The J. Bulova Company was founded in 1875 by Joseph Bulova as a small jewelry shop in New York City. Bulova began making watches in 1912, and after reincorporating as Bulova Watch Company in 1923 had full lines of watches for both men and women by the following year. Bulova is perhaps best known for …
Braun GmbH was founded in 1921 by mechanical engineer Max Braun and in Frankfurt. Braun’s early focus was on radio components, which gradually evolved into completely radio sets. Braun eventually expanded into a variety of consumer household appliances, cameras, student learning kits, and watches. The company was owned by Gillette from 1984 until 2007, and …
Felio Siby was founded in 2013 by Dominique Siby, who was born and raised in Gabon, Africa. Siby has been a lifelong Formula One fan before launching his luxury fashion and design company in Miami. Force India and Felipe Nasr In February of 2016, Siby met with Force India Formula One Team COO Otmar Szafnauer …
B.R.M Chronographes was founded in 2003 by former racer Bernard Richards, and specializes in motorsport and golf watches. The following year, French watchmaker Jean-Paul Crabbe joined B.R.M (Bernard Richards Manufacture) Chronographes in what Richards declared to be “the greatest collaboration of my life”. Caterham F1 B.R.M Chronographes became the Official Watch Partner of the Caterham …
Rotary Watches Ltd was founded in 1895 by Moise Dreyfuss in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Family members began exporting watches to Britain in the 1920s, which eventually became Rotary’s most successful market. By 1940, Rotary was the official watch supplier for the British Army and eventually became a household name in the UK. Today, Rotary is …
Giorgio Piola is an Italian Formula One journalist, commentator, and illustrator. Having attended more Grands Prix than anyone in history at over 800 race weekends, Piola began attending Formula One races in 1969 as a chief editor of La Gazzetta dello Sport, the most widely read daily newspaper in all of Italy that was founded …
Jacques Lemans GmbH was founded in 1975 by Alfred Riedl and is currently headquartered in Carinthia, Austria. Since its origins as a watch brand, the family-owned business has since expanded into jewelry as well and has a global presence across over 120 countries. Agreement with Bernie Ecclestone On January 20, 2006, then-Formula One boss …
Cyrus is based in Le Locle, Switzerland and was founded in 2010 by a Swiss entrepreneurial family with an extensive background of global luxury brands. The family has partnered with Swiss master watchmaker Jean-Francois Mojon, who founded Chronode in 2005 and has worked with companies like Czapek, HYT, MB&F, and Urban Jürgensen. Cyrus remains independently …
Wyler was founded in 1896 by brothers Paul and Alfred Wyler in Bienne, Switzerland. Meanwhile in Varese, Italy, Innocent Binda opened a watch repair shop in 1906 and relocated to Milan in 1926. Binda began importing and marketing Wyler watches in Italy under the Wyler Vetta brand in 1930, with some early timepieces using …
Movado was founded in 1881 by Achille Ditesheim in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. The Ditesheims were a family of watchmakers who owned several companies in the area, and in 1892 Achille and his brothers combined their businesses to form L.A. & I. Ditesheim, Fabricants. Shortly after the turn of the 20th century, the company was …