Berthoud Geneve

[ThomasG]

Hej kära klocksnackare,

Ber om ursäkt då flera av er redan har läst om denna klocka i tråden om hur klockan åter fick se dagens ljus (https://klocksnack.se/threads/hittade-några-gamla-klockor-hos-föräldrarna.25477/), men jag startar en ny tråd med klocknamnet i titeln. Detta för att ge det en ny chans att höra om någon vet något mer om Berthoud Geneve, eller närmare bestämt om varför "Berthoud" användes som brand name parallellt med "Universal".

Det jag i dagsläget vet (tror mig veta) om den nu mer nyservarde klockan är att det är en 30-talskronograf med ett inhouse-verk av Universal Geneve (cal 385), under namnet "Berthoud Geneve". Om någon vet något mer/annat så hojta gärna till!

 

[Rozzy]

Wiki:
Initially started and briefly based in Le Locle, co-founder Ulysse Perret would relocate Universal to Geneva in 1919, solidifying the company's status as a Genève brand. During the company's tenure in much smaller Le Locle (Neuchâtel region), Perret had conceptualized the company as Universal Watch in 1894 with classmate Numa-Emile Descombes, both of whom were horology students at the time. Although Universal first begun only as a manufacturer and retailer of cases, crowns, dials and movements, the company whilst under Perret and Descombes had patented the brand's first 24-hour indication watch.[3]

After Descombes' death in 1897 at the age of 34, Perret recruited Louis Edouard Berthoud as a co-manufacturer of complications,[3] and both briefly operated under the registered name Perret & Berthoud before switching to Universal Watch et Company (UWEC) Genève, Ltd. after relocating to Geneva. Under both trademarks, the horologists created various pocket and trench watches for both sides fighting during World War I.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Genève