Hans Wilsdorf

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Hans Wilsdorf

Swiss watchmaker and businessman

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Founder Hans Wilsdorf was born in Germany but moved to Switzerland when he was a young man. There he found work at a watch-exporting company in La Chaux-de-Fonds, one of the centres of the Swiss horological industry. He then moved to London, where in 1905 he…
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Founder Hans Wilsdorf was born in Germany but moved to Switzerland when he was a young man. There he found work at a watch-exporting company in La Chaux-de-Fonds, one of the centres of the Swiss horological industry. He then moved to London, where in 1905 he…
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