====== 1950 ======

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  *  The low-priced [[Timex]] brand is launched in America.
  *  [[Jaeger-LeCoultre]] introduces the [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox|Wrist Alarm]], which would soon be re-branded as the [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox|Memovox]].
  *  [[Parmigiani, Michel|Michel Parmigiani]] is born in Couvet and spends his youth in the Val-de-Travers, a remote valley of the Swiss canton of [[Neuchatel]]. Later he becomes founder of the well-known watch manufacturer [[Parmigiani]],
  *  [[Paul Gerber]] is born in Bern.
<- [[1949]] | [[1951]] ->
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