====== Rode ======

{{wst>author|[[Foskett, Stephen|Stephen Foskett]] ([[https://grail-watch.com/|Grail Watch]])}}

**Rode Watch Co.** was an American clock and watch manufacturer known for [[alarm clock]]s. The company was located in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] from [[1908]].

Rode Watch Co. was formed in New York around the turn of the century. The company produced precision clocks and watches using the [[American system]] of mass production. Rode established an office in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] by [[1908]], locating at Rue Jaquet-Droz 47, before moving to the complex known as the [[Montbrillant Watch Manufactory]] alongside [[Breitling]] in [[1913]]. Rode replaced the well-known firm of [[Couleru-Meuri]], which had occupied Montbrillant 1 since [[1894]]. Rode's space at the factory was taken over by [[Sonex|Sonex/Darax]], a joint venture of [[Meylan, Eugene|Eugene Meylan]] and [[Jeanneret, Henri|Henri Jeanneret]] in [[1918]] and both Avia and Sonex would later become part of [[Degoumois|Degoumois & Co.]] of [[Neuchâtel]].

By [[1920]], Rode had relocated to Rue Bois-Gentil 9, was at Rue Tilleuls 2-4 in [[1922]], and then Rue Régionaux 11 in [[1924]] along with [[Blum-Schwob|J. Blum-Schwob & Cie.]] and [[Record|Z. Perrenoud & Co.]] In [[1927]], famed watchmaker [[Girard-Perregaux|Girard-Perregaux & Cie S.A.]] moved in at the same address.

By [[1918]], Rode was selling watches using the **Avia** brand as "Fabrique Avia". This brand would continue after World War II in the hands of [[Degoumois]] of [[Neuchâtel]].

Rode produced 9.5, 11, 13, 17, and 19 ligne movements there, including [[alarm watch]]es. The company offered both negative setting (for American) and positive setting (for Europe) movements. Rode boasted "unbreakable glass" with a patented "double clinched" [[bezel]] for [[waterproof]]ing.

Rode is no longer listed in [[Indicateur Davoine]] after [[1928]].


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