Manufacture royale
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| Privately held company | |
| Industry | Watchmaking |
| Founded | 1770 |
| Founder | Voltaire |
| Headquarters | Vallorbe, Switzerland |
| Products | Wristwatches |
| Website | www |
Manufacture Royale is a Swiss luxury watch brand. Founded in the eighteenth century, the brand was revived in 2010.[1]
History
In 1770, philosopher Voltaire supports the establishment of watchmaking workshops in Ferney-Voltaire near Geneva and Manufacture Royale is established. It is then an important producer of timepieces and the famous Jean-Antoine Lépine, clockmaker to the king, is one of its watchmakers.[2][3] Manufacture Royale also made objet d'arts such as table watches. The Manufacture gently disappeared in the vissicitude of time but was revived in 2010.
Watches
Modern watches of the brand are complicated Haute Horlogerie, manufactured in-house. The first models were tourbillon watches and a minute repeater.[4] It was followed by the Androgine, 1770 and voltige collections.
