====== Sultana ======
**Sultana** is a watch brand tracing its roots to [[1935]] and currently owned by [[Free Town Watch Products]] of Hong Kong.

===== History =====
The Sultana Watch Company, Ltd. was founded in [[1935]] in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] by M. Gaston Schwarz, part of the Schwarz family also known for [[Venus]] watches and movements and [[Astin]] brand. The company was merged with [[Le Phare]] in [[1950]] to become Le Phare-Sultana SA, a name that would remain for 70 years. Both firms were based in the same town and both included members of the Schwarz family of watchmakers. Both brands operated independently for decades, but often shared a single booth at major watch fairs, with La Phare on one side and Sultana on the other. In the 1960s, Sultana also used the brand **Carsic** in certain markets.

The Sultana brand was not widely used by the combined company until it was re-launched after the [[1991]] acquisition of La Phare-Sultana by [[Renley Watch Manufacturing]] of Hong Kong. The Sultana brand continued until at least 2017, again sharing a booth at [[BaselWorld]] that year. Renley became [[Free Town Watch Products|Free Town]] in the 2000s.


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