Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie

History

Century

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• XVI
• XVII
• XVIII
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• XXI

Bureau officiel des chronomètres (BO), logo

• Bureau officiel des chronomètres (BO), …

History of Watchmaking

Foundation in Biel of the first Swiss institution to officially control watch rates, acknowledged as the official watch observation bureau in 1893 and now the Bureau officiel des chronomètres (BO).
Wristwatches produced in small series appeared in Vienna (Austria).

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World history

1879. Thomas Edison made the first incandescent lightbulb.