Schwarz Etienne

Mauro Egermini
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Walter Ribaga
Walter Ribaga
Based in traditional Swiss watchmaking country in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Schwarz Etienne has a century of history in watchmaking but chooses to look to the future rather than the past.

Schwarz Etienne takes its name from its founders, Paul Arthur Schwarz and his wife Olga Etienne, who established the company in 1902. For over a century, the company has been a major supplier of watch movements and components to the biggest names in the industry, an activity that still continues to this day. After diversifying its activities as a result of the watch industry crisis in the 1970s, the company decided to develop its own brand in 1985, progressively becoming a watch manufacturer in its own right. After being acquired by a passionate local entrepreneur in 2007, the brand has evolved within a watchmaking group that now gives it an unparalleled level of vertical integration.

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