Le Locle
Le Locle sits in the valley below La Chaux-de-Fonds and shares the same trade tradition — gridded streets, watchmaker apartments above ground-floor ateliers, a horology school dating to the 1860s. Tissot, Zenith, Mido, and Doxa all keep their manufactures here; the Tudor manufacture in Le Locle is where the MT calibres are made. Le Locle was the home of the El Primero in 1969, which is the only high-frequency automatic chronograph caliber that survived the quartz crisis in continuous production.
4 pins in Le Locle. Hover or focus a pin for the brand name; click through for the brand’s catalog page.
Brands in Le Locle
Founded 1889 in Le Locle by Georges Ducommun. The brand’s 1967 Sub 300 introduced the orange dial that became Doxa’s most-identified design feature; Cousteau wore one on the Calypso expeditions. Modern operations are based in Le Locle alongside Tissot, with assembly handled by the Jenny family ownership group.
Founded by Georges Schaeren in Zurich in 1918, headquartered in Le Locle since the Swatch Group consolidation. The brand’s 1934 Multifort and 1944 Ocean Star lines have stayed in continuous production for the better part of a century, with the Caliber 80 (ETA C07.621 base) the contemporary movement family.
Founded by Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son Charles-Émile in Le Locle; the brand has stayed in the Neuchâtel-Jura town since, and the Le Locle reference is named for it.
Founded by Georges Favre-Jacot in Le Locle and the El Primero — the first high-beat automatic chronograph — was designed and made here in 1969.