====== Le Locle ======
**Le Locle** is one of the most important "watch cities" of [[Switzerland]].

Located just West of [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] in the [[Canton of Neuchâtel]], Le Locle was the site of important developments in both the business and technology of watchmaking.

Starting in [[1705]], [[Daniel JeanRichard]] established a watchmaking industry in Le Locle. He began the [[etablissage]] tradition, where small workshops specialized in various watch components with a central [[manufacture]] bringing them together under their own branding. This practice continued for centuries, with major manufacturers gradually emerging, including [[Tissot]], [[Zenith]], [[Ulysse Nardin]], and many others. Today, these companies remain in the town, along with watch manufacturing for many other famous names, including [[Montblanc]], [[Rolex]] and [[Swatch Group]].

Also located in Le Locle is a clock museum called "Musée d'Horlogerie du Locle," which is located at the Château des Monts.

===== Watch People =====
  * [[Castella, Paul|Paul Castella]]
  * [[DuBois, Frédéric|Frédéric DuBois]]
  * [[DuBois, Philippe|Philippe DuBois]]
  * [[Ducommun, Georges|Georges Ducommun]]
  * [[Favre-Jacot, Georges|Georges Favre-Jacot]] (1843-1917)
  * [[Grandjean, Henri|Henri Grandjean]]
  * [[Houriet, Jacques-Frédéric|Jacques-Frédéric Houriet]]
  * [[JeanRichard, Daniel|Daniel JeanRichard]] (1664-1741)
  * [[Jürgensen, Jules|Jules Jürgensen]]
  * [[Perrelet, Abraham-Louis|Abraham-Louis Perrelet]] (1729-1826)
  * [[Quartier, Olivier|Olivier Quartier]]

===== Watch Companies =====
==== Watch Company Headquarters ====
  * [[Charles Aerni]]
  * [[Angélus]] (founded; re-launched in [[2015]] in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]])
  * [[Astin]]
  * [[Christophe Claret]] (active since [[1986]])
  * [[Cyma]] (moved from [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] to [[Doxa]] facility in [[1978]])
  * [[Paul Buhré]] (established in [[1880]], purchased by [[Dixi]], defunct since 1980s)
  * [[Doxa]] (established in [[1889]], re-launched in [[Bienne]] in [[1997]])
  * [[Luxor]] 
  * [[Montblanc]] (factory/maison since 2000s)
  * [[H. Moser & Cie.]] (factory established in [[1829]], currently located in [[Schaffhausen]])
  * [[Prexa]]
  * [[Tissot]] (founded in [[1853]])
  * [[Ulysse Nardin]] (founded in [[1846]])
  * [[Universal]] (founded in [[1894]], moved to [[Geneva]] in 1930s) 
  * [[Vulcain]] (founded in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]], re-launched in Le Locle in [[2001]])
  * [[Zenith]] (founded in [[1865]])

==== Watch Company Factories ====
  * [[Rolex]]

===== Component Companies =====
  * [[Nivarox-FAR]] (hairsprings)
  * [[Audemars Piguet Renaud et Papi]] (complicated movements, established in [[1992]])
  * [[Bergeon]] (tools)


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