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    Le Locle (French pronunciation: [lə lɔkl]; German: Luggli) is a municipality in the Canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. It is situated in the Jura Mountains...
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  • The Watch Museum of Le Locle (French: Musée d'Horlogerie du Locle) is a municipal museum specializing in horology, located in Le Locle, Canton of Neuchâtel...
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    Tissot (category Le Locle)
    luxury watch brand owned by the Swatch Group. The company was founded in Le Locle, Switzerland by Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son, Charles-Émile Tissot...
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    factory in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in the Jura Mountains, near Le Locle. Both towns had been the center of the Swiss watchmaking industry during...
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    American brand of Swiss-made watches founded in 1882 by Ariste Calame in Le Locle, Switzerland. The company mostly focuses on its dive watches through its...
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  • Le Remontoir is a funicular-like inclined elevator in Le Locle, Switzerland. It links the town's centre with Le Locle railway station located above. With...
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    The Le LocleLes Brenets line is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) railway line in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. It runs 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) from...
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  • Le Locle District was one of the six districts of the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, until the district level was eliminated on 1 January 2018. The...
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    Chaux-de-Fonds is a renowned centre of Art Nouveau. In 2009, La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle, its sister city, were jointly awarded UNESCO World Heritage status for...
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    parents in La Chaux-de-Fonds (1912) The Villa Favre-Jacot in Le Locle, Switzerland (1912) Le Corbusier began teaching himself by going to the library to...
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    494 ft). This region is made up of a long valley, home to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Le Locle and La Brévine. Neuchâtel was one of the first cantons in Switzerland to...
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    The Neuchâtel–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches railway is a single-track standard-gauge line of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). The line from Neuchâtel to La...
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  • creating the first-ever chronograph in 1917. Started and briefly based in Le Locle, co-founder Ulysse Perret would relocate Universal to Geneva in 1919, solidifying...
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    The Besançon–Le Locle railway line is a standard gauge railway line in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in France. A small section of the line extends...
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  • industry. Today, Mido is a part of the Swatch Group, headquartered in Le Locle, Switzerland. It also has a branch office in Shanghai, China. "Who Owns...
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    Le Locle railway station (French: Gare du Locle) is a railway station in the municipality of Le Locle, in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. It is located...
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    The Musée des beaux-arts du Locle (MBAL – Museum of Fine Arts Le Locle), located in the canton of Neuchâtel in the Switzerland, organizes temporary exhibitions...
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    Le Locle Le Chalet railway station (French: Gare de Le Locle Le Chalet), also known as Le Chalet NE, is a railway station in the municipality of Le Locle...
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  • Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle, pocket watch, tourbillon. Jules Jürgensen (1745–1811), Danish watchmaker and manufacturer, Le Locle, pocket watch, longcase...
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    Le Locle and Sainte-Croix (renowned for its musical boxes); however, it generally has had a marked decline in population since 1960. Both Le Locle and...
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    managerial entity, together with Mido and Tissot, which became known as Le Locle, (the newly elected Unesco World Heritage Site in Switzerland).[citation...
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    between Delle and Boncourt (served by RE56) Besançon–Le Locle railway line between Morteau and Le Locle-Col-des-Roches (served by TER) Neuchâtel–Pontarlier...
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  • was split up between its Managing Directors. One of the Swiss parts in Le Locle went to the family of Paul Girard, the business in Russia was expropriated...
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  • Ulysse Nardin 1846 Le Locle Ulysse Nardin Le Locle Subsidiary Sowind Group Patrick Pruniaux (CEO) Universal Genève 1894 Le Locle, Neuchâtel Numa-Emile...
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    Le Locle-Col-des-Roches railway station (French: Gare du Locle-Col des Roches) is a railway station in the municipality of Le Locle, in the Swiss canton...
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  • "preparatory rolling mill" founded in 1852 by Martin de Pury & Cie in Le Locle. This specialized in smelting gold and manufacturing watch cases. In 1864...
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  • La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland Number of locations La Chaux-de-Fonds, Le Locle Area served Worldwide Key people Patrick Pruniaux Products Watches Brands...
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    Zenith (watchmaker) (category Le Locle)
    watchmaker. The company was started in 1865 by Georges Favre-Jacot in Le Locle in the canton of Neuchâtel and is one of the oldest continuously operating...
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  • Ulysse Nardin (category Le Locle)
    Ulysse Nardin SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaking company founded in 1846 in Le Locle, Switzerland. The company became known for manufacturing highly accurate...
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    Waldorf" and published a large cookbook. Oscar Tschirky was born in 1866 in Le Locle, Switzerland. He left for the United States in 1883, settling in New York...
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