====== United Orbit ======

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

**United Orbit Watch Manufacturers** was a [[watch group]] centered in [[Bienne]] in the 1960s.

United Orbit was created in [[1961]] to assist various smaller manufacturers to market their products in the new European Common Market. Products used the **Orbit** or **United Orbit** brands. United Orbit continued through [[1969]], becoming **Orbit SA** by [[1970]].

Orbit continued to use many of the brands it had acquired through the 1970s and 1980s. For example, in [[1981]], it marketed a "set" with a ladies watch marked [[Milex]] and a mens watch marked [[Sigma]]. Most of the other brands were defunct by then.

Members 

  * [[Fulton|G. Homburger, Fulton Watch Co. Ltd.]], [[Bienne]] (Est. [[1885]])
  * [[Milex Elem|Milex Elem Watch Co. Ltd.]], [[Bienne]] (Est. [[1889]])
  * [[Achille Nicolet|Achille Nicolet S.A.]], [[Tramelan]] (Est. [[1913]])
  * [[Pery|Pery Watch]] & [[Sigma|Montres Sigma]], [[Bienne]] (Est. [[1875]])
  * [[Vinca|Vinca Watch Co. Ltd.]], [[Bienne]] (Est. [[1902]])


{{tag>Defunct_watch_and_luxury_trusts Biel-Bienne}}