JACQUES DU MANOIR WATCHES RUE CENTRALE 47, CH 2740

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JACQUES DU MANOIR WATCHES
RUE CENTRALE 47,
CH 2740 Moutier
Phone : +41 32 494 60 40
[email protected]
www.jacquesdumanoir.ch/en/contact.html
BASELWORLD : 1.1, A75
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In the Boegli family, watchmaking is more than a business ; it is a true passion, shared by several
generations. In fact, the start of the family’s watchmaking history goes back no less than four
generations. At the beginning of the 20th century, Louis Schwab settled in Moutier to establish a
watchmaking factory. In 1904, he created the well-known SWIZA brand, and quickly became the
leading manufacturer of alarm clocks and travelling clocks. Louis Schwab was not only the boss of a
watchmaking factory with nearly 400 employees, he was also the father of 15 children. He was a
patriarch respected in the region and was living in a beautiful manor house. Just before a Christmas
dinner, he died in the age of 60 and left the 15 young children alone. After the founder’s death, not
all of them could manage the family firm. That is why one of the daughters encouraged her husband,
Benjamin Boegli, to set up his own company and to establish himself in Grandval, where he would
make watch dials for clocks and watches, particularly for the Swiza brand. His son Jacques
succeeded him and developed the business by supplying dials throughout the world. After a few
years, Jacques Boegli decided to go back to his roots and to manufacture complete watches like his
grand-father did. He launched his first collection of typical Swiss watches with flowers in 1991
under the brand name “B-Watch”. In 1993, as the collection became more classical, he changed the
brand to “Jacques du Manoir” but kept the “B” on top of the brand in memory of the first collection.
The brand was born…
It is now around 20 years since the first “Jacques du Manoir” watch has been made. The collection
with more than 400 wristwatches and 200 pocket watches offers a choice for everyone. Every year
more than 50 new models are created. Since 2003, the brand is managed by his son, François Boegli,
the great grand-child of Louis Schwab. He really wants to carry on what his Great grand-father used
to make : good quality Swiss watches affordable for everyone. At the beginning, the brand was
distributed only in Switzerland. Since a few years, the developing of an international distribution has
become the target for François Boegli. You can find now “Jacques du Manoir” watches in other
European countries, in America or in the Middle East and even on board of several famous airlines.
One of the goals for the brand is to give the proof all around the world, that it is possible to get a
Swiss Made watch without spending a lot of money.
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Portrait d'entreprise
Qui n'a pas été fasciné par une vielle montre de poche de laquelle on puvait entendre une douce
mélodie? Il y a 200 ans, naissait la première montre de poche avec mouvement musical mécanique.
Dès lors ces montres n'ont cessées de passionner les amateurs de la belle mécanique. Notre fabrique
d'horlogerie reste une des rares maison à pouvoir encore présenter ces objets de légende.
Entièrement fabrique en Suisse par des artisans, chaque mouvement à musique est assemblé à la
main. Peut-être que le temps s'écoule moins vite en écoutant Mozart ou Vivaldi...
La fabrication de ces montres musicales méaniques nous permet de mettre en valeur cet exceptionel
savoir-faire des artisans de nos vallées du jura. Nous désirons transmettre aux générations futures la
legende des montres musicales qui participa, il y a 200 ans déjà, la renommée de la suisse à
l'étranger. Si l'une de nos montres pouvait apporter un peu de rève à quelqu'un, alors nous aurons
atteint notre but. François Boegli
MONTRES BOEGLI SA JACQUES DU MANOIR WATCHES RUE CENTRALE 47 2740 MOUTIER
SWITZERLAND
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Die Firma
Wer ist nicht fasziniert von einer alten Taschenuhr, von der eine liebliche Melodie ausgeht? Vor 200
Jahren wurde die erste Taschenuhr mit mechanischem Spielwerk gebaut, seither haben sie nicht
aufgehört, die Liebhaber der schönen Mechanik zu verzaubern. Unsere Uhrenmanufaktur bleibt
eines der wenigen Häuser, die diese legendären Objekte vollständig in der Schweiz und von Hand
hergestellt. Vielleicht vergeht die Zeit langsamer, wenn man den Werken von Mozart oder Vivaldi
lauschen kann?
Die Herstellung dieser mechanischen Musikuhren erlaubt uns, die ausserordentlichen Fähigkeiten
der Handwerker in unseren Jura Tälern gebührend zu würdigen. Wir wollen die Legende der
mechanischen Musikuhren an die kommenden Generationen weitergeben, sie hat bereits 200 Jahre
an den guten Ruf der Schweiz im Ausland beigetragen. Wenn Sie wegen einer unserer Uhren ein
wenig ins Träumen geraten, haben wir unser Ziel erreicht. François Boegli
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