====== 1881 ======

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  *  After [[Audemars, Louis Jules|Jules-Louis Audemars]] and his friend [[Piguet, Edward-Auguste|Edward-Auguste Piguet]] had built watches in their homes, as it was usual with many watch studios, they found the company [[Audemars Piguet|Audemars Piguet & Cie., Manufacture d'Horlogerie]] together. 
  *  [[Wilsdorf, Hans|Hans Wilsdorf]], the later founder of [[Rolex]], is born on 22 March 1881 in Kulmbach (Franconia, Germany). 
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