Manufacture royale

Manufacture Royale

Type	Privately held company
Industry	Watchmaking
Founded	1770
Founder	Voltaire
Headquarters	Vallorbe, Switzerland
Products	Wristwatches
Website	www.manufacture-royale.com

Manufacture Royale is a Swiss luxury watch brand. Founded in the eighteenth century, the brand was revived in 2010.^{[1] [2]}

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.^[3][4] Manufacture Royale also made objets d'art such as table watches. The Manufacture gently disappeared in the vicissitude 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.^[5] It was followed by the Androgine, 1770 and voltige collections.

See also

List of watch manufacturers

References

1. Robb Report, 5 independent watchmakers you need to know about
2. Monochrome-Watches, The Manufacture Royale 1770 Voltige
3. Watcharound, Voltaire l'horloger
4. Watchonista, Manufacture Royale
5. The New York Times, Bringing old watch brands out of obscurity

External links

• Roberta Naas, Forbes, Manufacture Royale Voltige
• The Watches TV, Introduction to Manufacture Royale