A past question from NO QUARTZ, the free daily watch quiz. The answer is highlighted below.

Question 5·Put in order

Rank these watch houses by founding year, earliest first.

Correct order

  1. 1Breguet (Paris)
  2. 2LeCoultre (Le Sentier)
  3. 3Heuer (Saint-Imier)
  4. 4Hamilton (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)

The story behind it

Antoine LeCoultre's first workshop grew out of his invention of a machine to cut watch pinions, not out of finished watches. Edouard Heuer was only 20 when he opened his shop on the family farm at Saint-Imier, making mostly silver pocket watches.

From NO QUARTZ Ref. NQ0006, the puzzle for Sept 28, 2026.

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