====== 1929 ====== * The [[Amtorg|Amtorg Trading Corporation]], a Russian organization, orders to buy up all the machines and parts of the North American [[Dueber-Hampdon Watch Co.]] and to transport them to Russia, where they are used to build an own Russian watch industry. * The watch manufacturer [[Minerva]] is created by renaming "Robert Villeret Frères" to "Minerva SA, Villeret". * [[LeCoultre]] introduces [[JLC 101|Cal. 101]], the smallest watch movement to date. <- [[1928]] | [[1930]] -> {{tag>Year}}