====== Conseilray ======
**Conseilray** was a watch movement design and manufacturing consulting company active in the 1980s and 1990s.

===== History =====
Conseilray was founded in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] by Claude Ray in [[1977]] to assist watch companies in developing new watches and movements. The company was an early adopter of computer-assisted design (CAD) and mechanized production and helped many large companies make this transition in the 1980s and 1990s. The company also produced prototypes and worked with other companies to realize new designs.

Although not well-remembered today, the [[Jean d'Eve Samara]] was the world's first [[automatic quartz]] movement on its launch in [[1988]]. The design was created by Conseilray, along with [[Le Pharr-Jean d'Eve]], and [[Kinetron]] and was based on a patent from Eindhoven University in the Netherlands. The basic concept was later adopted by [[ETA]] as their [[Autoquartz]] line.

Conseilray worked with [[Memotime]] to develop a range of quartz and hybrid movements for their late 1980s products. These included modular components on [[ETA]] [[ETA 2671|Cal. 2671]] [[automatic]] and [[Harley]] [[Harley 775|Cal. 775]] [[quartz]] movements including a [[chronograph]], [[regatta timer]], and decompression timer. Unusually, these modules operated independently of the main movement and included their own battery.

Conseilray was also closely involved in the rebirth of [[Camy]] around [[1990]]. Conseilray designed a multifunction analog [[chronograph]] movement for Camy, which helped launch the company. Claude Ray was closely involved, serving as director of [[MTM]] of Switzerland and Camy SA as and collaborated with [[National Electronics]] of Hong Kong.

Perhaps the longest-lasting development from Conseilray was the [[Zenith Elite]] automatic movement. Named "Best Movement" at the [[Basel Fair]] in [[1994]], this remains in production as of 2020 and is still considered a leading slim automatic movement design.


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