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 | Eduard Kummer | Lengnau | Private | Jürg Bohne | |||||
| Audemars Piguet | 1875 | Le Brassus | Jules Louis Audemars, Edward Auguste Piguet | Le Chenit | 1,450 | Private | ||||
| 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 | Les Bois | William Baume, Paul Mercier | Geneva | Subsidiary of Richemont | William Baume & Paul Mercier (Founders) David Chaumet (CEO) | ||||
| Baumgartner Frères Grenchen (BFG) | 1899 | Grenchen | Arnold Baumgartner | 1700 (in 1974) | ||||||
| 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 | Private | Rodolfo and Emmanuelle Festa Bianchet | ||||||
| Blanchet | 1819 | Jean Blanchet | D Group | |||||||
| Blancpain | 1735 | Villeret | Jehan-Jacques Blancpain | Paudex/Le Brassus | Subsidiary | The Swatch Group | Marc Hayek | |||
| Bovet Fleurier | 1822 | Edouard Bovet | Geneva | Privately held company | ||||||
| Breguet | 1775 | Paris, France | Abraham-Louis Breguet | L'Abbaye | Subsidiary | The Swatch Group | Nicolas G. Hayek | |||
| Breitling SA | 1884 | Saint-Imier | Léon Breitling | 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 | Grenchen | Adolf & Alfred Kurth | Le Locle | Member of the Swatch group | The Swatch Group | ||||
| Charriol | 1983 | Philippe Charriol | Geneva | Privately held | ||||||
| Chopard | 1860 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Louis-Ulysse Chopard | 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 | Munich, Germany | Gerd Rüdiger Lang | Lucerne | 30 | Private | ||||
| Cimier | ||||||||||
| Claude Bernand | 1973 | Les Genevez | Claude Bernand | Les Genevez | Private | Victor Strambini | ||||
| Cortébert | 1790 | Cortébert | Abraham-Louis Juillard | 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 | Le Locle | Georges Ducommun | 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 | Grenchen | Urs Schild, Josef Girard | Grenchen | Subsidiary | The Swatch Group Ltd. | Damiano Casafina, CEO | |||
| Ebel | 1911 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Eugène Blum, Alice Lévy | La Chaux-de-Fonds | ||||||
| Eberhard & Co. | 1887 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | George-Emile Eberhard | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Barbara Monti, CEO, Mario Peserico, Managing Director | |||||
| Ebosa | 1915 | Grenchen | Paul Leo Glocker | |||||||
| 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 | Jules Borel | Le Noirmont | Teguh Halim (The Board of Directors of Ernest Borel S.A.) | |||||
| Eterna | 1856 | Grenchen | Josef Girard and Urs Schild | Grenchen | ||||||
| Excelsior Park | 1866 | Saint-Imier | Jules-Frédéric Jeanneret | |||||||
| 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 | Grenchen | Walter Vogt | 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 | Geneva | Jean-François Bautte, Mouliné, Constant Girard, Marie Perregaux | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Subsidiary | Sowind Group | Patrick Pruniaux | |||
| Glycine (watch) | 1913 | Biel/Bienne | Eugène Meylan | 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 | Schaffhausen | Florentine Ariosto Jones | 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 | Le Sentier | Antoine LeCoultre | 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 | Le Locle | Charles Barbezat | |||||||
| Lemania | 1884 | L'Orient | Alfred Lugrin | |||||||
| Linde Werdelin | 2002 | London & Copenhagen | Independent | |||||||
| Longines | 1832 | Saint-Imier | Auguste Agassiz | 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 | 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 | Villeret | Charles Robert | |||||||
| Mondaine | 1951 | Solothurn | Erwin Bernheim | |||||||
| Montres Corum Sàrl | 1955 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Gaston Ries, Simone Ries and René Bannwart | 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 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Achille Ditesheim | 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 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Louis Brandt | 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 | Geneva | Antoni Patek, Franciszek Czapek, Adrien Philippe | Plan-les-Ouates | Private (Société Anonyme) | Stern family | ||||
| 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 | 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 | Solothurn | Fritz Meyer | 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, 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 | Lausen | William Mosset | 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 | Saint-Imier | Edouard Heuer | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Wholly owned subsidiary | LVMH | Frédéric Arnault, CEO | |||
| Technos (watches) | 1924 | Welschenrohr | Joseph Gunzinger | |||||||
| Tissot | 1853 | Le Locle | Charles-Félicien Tissot, Charles-Emile Tissot | 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 | Le Locle | Ulysse Nardin | Le Locle | Subsidiary | Sowind Group | Patrick Pruniaux (CEO) | |||
| Universal Genève | 1894 | Le Locle, Neuchâtel | Numa-Emile Descombes, Ulysse Georges Perret, Louis Edouard Berthoud | Geneva | Privately held company (1894-1989) Public (HKEX) (1989–present) | Vincent Lapaire (CEO) | ||||
| Vacheron Constantin | 1755 | Geneva | Jean-Marc Vacheron | 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 | Le Locle | Georges Favre-Jacot | Le Locle | Wholly owned subsidiary | LVMH | Julien Tornare (current CEO) | |||
| Zeno-Watch Basel | 1868 | Jules Godat | Basel | 28 | Private | Huber Family | Felix W. Huber |