Historic Videos

These are extracts of documentaries or news broadcasts featuring the development of Swiss electric and electronic watches. These extracts are taken from TSR/RTS (Swiss Radio and Television) archives and all copyright belongs to them and the respective journalists. Please note that some statements, especially concerning the Swiss quartz developments, in the extracts are historically not correct. Please refer to this site’s entries for updated and corrected information.

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Presentation of the development of the electro-mechanical watches at Ebauches SA by the general director Sydney de Coulon and the technical director André Beyner, 1960 – French

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Roger Wellinger, director of the CEH in Neuchâtel explains the functioning of an electric and an electronic watch; RTS, Carrefour, 6.11.1961, Journalist: Alexandre Burger, director: Pierre Matteuzzi – French

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Presentation of the first quartz developments in Switzerland, RTS-Info – French

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Commentaries by Henry Oguey (CEH) and André Beyner (Ebauches SA) concerning the development of the quartz system for wristwatches in Switzerland, 2002 – French

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A short video about the development of the Delirium Tremens by Ebauches SA in collaboration with ETA, RTS 1979 – French

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Presentation of the overall quartz developments during the 1960s trough the 1980s with focus on early Swiss contributions, RTS – French

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Documentary about the Swiss quartz developments of the early 1980s with focus on Swatch, RTS – French

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