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Zenith - Swiss watch manufacture
Georges Favre-Jacot founded 1865 in Le Locle die „Fabrique des Billodes“. Er fertigte zunächst Präzisionstaschenuhren, die with seinem Namen signiert waren.
Ab 1903 nahm die Firma Favre-Jacots with pocket watches and Bordchronometern regelmäßig and sehr erfolgreich an den Wettbewerben des Observatoriums Neuenburg teil. 1903 erzielte er einen ersten Preis im Wettbewerb des Observatoriums von Neuenburg. Der Neffe von Favre-Jacot, James Favre, verkaufte die watches nach Nord- and Südamerika, Russland, Indien, China and Japan. 1908 folgte die Gründung einer Niederlassung in Moskau, 1909 in Paris, 1910 in Wien and 1914 in London.
Mit der Umwandlung der Firma in a Aktiengesellschaft im Jahre 1911 entstand die Marke Zenith …
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