====== Beuchat ======
**Beuchat** (also spelled **Beauchat**) was a French watch brand best known for their [[anticlockwise]] watch.

===== History =====
C. Beuchat SA was founded in [[1905]] by Constant Beauchat. The firm was located in [[Marseilles]], as was the unrelated [[1934]] firm, Beauchat Diving, founded by Georges Beauchat who pioneered the underwater spear gun. Another unrelated firm, P. Beuchat & Cie, produced [[mainspring]]s in [[Bienne]] by the 1960s.

By [[1974]], the firm of Constant Beuchat had established an office in [[Paris]] and was producing fashionable watches under the direction of Paul Beuchat and Nègre Beuchat. The firm had launched [[LED]] [[digital]] watches by [[1976]].

In [[1987]], Beuchat launched the [[Beuchat Envers ACW]], perhaps the first [[anticlockwise]] watch from a major brand. It used a special-purpose movement produced by [[France Ebauches]]. The company was now in the hands of the third generation, Bernard Beuchat and Pierre Nègre. It was positioned as a fashionable French alternative to the popular [[Swatch]], with a wide variety of models.


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