Favre-Leuba
Favre-Leuba is a Swiss manufacturer of luxury wristwatches headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, and formerly a pioneer in watch design, manufacturing and distribution.The brand was established in the year 1737, following the registration of Abraham Favre as a watchmaker. This positions it as the second-oldest watch brand in Switzerland, surpassed only by Blancpain, which was founded in 1735. History An archival document states that Abraham Favre was a watchmaker with his own workshop on 13 March 1737. It was his son, also by the name of Abraham Favre, who turned his father's occupation into a business. In 1792 Abraham Favre, and his two sons, Frederic & Henry-Louis, founded the company A.Favre & Fils in Le Locle. From the beginning Abraham Favre concentrated on improving the technology of his watches, their properties at different temperatures and the materials used in watchmaking, to make more reliable and accurate movements. Henry-Augustus, Frederic Favre's son and Abraham Favre's grandson, expanded the family business by collaboration with Auguste Leuba, a member of a family of watchmakers & merchants, to create the brand name Favre-Leuba in 1815. The 19-year-old Henry-Augustus broadened the family business to the world market. Fritz Favre, who married Adele-Fanny Leuba in 1855, expanded