====== 1901 ====== * The brand name [[Alpina]] is officially registered. * On 1 February, [[Patek Philippe]] is converted into a stock company and renamed //Ancienne Manufacture d'Horlogerie Patek Philippe & Cie. S.A.//. * The [[Glashütte]] watch [[manufacture]] [[Union]] presents as anniversary watch what is at the time probably the most complicated [[pocket watch]] in the world, [[La Fabuleuse]]. It has seven additional dials, on which circle thirteen hands. * The later well-known [[movement]] manufacturer [[Valjoux]] is founded by the brothers John and [[Reymond, Charles|Charles Reymond]] in Les Bioux (Switzerland) under the name „Reymond Frères SA". <- [[1900]] | [[1902]] -> {{tag>Year}}