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Jacques Etoile - German watch manufacturer
The watch company Jacques Etoile was founded on October 1, 1996 in Lörrach/Baden. While the father Horst Jakob, an experienced watchmaker, who in 2001 celebrated his 50-year master anniversary, works quite in the silent background at the technology and the models, his son Klaus maintains external relations, including business and customer contacts and trade fairs. Not to mention the Turkish wife of Klaus Jacob, whose name Yildiz (English Star, French Etoile) contributed to the naming of the brand.
For the tenth anniversary of the founding of the company, on October 2, 2006 the limited edition model Bidynator 42 was presented, which, in memory of the legendary, bi-directional self-winding movement Bidynator by Felsa, contained remnants of these historic calibres …
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