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After Helmut Sinn had sold his watch company and brand Sinn, he took over the majority of “Guinand Watch Co SA” in 1996 and with the brands Chronosport, Guinand and the pocket watch brand Jubilar again followed his vision of a watch, which should be “clearly legible, of high quality and still affordable”.
The history of the company Guinand goes far back into the past, namely to the year 1865. At that time the brothers Julien-Alcide and Charles Leon Guinand founded the company Guinand Freres in Les Brenets, which dealt with the manufacturing and trading of watches.
At the turn of the century the production already included a complete series of complicated watches. In about 1900 Leon Guinand attracted attention in the scientific world with the development of a new tachymeter chronograph …
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![Lange employees in front of the [[:2001]] re-inaugurated headquarters of „A. Lange & Söhne". The building was built in 1873. (click to enlarge!)](/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=39d98a&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhren-wiki.com%2Fimages%2FA_Lange_%26_S%C3%B6hne_Stammhaus.jpg "Lange employees in front of the [[:2001]] re-inaugurated headquarters of „A. Lange & Söhne\". The building was built in 1873. (click to enlarge!)")
Lange employees in front of the 2001 re-inaugurated headquarters of „A. Lange & Söhne“. The building was built in 1873.
Classical Brands
- Patek Philippe and Rolex
Interesting facts about two world known brands, which have both written watch history - Vacheron Constantin
The oldest watch brand of the world; history and background - From A. Lange & Söhne to Lange Uhren GmbH
Watchmaking tradition in Glashütte under the brand name “A. Lange & Söhne” - Audemars Piguet and Girard-Perregaux
Two family-held manufactures rich in tradition, who both go their own independant way successfully - Cartier
Stylish luxury has a name Cartier, best known house for luxury accessoires and timeless watch classics - IWC - International Watch Co. Schaffhausen
History of a well-known company in Northern Switzerland - Junghans
Detailed description of the traditional german brand and its checkered development
![The young German company [[:Nomos]] in [[:Glashütte]] (click to enlarge!)](/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=ad3be6&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhren-wiki.com%2Fimages%2FNomos_Gebaeude.jpg "The young German company [[:Nomos]] in [[:Glashütte]] (click to enlarge!)")
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