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Blancpain Swiss Watches
About Blancpain
Jehan-Jacques Blancpain founded the company in 1735 and this remained family-owned and operated for almost 200 years. In 1815, his grandson Frédéric-Louis Blancpain, upgraded the historical Villeret workshop. More than a decade later, his great grandson, renames the company Fabrique d’horlogerie Emile Blancpain and begins the construction of what would become the biggest timepieces manufacturer in Villeret.
With time, the company becomes famous for creating complicated movements for prestigious brand in Geneva and other parts of Switzerland. In 1961, Blancpain becomes part of the Société Suisse pour l’Industrie Horlogére (SSIH) together with Omega, Tissot and Lémania. Blancpain becomes the main manufacturer of movements for the SSIH group besides producing watches bearing its own name.
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Blancpain is bought by Jacques Piguet, heir to the family business created by Louis-Elysée Piguet in 1982. Linking Blancpain after that to Fréderic Piguet’s watchmaking movements. In 1992, both companies Blancpain and Frédéric Piguet are sold to the Swiss Corporation for Microelectronics and Watchmaking Industries (SMH) which later becomes the Swatch Group.
With precision and spotless crafmanship Blancpain has become a legend in the watchmaking industry. A watch that is sure to make a statement of class and elegance for many generations to come.