Manufacture Royale is a
Swiss
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luxury
watch
A watch is a portable timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person. It is designed to keep a consistent movement despite the motions caused by the person's activities. A wristwatch is designed to be worn around the wrist, attached by ...
brand. Founded in the eighteenth century, the brand was revived in 2010.
History
In 1770, philosopher
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778) was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' M. de Voltaire (; also ; ), he was famous for his wit, and his ...
supports the establishment of watchmaking workshops in
Ferney-Voltaire
Ferney-Voltaire () is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. It lies between the Jura Mountains and the Swiss border; it forms part of the metropolitan area of Geneva.
History
Ferney was first n ...
near
Geneva
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and Manufacture Royale is established. It is then an important producer of timepieces and the famous
Jean-Antoine Lépine
Jean-Antoine Lépine (L’Pine, LePine, Lepine, L’Epine), born as Jean-Antoine Depigny, was an influential watchmaker. He contributed inventions which are still used in watchmaking today and was amongst the finest French watchmakers, who were c ...
, clockmaker to the king, is one of its watchmakers.
Manufacture Royale also made
objets d'art
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such as table watches.
The Manufacture gently disappeared in the vicissitude of time but was revived in 2010.
Manufacture Royale was bought by the Gouten family in 2013 and Alexis Gouten took over the management
Watches
Modern watches of the brand are complicated Haute Horlogerie, manufactured in-house. The first models were
tourbillon
In horology, a tourbillon (; "whirlwind") is an addition to the mechanics of a watch escapement to increase accuracy. It was developed around 1795 and patented by the Swiss-French watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet on June 26, 1801. In a tourbill ...
watches and a
minute repeater
A repeater is a Complication (horology), complication in a mechanical watch or clock that chimes the hours and often minutes at the press of a button. There are many types of repeater, from the simple repeater which merely strikes the number of ...
.
The New York Times, Bringing old watch brands out of obscurity
/ref> It was followed by the Androgyne, 1770 and voltige collections. The brand has been manage by Alexis Gouten.
See also
List of watch manufacturers
Watchmakers
This list is a duplicate of :Watchmakers, which will likely be more up-to-date and complete. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname. Names in this list require an article about the watch brand or watchma ...
References
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External links
Roberta Naas, Forbes, Manufacture Royale VoltigeThe Watches TV, Introduction to Manufacture Royale
Watch manufacturing companies of Switzerland
Swiss watch brands
Privately held companies of Switzerland