] Louis-Ulysse Chopard[1] Geneva Private (société anonyme) Scheufele family Co-presidents:
Caroline Scheufele
Karl-Friedrich Scheufele
Christian Jacques 1988 Christian Bach & Jacques Geeraerts Basel
Chrono AG 1981 Solothurn
Chronoswiss 1981[1] Munich, Germany[1] Gerd Rüdiger Lang[1] Lucerne 30 Private
  • Oliver Ebstein
Cimier
Claude Bernand 1973 Les Genevez Claude Bernand Les Genevez Private Victor Strambini
Cortébert 1790[1] Cortébert[1] Abraham-Louis Juillard[1] Cortébert Watch maker
Cyma Watches 1862 Le Locle Joseph Schwob, Theodore Schwob La Chaux-de-Fonds Privately held company
Public (HKEX) 		Under care of Universal Genève
Czapek & Cie 1845 François Czapek Geneva Privately held company Xavier de Roquemaurel, CEO
Daniel Roth 1988 Vallée de Joux Subsidiary
Daniel Roth
Davidoff Zino Davidoff Basel Oettinger Davidoff AG
De Grisogono 1993 Fawaz Gruosi Geneva Privately held company De Grisogono
Doxa S.A. 1889[1] Le Locle[1] Georges Ducommun[1] Romeo F. Jenny
Jan Edöcs (CEO)
Dreffa 1874 Geneva Armand Dreyffus Geneva Wholly owned subsidiary TGX Holdings Armand Dreyfus(founder)
Jacques Maguin (CEO)
Mark Haus (President)
Yehuda Fulda (chairman)
Dubey Schaldenbrand 1946 Georges Dubey
René Schaldenbrand 		La Chaux-de-Fonds Cinette Robert
ETA SA 1856[1] Grenchen[1] Urs Schild,[1] Josef Girard[1] Grenchen Subsidiary The Swatch Group Ltd. Damiano Casafina, CEO
Ebel 1911[1][2] La Chaux-de-Fonds[1] Eugène Blum,[1] Alice Lévy[1] La Chaux-de-Fonds
Eberhard & Co. 1887[1][2] La Chaux-de-Fonds[1] George-Emile Eberhard[1][2] La Chaux-de-Fonds Barbara Monti, CEO, Mario Peserico, Managing Director
Ebosa 1915 Grenchen[3] Paul Leo Glocker[3]
Endura Watch Factory 1966 Biel/Bienne Biel/Bienne Subsidiary The Swatch Group Pierre-André Bühler, President
Epos 1983 Biel Peter Hofer Lengnau Singi Chonge (chairman of the board)
Tamdi Chonge (CEO)
Era Watch Company 1884 Christian Ruefli-Flury Les Genevez Private Victor Strambini Christian Hotz (CEO)
Ernest Borel 1856 Neuchâtel[1] Jules Borel[1] Le Noirmont Teguh Halim (The Board of Directors of Ernest Borel S.A.)
Eterna 1856[1][2] Grenchen[1][2] Josef Girard and Urs Schild[1][2] Grenchen
Excelsior Park 1866[2] Saint-Imier[2] Jules-Frédéric Jeanneret[2]
F. P. Journe 1999 Geneva François-Paul Journe Geneva Private (SA)
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
Frédérique Constant SA 1988 Aletta and Peter Stas Geneva Subsidiary of Citizen Holdings Niels Eggerding, Managing Director
Gallet & Company 1466 Geneva Humbertus Gallet Privately held company
General Watch Co
Girard-Perregaux 1791[2] Geneva[2] Jean-François Bautte, Mouliné, Constant Girard, Marie Perregaux[2][3] La Chaux-de-Fonds Subsidiary Sowind Group Patrick Pruniaux
Glycine (watch) 1913[1] Biel/Bienne[1] Eugène Meylan[1] Biel/Bienne Subsidiary Invicta Watch Group Eyal Lalo (Parent Group CEO), Daniele Andreatta (Managing Director)
Greubel Forsey 2004 Robert Greubel
Stephen Forsey 		La Chaux-de-Fonds Private company Antonio Calce, CEO
Grovana 1924 Tenniken 35 Private company Christopher Bitterli (CEO)
Gérald Genta
H. Moser & Cie 1828 Saint Petersburg Heinrich Moser Schaffhausen 100 Private MELB Holding Group (Meylan family) Georges-Henri Meylan (chairman)
Roger Nicholas Balsiger (Honorary chairman)
Edouard Meylan (CEO)
HYT (watchmaker) 2012 Lucien Vuillamoz (Inventor), Patrick Berdoz (chairman) Neuchâtel 11 Gregory Dourde (CEO)
Hamilton Watch Company 1892 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. Bienne Subsidiary The Swatch Group
Hanowa 1963 Biel/Bienne Hans Noll
Elisabeth Noll-Wirz 		Möhlin Public ILG - International Luxury Group Paris C. Brown
(CEO)
Hublot 1980 Nyon 200 Subsidiary LVMH Carlo Crocco (founder)
Ricardo Guadalupe (CEO)
IWC Schaffhausen 1868[1] Schaffhausen[1] Florentine Ariosto Jones[1] Schaffhausen 650 Subsidiary Richemont
Ikepod 1994 Oliver Ike
Marc Newson
JC Biver 2022 Jean-Claude Biver (Founder)

Pierre Biver (Founder)

Givrins Private
Jaeger-LeCoultre 1833[2] Le Sentier[2] Antoine LeCoultre[2] Le Sentier Subsidiary Richemont Catherine Rénier, CEO
Jean Lassale 1976 Jean Bouchet-Lassale Geneva Private Jean Bouchet-Lassale, founder; Pierre Mathys, watchmaker
Jean Perret 1893 Jean Perret Geneva Privately held company
Jowissa 1951 Bettlach Josef Wyss
Juvenia 1860 Saint-Imier Jacques Didisheim-Goldschmidt La Chaux-de-Fonds Subsidiary Asia Commercial Holdings Ltd.
Laurent Ferrier 2009 Laurent Ferrier Plan-les-Ouates Private Laurent Ferrier
Christian Ferrier
François Servanin
Le Phare-Sultana S.A. 1888[2][3] Le Locle[2] Charles Barbezat[2][3]
Lemania 1884 L'Orient[3] Alfred Lugrin[3]
Linde Werdelin 2002 London & Copenhagen Independent
  • Morten Linde
  • Jorn Werdelin
Longines 1832[1][2] Saint-Imier[1] Auguste Agassiz[1][2] Saint-Imier 340 Subsidiary The Swatch Group
Louis Erard 1929 Louis Erard and André Perret Le Noirmont Privately held company Alain Spinedi, Manuel Emch
Luminox 1989 Barry Cohen San Rafael, California Private Mondaine
Manufacture Modules Technologies 2015 Geneva SARL Philippe Fraboulet, CEO
Manufacture Royale 1770 Ferney-Voltaire Voltaire Vallorbe Privately held company
Mathey-Tissot 1886 Les Ponts-de-Martel Edmond Mathey-Tissot Geneva
Maurice Lacroix 1975 Saignelégier Zürich 220
Maitres du Temps 2005 La Chaux-de-Fonds Watchmaker Steven M. Holtzman
Micro Crystal 1978 Grenchen Grenchen[3] 750 The Swatch Group Hans-Rudolf Gottier
Mido (watch) 1918 Biel/Bienne George G. Schaeren Le Locle Member of the Swatch group The Swatch Group Franz Linder, President
Minerva 1858[2] Villeret[2] Charles Robert[2]
Mondaine 1951 Solothurn Erwin Bernheim
Montres Corum Sàrl 1955[2] La Chaux-de-Fonds[2] Gaston Ries, Simone Ries and René Bannwart[2] La Chaux-de-Fonds Management Committee
Mouawad 1890 Beirut David Mouawad Dubai, Geneva 500 Private Robert Mouawad, Fred Mouawad, Alain Mouawad, Pascal Mouawad and Jimmy Mouawad
Movado 1881[2] La Chaux-de-Fonds[2] Achille Ditesheim[2] Paramus, New Jersey, U.S. 1,457 Public Efraim Grinberg (Chairman & CEO), Sallie A. DeMarsilis (CFO)
Nivada 1879 Grenchen Jacob Schneider
Ochs und junior 2006 Ludwig Oechslin
Kurt König 		La Chaux-de-Fonds
Ollech & Wajs 1956 Albert J. Wajs
Joseph Ollech 		Zürich
Omega SA 1848[2] La Chaux-de-Fonds Louis Brandt[2] Biel/Bienne Subsidiary The Swatch Group Raynald Aeschlimann (President)
Orfina 1922
Oris 1904 Hölstein Paul Cattin
Georges Christian 		Hölstein 140 Private company Ulrich W. Herzog, Chairman

Claudine Gertiser-Herzog, Co-CEO

Rolf Studer, Co-CEO

Parmigiani Fleurier 1996 Fleurier Michel Parmigiani Fleurier Privately held company Sandoz Family Foundation Guido Terreni (CEO)
Patek Philippe 1839[2] Geneva[2] Antoni Patek, Franciszek Czapek, Adrien Philippe[2] Plan-les-Ouates Private (Société Anonyme) Stern family
  • Philippe Stern (Honorary President)
  • Thierry Stern (President)
  • Claude Peny (CEO)
  • Laurent Bernasconi (General Manager)
Patria (watchmaker) 1892 La Chaux-de-Fonds Louis Paul
César Brandt 		Bienne
Perrelet SA 1777 Abraham-Louis Perrelet Biel/Bienne Private Festina Group Miguel Rodriguez, President
Philippe Dufour 1992 Philippe Dufour La Sentier Watchmaking
Piaget SA 1874 La Côte-aux-Fées Georges Edouard Piaget Geneva Subsidiary Richemont Georges Edouard Piaget (Founder)

Yves Piaget (President)
Chabi Nouri (Chief Executive Officer)

Purnell (company) 2017 Maurizio Mazzocchi (CEO) Geneva Private
Rado (watchmaker) 1917 Lengnau Fritz Schlup Ernst Schlup Werner Schlup
Raymond Weil 1976 Raymond Weil Geneva 230 Elie Bernheim (CEO)
Olivier Bernheim (President)
Raymond Weil (Founder)
Revue Thommen 1853 Waldenburg Gédéon Thommen Louis Tschopp Baar, Switzerland
Richard Mille 2001
  • Richard Mille
  • Dominique Guenat
 Les Breuleux 350 Private RICHARD MILLE Group Richard Mille,
(Chairman/CEO)
Richemont 1988 Geneva Johann Rupert Bellevue 34,000 Public Compagnie Financière Rupert (Rupert family) (9.1% equity, 50% voting power) Johann Rupert (Chairman)
Jérôme Lambert (Group CEO)
Roamer of Switzerland 1888[3] Solothurn[3] Fritz Meyer[3] Wallbach, Aargau Private Chungnam Group of Companies Christian Frommherz
(CEO)
Rodania 1930 Grenchen Baumgartner family
Roger Dubuis 1995 Roger Dubuis & Carlos Dias Geneva Richemont International SA
Rolex 1905 London Hans Wilsdorf,[2] Alfred Davis Geneva 30,000 Private Hans Wilsdorf Foundation Jean-Frédéric Dufour (CEO)
Vanguart (watches) 2021 Switzerland Thierry Fisher, Jeremy Frelechox, Axel Leuenberger, Mehmet Korutürk La Chaux-de-Fonds Private
Romain Gauthier 2002 Romain Gauthier Le Sentier and Vallée de Joux Romain Gauthier
Ronda (watchmaker) 1944[3] Lausen[3] William Mosset[3] Lausen 1,400
Rotary Watches 1895 La Chaux-de-Fonds Moise Dreyfuss Elm Yard, 13-16 Elm Street, United Kingdom Privately held company Dreyfuss Group Ltd.
Sandoz (watch company) Tavannes Henri Sandoz
Schwarz Etienne 1902 Paul Arthur Schwarz and Olga Etienne La Chaux-de-Fonds Privately held company
Solvil et Titus 1892 Paul Ditisheim Hong Kong, Hong Kong Paul Bernard Vogel (former owner)
Joseph Chong Chun Wong (Chairman)
Sowind Group La Chaux-de-Fonds, Le Locle Patrick Pruniaux
Speake-Marin 2002 Bursins Peter Speake-Marin Geneva Swiss watch brand Christelle Rosnoblet (CEO)
Squale Watches 1959 Neuchâtel Charles von Büren Chiasso Andrea Maggi, Massimo Maggi
Swatch 1983 Biel Subsidiary The Swatch Group Nick Hayek Jr. (chairman, president)
Swiss Alpine Military Tenniken Brand Grovana
Swiss Military by Chrono 1994 Solothurn Brand Chrono AG
Swiss Military Hanowa 1990 Biel Brand Hanowa
TAG Heuer 1860[1] Saint-Imier[1] Edouard Heuer[1][2] La Chaux-de-Fonds Wholly owned subsidiary LVMH Frédéric Arnault, CEO
Technos (watches) 1924 Welschenrohr Joseph Gunzinger
Tissot 1853[3] Le Locle[3] Charles-Félicien Tissot, Charles-Emile Tissot[3] Le Locle 250 Subsidiary The Swatch Group Sylvain Dolla (CEO)
Georges Nicolas Hayek Jr. (chairman of the board)
Titoni 1919 Grenchen Fritz Schluep Grenchen 60 Private Daniel Schluep
(CEO)
Tudor Watches 1926 Geneva Hans Wilsdorf Geneva 194 Subsidiary Montres Rolex SA
Ulysse Nardin 1846[2] Le Locle[2] Ulysse Nardin[2] Le Locle Subsidiary Sowind Group Patrick Pruniaux (CEO)
Universal Genève 1894[2] Le Locle, Neuchâtel Numa-Emile Descombes, Ulysse Georges Perret,
Louis Edouard Berthoud[2] 		Geneva Privately held company
(1894-1989)
Public (HKEX)
(1989–present) 		Vincent Lapaire (CEO)
Vacheron Constantin 1755[2] Geneva[2] Jean-Marc Vacheron[2] Plan-les-Ouates 1,200 Subsidiary Richemont (since 1996) Louis Ferla (CEO)
Valbray 2009 Côme de Valbray and Olga Corsini Romanel sur Morges Private company
Victorinox 1884 Karl Elsener Ibach 1,850 Aktiengesellschaft Victorinox Foundation, Carl and Elise Elsener-Gut Foundation Carl Elsener Jr. (President, CEO & Chairman)
Wenger 1893 Paul Boéchat Delémont 150 Société anonyme Victorinox AG
West End Watch Co. 1886 Arnold Amstutz and Constant Droz Leytron (Valais) Private company Jérôme Monnat Jr., current CEO
Zanuti 1887 Albert Favre Zanuti Geneva Private
Zenith (watchmaker) 1865[2] Le Locle[2] Georges Favre-Jacot[2] Le Locle Wholly owned subsidiary LVMH Julien Tornare (current CEO)
Zeno-Watch Basel 1868 Jules Godat Basel 28 Private Huber Family Felix W. Huber

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