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Zeno - Swiss manufacturer of mechanical Pilot's watches
The company traces the beginning of its watch manufacturing back to the year 1868 when Jules Godat as a watchmaker in La Chaux-de-Fonds sets up an independent business. In his small studio Jules Godat produces especially large silver pocket watches for railroad workers.
In 1900 the watchmaking workshop is enlarged and thus equipped with electric drive of the machines. In 1920 André-Charles Eigeldinger takes over the Godat watch production. In 1922 André-Charles Eigeldinger registers the watch brand ZENO. The name (short form of Zenodopolus) goes back to the two Greek philosophers Zeno and means “gift of Zeus” or “divine gift” …
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