====== Carl F. Bucherer ======
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  *See Also [[Bucherer Montres]]

**Carl F. Bucherer** is the watch company of [[Bucherer Montres|Bucherer Montres SA]].

===== The creation of the brand Carl F. Bucherer =====
As the only watch brand in Central Switzerland Carl F. Bucherer produces and distributes exclusive women's and men's watches. The brand launched in [[2001]] operates under the **Bucherer Montres SA** and since [[2003]] is an independent company within the [[Bucherer]] group.

The declared aim of Carl F. Bucherer is to be present in the most important watch markets with with its own distribution offices. This strategy resulted in the simultaneous opening of the production site in [[Lengnau]] near [[Biel]] in [[2001]] and a distribution office in [[Hong Kong]]. After Hong Kong and Taiwan the development of Japan with a subsidiary followed in [[2007]]. So this is in addition to its own companies in Hong Kong, North America and Taiwan, the fourth largest company of Bucherer Montres SA.

Carl F. Bucherer is ad interim led by Guido Zumbühl, CEO of Bucherer Group. With him a team of approximately 100 employees worldwide provides for brand building.

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===== The collection =====
The core collection of the brand has three watch lines 

  * The line // Patravi // includes mechanical [[complication]] s and technical innovations,
  * The classic line // Manero // focuses on understated elegance,
  * The line // Alacria // presenting jewelry watches for ladies.

===== Carl F. Bucherer Technologies =====
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**Techniques Horlogères Appliquées** (THA) was a renowned producer of watchmaking [[complication]]s in the western Swiss [[Jura]], founded in [[1989]] by [[Vianny Halter]], [[François-Paul Journe]], and [[Denis Flageollet]]. The company worked with many manufacturers, bringing their expertise in high-end movement design and complication development, including [[Breguet]], [[Cartier]], and [[Franck Muller]], and Bucherer.

After this ten-year collaboration, it was natural for Bucherer to expand the focus of mechanical movements production. Carl F. Bucherer and THA worked together to develop an in-house [[manufacture]] movement starting in [[2005]]. On July 1, [[2007]] Bucherer Montres acquired THA. Their workshops were fully integrated into the company and operate under the name //Carl F. Bucherer Technologies SA// (CFBT) since [[2008]].

The new [[automatic]] [[caliber]] called [[CFB A1000]] was first officially unveiled at the [[Baselworld]] [[2008]]. It is characterized by the novel design of the peripheral [[weight segment]] and received the "[[Golden Balance]]/Special Technology Prize" of the German [[Uhrenmagazin]] in [[2009]] because of its remarkable innovation.

===== Address =====
Carl F. Bucherer, a brand of Bucherer Montres S.A.\\ Langensandstrasse 27\\ CH-6002 [[Luzern]]\\ Tel. +41 41 369 70 70\\ Fax +41 41 369 70 72

===== Weblinks =====
  * [[http://www.carl-f-bucherer.com/|Carl F. Bucherer]]


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