====== Buren Watch Company ======
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Swiss watch manufacturer

===== History =====
The Buren Watch Company was created in [[1898]], following the acquisition of Fritz Suter & Cie, at the Swiss town Büren an der Aare (canton [[Bern]]), by the London company of H. Williamson Ltd. There were produced [[pocket watch]]es of all types and [[table clock]]s. Due to the existing rail link H. Williamson Ltd. invested and expanded further in Büren and developed the site into an international branch. From [[1916]] Henry Williamson used the signature "Büren Watch Co."

Then the H. Williamson Ltd. had to close due to a stock market crash. However, a group of Swiss and an Englishman provided the capital necessary to be able to continue the watch production under Swiss management and with the new name **Uhrenfabrik Buren AG**.

In [[1966]] the Buren Watch Company was sold to the [[Hamilton|Hamilton Watch Company]]. Buren quickly became the manufacturer of the majority of Hamilton watches, eliminating US production. Buren continued working on new movements, notably [[Buren Calibre 82|Calibre 82]], a [[high-beat]] movement. But the Buren name was retired before it was finished. After Buren/Hamilton was taken over by the [[SSIH]] in [[1971]], the company rapidly failed. In 1972 came the end of the Buren Watch Company, with all assets sold.

Today the brand name is owned by the [[Schweizer Uhren Editionen]] (Swiss Watches Editions) in Hamburg, which again manufactures watches under this label. Partly with old movements, but to a large extent also with [[ETA]] movements.

===== Literature =====
  *The history of watchmaking in Buren / Switzerland (Die Geschichte der Uhrmacherei in Büren / Schweiz); Author Hans Kocher, ISBN 3-7667-1031-1 

===== Weblinks =====
  * [[http://www.schweizeruhren.de/unsere-marken/buren.html|Schweizer Uhren Editionen: Büren]] (German)
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCren_an_der_Aare|Büren an der Aare]], Wikipedia


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