====== Hoeter ======
**Hoeter** was a Swiss watch brand founded in [[1872]]. It is associated with [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] and later used the **Brémon** brand.

===== Hoeter and Tritona =====
H. Hoeter was founded in [[1872]] in Germany as a watch manufacturer. It was located in La Chaux-de-Fonds on Rue Fritz-Courvoisier 2 by [[1875]] but had relocated to Rue du Parc 14 by [[1877]] and Rue du Serre 18 in [[1879]]. By [[1880]] it was listed as Auguste Hoeter, though still at that location. In [[1886]], Auguste Hoeter had relocated to Rue du Parc 25 and in [[1894]] it was listed at Rue du Progrès 28 as Aug. Hoeter & Cie. In [[1908]], Hoeter & Cie. relocated again to Temple Allemand 29.

A [[1938]] advertisement for Hoeter & Co shows them still located at Rue Temple-Allemand 29 in La Chaux-de-Fonds and producing waterproof watches as well as gold watches for men. The company had registered the **Tona** and **Tritona** brands by [[1940]] and boasts that they are pioneers in [[ultra-thin|slender watches]]. Throughout the war, Hoeter continued the focus on slim watches under the Tritona brand, advertising it as "La Bonne Montre Étanche" ("the beautiful slim watch") in [[1944]].

===== Brémon and Breitling =====
Hoeter S.A. launched the **Brémon** brand in [[1945]] following a relocation after the war to Rue Daniel JeanRichard 44. This would be the primary brand for the company going forward, with the company reorganizing as "Cie. des Montres Brémon (Hoeter S.A.)" later that year. The Hoeter name was no longer used after [[1952]].

From [[1953]] through [[1959]], Brémon was sharing offices at Place du Molard 6 in [[Geneva]] with [[Breitling|G.-Léon Breitling S.A.]] and the company would soon relocate their La Chaux-de-Fonds manufacturing operations to Breitling's [[Montbrillant Watch Manufactory]]. These watches appear to be Breitling-based, though the company remained nominally independent. Still, Brémon could be seen as a less-expensive sister to Breitling, and their product ranges and even model numbers overlapped.

Other companies sharing the offices at Place du Monard 6 in the 1950s and 1960s include [[Waltham|Waltham S.A.]] (from [[1960]] through [[1962]]) and gem setters [[Diarhône]] (in [[1953]] through [[1959]]) and [[Gaston Dubois]] (in [[1956]]).

Brémon's primary place of business after [[1958]] was the Montbrillant factory in La Chaux-de-Fonds. As of [[1969]], the company listed thin watches, chronographs, and men's and ladies watches in their catalog.


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