====== Vulcain ======
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**Vulcain** is a Swiss watch manufacturer.

==== Foundation ====
In [[1858]] [[Ditisheim, Maurice|Maurice Ditisheim]] founded his own company in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]]. In his studio he made fine [[pocket watch]], which he sold under his own name. His watches were characterized mainly by precision and quality. The workshop quickly grew to //Manufacture Ditisheim//. In [[1894]] for the first time watches of the brand //Vulcain// are offered. In [[1900]] [[Ditisheim]] registers the name 'Vulcain' as a brand name for his watches.

==== The alarm watch Cricket ====
Vulcain became especially known by their [[alarm watch]] [[Vulcain Cricket|Cricket]], which was presented in [[1947]].

[[1961]] the companies [[Revue]], [[Vulcain]], [[Buser]] and [[Phénix]] merged to form the [[MSR|Manufactures d'Horlogerie Suisse Réunis SA (MSR)]].

During the so-called [[quartz crisis]] in the 1980s the name Vulcain quietly disappeared from the dials, the market for high-quality mechanical [[wristwatch]]es collapsed. The future seemed to belong to cheap [[quartz watch]]es. The [[manufacture]] Vulcain still produced their watches for sister brands within the [[MSR]]. Also when the [[Vulcain Cricket|Cricket]] was produced again under the name of "[[Revue Thommen]]", this happened in the studios of the [[manufacture]] Vulcain in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]].

==== Restart of the brand Vulcain under the PMH (Production et Marketing Horologer) ====
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MSR experienced great difficulties in the 1990s as a result of the Asian financial crisis. The company shuttered its [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] activities, historic home to Vulcain, in [[1999]], and divested. The Vulcain brand was acquired by [[PMH|PMH (Production et marketing Horologer)]] in [[2001]] and re-launched the legendary Vulcain [[Vulcain Cricket V10|Cricket Calibre]] later that year.

This new beginning was associated with the relocation from [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] to [[Le Locle]]. With this move to the city of precision an old wish of the Ditisheim family was fulfilled.

In [[2002]], the first new models of the Vulcain were presented. The new edition of the "Nautical" received a special significance. Apart from this particular watch, the new models were based on historical models from the long history of the Cricket.

Vulcain was again sold in [[2009]], this time to [[Suisse Excellence Holding]]. The company continued with its Le Locle operations and management, however, launching a new calibre in the next few years.

===== Address =====
MANUFACTURE DES MONTRES VULCAIN S.A.\\ Chemin des Tourelles 4\\ CH-2400 [[Le Locle]]\\ Switzerland

===== Weblinks =====
  * [[https://www.vulcain.ch/|Vulcain]] (company website)


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