Manufacture d'horlogerie
Manufacture d'horlogerie (meaning "
horology that has also been adopted in the English language as a loanword. In horology, the term is usually encountered in its abbreviated form manufacture. This term is used when describing a wrist watch movement
or watchworks fabricator which makes all or most of the parts required for its products in its own production facilities, as opposed to simply assembling watches using parts purchased from other firms.
Definition
The Dictionnaire professionnel illustré de l'horlogerie (The Illustrated Professional Dictionary of the Watchmaking Industry) defines manufacture as follows:
In the Swiss watch industry the term manufacture is used of a factory in which watches are manufactured almost completely, as distinct from an atelier de terminage, which is concerned only with assembling, timing, fitting the hands and casing.[1]
The concept of hairsprings may still be regarded as a manufacture.[2]
Examples
The following companies produce whole watches, including cases and movements:
- A. Lange & Söhne
- Aquastar (watch brand)
- Audemars Piguet
- Bianchet
- Blancpain
- Breguet
- Breitling SA
- Bvlgari
- Cartier (some models)
- Chopard
- Citizen Watch
- Damasko (some models)
- Frédérique Constant (some models)
- F. P. Journe
- Gallet & Co.
- Girard-Perregaux
- Glashutte Original
- Moritz Grossman
- H. Moser & Cie
- Hamilton
- Hublot
- IWC
- Jaeger-LeCoultre
- Jaquet Droz
- Lang & Heyne
- Maurice Lacroix
- Omega SA
- Orient
- Oris
- Panerai
- Parmigiani Fleurier
- Patek Philippe & Co.
- Piaget SA
- Roger Dubuis
- Rolex
- Seagull
- Seiko
- The Swatch Group
- Tudor
- Ulysse Nardin
- Vacheron Constantin
- Vostok
- Vulcain Watches
- Zenith
See also
References
- ^ Berner, Dictionnaire professionnel illustree de l'horlogerie
- ^ Terms of art - manufacture