Swiss dial manufactures of the 1930s-1940s

Syrte
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Greetings everyone,

for those who like watches from the 1930s-1940s, I've been wondering if there was anywhere a list of Swiss dial manufactures. An admittedly cursory search o the internet did not find one. So here's a start.
Please feel free to update.

Stern Frères -Genève used on:
Longines -
-certain Chronographs?-
-certain Patek?
-History: Purchased by Richemont in 2000
https://www.lesechos.fr/28/06/2000/...mont-achete-le-fabricant-de-cadrans-stern.htm

Flückiger & Fils - Saint-Imier- used on:
-Longines
-Mido Multi-Chrono (info @w154)
- some Minerva chronos 13-20 (info @w154)
-certain Patek?
History: In "partnership" with Patek Philippe since 2004: became Cadrans Flückiger SA.
http://www.fhs.swiss/fre/2004-11-08_345.html

Lemrich - used on:
Omegas (info @Tire-comedon) -
-at least one US market Longines (mine - please supply if additional info).

Louis Jeanneret - La Chaux de Fonds
Tavannes (info @bubba48)

Found the following indications on line which I previously had no idea about:

Jean Singer -still in existence from 100 years ago (Swiss industry web portal and @STANDY)
-Rolex, Omega, Heuer (info @Foo2rama)

Cadrans Design SA in La Chaux-de-Fonds (acquired by Bulgari in 2005 according to a Bulgari article - no idea whether it already existed in the interwar).

Please contribute if you'd like !
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w154
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Flückiger made the dials for Mido for the MultiChrono, and I’ve also seen them on Minerva chronographs with the 13-20 movement.
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Jean Singer brand is still alive as I know a certain Australian watchmaker that visited their factories only last year to enquirer about having dials made.

I am subscribed to Nick Hacko,s newsletter and he had a article about the visit.
 
Syrte
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Flückiger made the dials for Mido for the MultiChrono, and I’ve also seen them on Minerva chronographs with the 13-20 movement.
STANDY STANDY
Jean Singer brand is still alive as I know a certain Australian watchmaker that visited their factories only last year to enquirer about having dials made.

I am subscribed to Nick Hacko,s newsletter and he had a article about the visit.
Thanks gents, keep the info coming. I will keep updating.
 
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What a lovely watch! Thank you Bubba48.
Here’s my Lemrich dial from a US market 1940s Longines. Those were delivered dial+movement to be cased in the US IIRC.
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Singer made for Rolex, Omega, Heuer.... to many to list.
 
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Holy macaroni @bubba48, as I'm googling away I am finding that Georges Edouard Jeanneret-Gris (1855-1926), a dial maker in La Chaux de Fond, is the father of none other than the architect Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret), who was born in La Chaux de Fonds.
Le Corbusier built there for his parents a house called Villa Jeanneret.
Here's from a book called "Le Corbusier, Choix de Lettres".
https://books.google.fr/books?id=SOKNzunERUwC&pg=PA523&lpg=PA523&dq=louis jeanneret cadrans&source=bl&ots=E9n13telNN&sig=hgsYnk2tGydeGSaqrg9XR-kFWgU&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjuzq2Z2bjcAhVSecAKHR9IABgQ6AEIWjAM#v=onepage&q=louis jeanneret cadrans&f=false

And according to Wikipedia, Le Corbusier as a young man first started studying engraving - and his first work was an artistic engraving on a watch case kept in the Beaux-Arts Museum in La Chaux de Fonds. 😲
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"Holy macaroni"??? 😕 Je n'avais jamais entendu celui-ci... but I love it 👍👍
 
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"Holy macaroni"??? 😕 Je n'avais jamais entendu celui-ci... but I love it 👍👍
Yeah, it's a fun phrase. But did you have any idea that the Jeanneret dial makers were related to Le Corbusier???
 
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"Holy macaroni"??? 😕 Je n'avais jamais entendu celui-ci... but I love it 👍👍

They don't say "holy macaroni" in Italy?
 
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Flückiger and Stern made dials for Hamilton back in the 1920's and 1930's, when the movements and cases were all US made.

CushionForm-O3.jpg
CushionForm-O4.jpg

Here is the dial immediately above:

DSCN0068.jpg~original

Enjoy,
gatorcpa
 
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Hah! To think that I'd assumed that Singer dials were produced by the sewing machine people!

Thanks Syrte for a real nugget of learning here.

Thanks to you Gatorcpa for showing the Hamilton, both dial and drawing.
 
Syrte
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Flückiger and Stern made dials for Hamilton back in the 1920's and 1930's, when the movements and cases were all US made.

CushionForm-O3.jpg
CushionForm-O4.jpg

Here is the dial immediately above:

DSCN0068.jpg~original

Enjoy,
gatorcpa
Lovely! 👍
 
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Syrte Syrte
Holy macaroni @bubba48, as I'm googling away I am finding that Georges Edouard Jeanneret-Gris (1855-1926), a dial maker in La Chaux de Fond, is the father of none other than the architect Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret), who was born in La Chaux de Fonds.
Le Corbusier built there for his parents a house called Villa Jeanneret.
Here's from a book called "Le Corbusier, Choix de Lettres".
https://books.google.fr/books?id=SOKNzunERUwC&pg=PA523&lpg=PA523&dq=louis jeanneret cadrans&source=bl&ots=E9n13telNN&sig=hgsYnk2tGydeGSaqrg9XR-kFWgU&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjuzq2Z2bjcAhVSecAKHR9IABgQ6AEIWjAM#v=onepage&q=louis jeanneret cadrans&f=false

And according to Wikipedia, Le Corbusier as a young man first started studying engraving - and his first work was an artistic engraving on a watch case kept in the Beaux-Arts Museum in La Chaux de Fonds. 😲

He also built the Villa Schwob for Anatole Schwob, whose father had co-founded Cyma. Unfortunately the project went over budget and Schwob sued for damages, inducing Corb to leave for Paris. The rest is history.

P.S He also built the Villa Favre-Jacot for the founder of Zenith.
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