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Locle, Le

(lə lôk`lə), town (1990 pop. 11,313), Neuchâtel canton, NW Switzerland, in the Jura Mts. near the French border. It has been a watchmaking center since the 17th cent.
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Contract notice: n20.71 180010 - bypassing le locle - bamo and dgt services for phases: retail project dp, tenders (dao), realization, commissioning and completion and for domains gc + bsa (id 6024)
N20.71 180010 - Bypassing Le Locle - Bamo And Dgt Services For Phases: Retail Project Dp, Tenders (dao), Realization, Commissioning And Completion And For Domains Gc + Bsa (id 6024)
Montblanc watches are produced at Institut Minerva de Recherche en Haute Horlogerie (Montblanc Manufactures) in Villeret and Le Locle, Switzerland, which has been producing mechanical timepieces nonstop for the past 160 years, 'even through wars,' says Julian Miribel, Montblanc trainer and consultant for fine watches.
LUXURY SWISS WATCHES ARE GOING VINTAGE AND SLIM
FranEaA*ois Thiebaud, Tissot President SA, sent a congratulatory message to Virat from Le Locle, Switzerland.
Tissot launches special Virat Kohli edition Tissot Chrono XL Classic
The Zenith Defy El Primero 21 for Only Watch boasts accents in Only Watch's signature bright yellow, and will be one of the very first Defy El Primero 21 models to hit the market, in addition to proffering an invitation to Zenith's watchmaking facilities in Le Locle, Switzerland.
Standout Models From The 'Only Watch 2017' Charity Auction
So tragt das Projekt Les Potagers de Balzac in Le Locle zur sozialen Integration bei.
Urbane Agrikultur--Impulse fur eine nachhaltige Transformation von Stadt und Land: Bei der saguf-Jahrestagung 2016 wurden ausgehend von Praxisbeispielen die Potenziale und Herausforderungen urbaner Agrikultur fur eine nachhaltige Transformation von Stadt und Land diskutiert
They also acquired DePuy's trauma manufacturing operations in Le Locle, Switzerland.
Zimmer Divestitures Show Healthy Market for Orthopedic Market Deals, According to Research
Zu erwahnen waren in diesem Zusammenhang die Studien uber die Orgeln der Collegiale von Neuchatel (1810), (5) der Cathedrale von Fribourg (1840), (6) dem Temple von Le Locle (1860) (7) usw.
Nulla historia sine fontibus: das Orgeldokumentationszentrum der Hochschule Luzern--Musik
It was in this line of work some four years later that he had a chance encounter with the curator of the Watchmaking Museum in Le Locle, who was in charge of restoring the vast Sandoz family pocket watch and automaton collection.
A WINDOW TO THE WORLD
This E-Special compiles four feature-length articles about four watchmaking cities in Switzerland: Bienne, where Rolex, Omega, and the Swatch Group make timepieces; La Chaux-De-Fonds, which houses facilities for brands such as Cartier and Girard-Perregaux, as well as the Museum of Horology; Geneva, home to Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin and Rolex's main headquarters; and Le Locle, where visitors will find brands such as Zenith, Ulysse Nardin, and Tissot.
Bienne, Le Locle, Geneva, La Chaux-De-Fonds: The Watch Cities of Switzerland
After completing a 4-year apprenticeship with his father Erhard Moser, in Schaffhausen, Johann Heinrich attended master workshops in Le Locle in the Swiss Juras, an area renowned for watchmaking.
H. Moser & Cie. timekeeping legend of the Swiss Orient
What gets made in Le Locle, Le Chaux-de-Fonds and the other traditional watch-making locations in Switzerland is now being determined by what sells in Beijing and Shanghai.
SIHH 2011-Trends: Enter The Dragon
Buena parte de las complicaciones (5) relojeras se las debemos a Abraham-Louis Breguet y su mentor, Abraham-Louis Perrelet, quienes trabajaron en Le Locle, Suiza, a finales del siglo xviii.
Breve conteo del tiempo: relojeria en pocos minutos --primera de dos partes--
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