====== 1900 ======

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  *  [[Omega|Louis Brandt & Frere]] starts production of the first "bracelet watch" with the [[Omega]] and [[Labrador]] brands.
  * [[Wilsdorf, Hans|Hans Wilsdorf]], the later founder of [[Rolex]], leaves Germany after a commercial education in order to work as an employee for an import/export business in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] in Switzerland.
  *  [[Ditisheim, Maurice|Maurice Ditisheim]] lets protect the name [[Vulcain]] as a brand name for his watches.
  *  [[FHF]] begins American-style mass production of watch tools.
<- [[1899]] | [[1901]] ->
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