place

Vulcain (watch company)

La Chaux-de-FondsLe LocleWatch brands
Vulcain LOGO
Vulcain LOGO

Vulcain is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. It was founded in 1858 by Maurice Ditisheim as Manufacture Ditisheim' in La Chaux-de-Fonds, being rebranded as Vulcain in 1894. In 1947, Vulcain developed the first alarm watch, the Vulcain Cricket.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Vulcain (watch company) (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Vulcain (watch company)
Route de Saint-Julien,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Phone number Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Vulcain (watch company)Continue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 46.16629 ° E 6.11211 °
placeShow on map

Address

Renault Plan-Les-Ouates

Route de Saint-Julien 180
1228
Geneva, Switzerland
mapOpen on Google Maps

Phone number
Renault

call+41844774774

Vulcain LOGO
Vulcain LOGO
Share experience

Nearby Places

Patek Philippe
Patek Philippe

Patek Philippe SA is a Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer, located in the Canton of Geneva and the Vallée de Joux. Established in 1839, it is named after two of its founders, Antoni Patek and Adrien Philippe. Since 1932, the company has been owned by the Stern family in Switzerland and remains the last family-owned independent watch manufacturer in Geneva. Patek Philippe is one of the oldest watch manufacturers in the world with an uninterrupted watchmaking history since its founding. It designs and manufactures timepieces as well as movements, including some of the most complicated mechanical watches. The company maintains over 400 retail locations globally and over a dozen distribution centers across Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania. In 2001, it opened the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva.Patek Philippe is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious watch manufacturers in the world. As of December 2020, among the world's top ten most expensive watches ever sold at auctions, eight are Patek Philippe watches. In particular, Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010 currently holds the title of the most expensive watch (and wristwatch) ever sold at auction (US$31.19 million/31 million CHF), while Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication, the world's most complicated mechanical watch until 1989, currently holds the title of the most expensive pocket watch ever sold at auction (US$24 million/23,237,000 CHF).