====== Ronda ======
**Ronda** is a [[Swiss]] [[movement manufacturer]] best-known for [[quartz]] movements.

===== History =====
Ronda began supplying watch movement components in [[1946]]. It was founded by William Mosset. At first, Ronda produced various watch components for other companies, but in [[1952]] it began production of [[ebauche]]s under license for [[BRAC]]. The company struggled throughout the 1950s with the Swiss "watchmaking statute", which restricted which companies could produce their own watch movements. In [[1961]], Ronda received production rights and began producing complete mechanical watch movements. For a time, Ronda even sold a line of upscale watches with the **Ronda** brand name.

The company opened a subsidiary in Hong Kong in [[1972]], launching a line of quartz movements in [[1974]]. In [[1979]], Ronda re-branded their assembled movements under the **Harley** name, beginning with the Harley-Quartz line of analog quartz movements before adding the Harley-Ancre and Harley-Lever mechanical lines. These lasted through [[1985]] before Ronda ceased producing mechanical movements completely. Production was moved largely to Asia, with Ronda becoming a leading supplier of quartz movements. Mosset died in [[1985]]. In [[1990]], Ronda opened a new production subsidiary in Thailand, doubling its output. 50 years after beginning, Ronda became the first European watch movement company to be ISO 9001 certified.

Ronda broadened the product line in the 1990s, introducing the 1.9 mm [[Ronda Slimtech|Slimtech]] line in [[1997]] and a [[big date]] line the following year. A larger Thailand factory was opened in [[1999]], as the company presented the new [[Ronda Powertech|Powertech]] line at [[Baselworld]]. By the 2010's, Ronda was established as one of the leading producers of quartz movements, producing about 20 million annually. Ronda manufactures movements in [[Thailand]] as well as at three sites in [[Switzerland]].

At [[Baselworld]] [[2016]], Ronda announced that they would re-enter the mechanical movement business with the new [[R150|R150 "Mecano"]] movement.


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