Switzerland

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 40: The Swiss Operation – The Aeby Factory

By Nathan Moore

In Factories

Pictured: Early Columbus Watch Company Movement Manufactured by the Aeby Factory in Madretsch [Image Courtesy of Jones & Horan Auctions] The business operation of the Geneva Non-Magnetic Watch Company in Switzerland was more complex than most American watch factories. Production spanned several factories, with many...

Factories

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 39: The Swiss Operation – The Badollet Factory

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Illustrations Exhibiting the Factory of J.J. Badollet in Geneva, Switzerland. The business operation of the Geneva Non-Magnetic Watch Company in Switzerland was more complex than most American watch factories..

Factories , History

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 38: The Swiss Operation – The Tiffany Factory at Place Cornavin

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Tiffany & Co. Watch Factory, Place Cornavin in Geneva [Advertisement Published in The Swiss Chronicle, August 10, 1875]. The business operation of the Geneva Non-Magnetic Watch Company in Switzerland.

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 37: The Swiss Operation – Geneva Headquarters

By Nathan Moore

In History

Pictured: Location of Geneva Non-Magnetic Watch Company Headquarters in the Mont-Blanc complex in Geneva (Middle Building), Promotion for the Grand Hotel de Russie, c.1880s. The business operation of the Geneva Non-Magnetic Watch Company in Switzerland was more complex than most American watch factories. Production spanned...