mechanical watches

  • 31Ulysse Nardin — is a watch manufacturer founded in 1846 in Le Locle, Switzerland. Historically Ulysse Nardin was best known for being a manufacturer of marine chronometers, but today Ulysse Nardin produces complicated mechanical watches.HistoryFounder,… …

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  • 32Bovet Fleurier — Infobox Company name = Bovet Fleurier SA type = Privately held company foundation = May 1st, 1822 founder = Edouard Bovet location city = Tramelan location country = Switzerland industry = Watchmaking products = WristwatchesBovet Fleurier SA is a …

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  • 33Parmigiani Fleurier — Infobox Company name = Parmigiani Fleurier SA type = Privately held company foundation = 1975 founder = Michel Parmigiani location city = Fleurier location country = Switzerland industry = Watchmaking products = WristwatchesParmigiani Fleurier SA …

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  • 34Patek Philippe & Co. — Infobox Company company name = Patek Philippe company company type = Watch Maker foundation = 1851 location = Geneva, Switzerland key people = area served = Worldwide industry = Watch Making products = Watches revenue = operating income = net… …

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  • 35Geneva drive — Animation showing a six position Geneva Drive in operation The Geneva drive or Maltese cross is a gear mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion. The rotating drive wheel has a pin that reaches into a slot …

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  • 36Blancpain — Infobox Company company name = Blancpain Rayville SA company type = Member of the Swatch Group company company slogan = Since 1735, there has never been a quartz Blancpain and there never will be foundation = 1735 by Jehan Jaques Blancpain… …

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  • 37Nomos Glashütte — Nomos Wristwatch, Model Ludwig (2005) Nomos Wristwa …

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  • 38Valjoux — (for Vallée de Joux , Joux Valley ) is a Swiss manufacturer of mechanical watch movements. It is known primarily for chronograph ébauche movements that are used in a number of mid to high range mechanical watches: The company has been a part of… …

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  • 39Universal Genève — is a Swiss watch company. Since 1894 Universal Genève has been manufacturing complete watches with in house movements. Universal have produced many notable and important mechanical watches. After a difficult period in the 1980s and 1990 s… …

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  • 40Torsion spring — A mousetrap powered by a helical torsion spring A torsion spring is a spring that works by torsion or twisting; that is, a flexible elastic object that stores mechanical energy when it is twisted. The amount of force (actually torque) it exerts… …

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