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the one that pays the highest wages; but it will certainly be the one that allows him a certain freedom to exercise his intelligence and free will as a man, and to look after his children's education. Following this idea, we can affirm that there is no greater benefit for the worker than the industry he can practice with his family. This is true for all workers in general, and it is especially true for our town of Besançon, where the watchmaking industry has been pushed further than anywhere else in terms of the division of labor and the exercise of family industry. This is clear from the history of watchmaking in our country, and is an indication that, more than anywhere else, our mores and our character are particularly well suited to this family work, in which the father can engage while remaining in constant contact with his family, in which the mother can also help, during the few moments left to her by the care of the household, and in which the children themselves can, when they have reached the right age, contribute here and there with their little fingers and their fresh intelligence. For some years now, our watchmaking industry has been lagging behind, and it is fashionable to say today that we can only make up lost ground by creating large factories similar to those in
Switzerland and the USA. I have no intention of criticizing large factories; but I did want to see if it wasn't possible to achieve the goal by means of our own processes, more in line with our own morals and better suited to the principles we set out above to improve the social status of the worker. After studying the question very seriously, I became convinced that there was nothing to prevent the creation of a certain number of partial production workshops in our country, as an advantageous replacement for factory work, while at the same time offering the immense advantage of dispersing capital (not putting all your eggs in one basket), and encouraging its investment in the form of small, easy-to-monitor limited partnerships, which are safer and more profitable than shares in a large factory. The work, distributed in a number of small units, will be able to benefit from improvements in tooling, just as well as a large factory, and even better in some cases. It's true that the dispersal of work leads to some loss of time, which inevitably translates into higher cost prices; but this is a minor inconvenience, which is redeemed by so many advantages that it eventually disappears completely."
2074:) "In recent years, this competition has taken on disastrous proportions, due to the fact that today all small civil servants are solicited by factories to act as intermediaries with the public. Cleverly-written leaflets tell them how little trouble it is to place watches and jewelry, generally at low prices, in their homes. The promised benefits quickly led many of them to seek out these easy-earning commercial operations. It's more than obvious that a trader of this nature, in addition to the esteem he enjoys as a result of his public functions, has the advantage over genuine traders of not having to pay patents, of not having to keep any goods in stock, and of being exempt from the overheads that weigh so heavily on regular trade. So it's not surprising that goods delivered under these conditions are more often than not at lower prices than those generally charged by genuine traders. Competition from civil servants is disastrous for us on two counts: firstly, because of the extent to which it has taken on in recent years, where there is no longer a single commune in France without a letter carrier, teacher, customs officer or village warden who does not practice it with varying degrees of success; and secondly, because of the exceptionally favorable conditions in which it is practiced. So it's not too far-fetched to say that today, one third of all watches sold in France are sold through licensed watchmakers."
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Besançon. On this occasion, a clockmaking presented him with a clock in the name of the
Israelite Consistory, of which he was president. This is a character from a novel, wearing a velvet skullcap and an abundant beard. Originally, Emmanuel Lipmann was an artisan clockmaker who, when he wasn't bent over his clocks, magnifying glass in hand, roamed the Alsatian plain, repairing clocks or selling his own work, half peddler, half clock doctor. In winter, he returned to his village, his workshop and his workbench, preparing for the next season . But our man remained faithful to his native Franche-Comté. He bears a name which, minus its second syllable, is today the most popular in the clockmaking industry. He is the ancestor of all the Lip companies who, from a small firm of fifteen people set up in 1867 by Emmanuel Lipmann in Besançon's Grande Rue, went on to become the most powerful of all French manufacturers." In 1807, a pocket watch was presented to
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the Swiss realized that the progress made by
American clockmaking could put them in difficulty, and they immediately began to reform their tools to keep up with the times and remain competitive. French and Franche-Comté clockmaking, though concerned by these developments, continued to rely on the manufacturing methods of the past, and postponed the use of new methods in which they had no faith. As proof, an 1880 Chamber of Commerce report: "Machine tools of a certain power are little used (in Besançon); they have not yet been considered indispensable to the progress of the clockmaking industry. We foresee a time when this will not be the case and when factory work will become necessary, and we dread the time when workers will no longer be able to work with their families." The director of the Besançon clockmaking school, Mr. L. Lossier, pleads the case for non-mechanization, as evidenced by a note dating from 1890.
607:. In 1939, the school became home to the "Bureau des Etudes Horlogères", under the patronage of the Ministry of Technical Education and with the support of the Ministries of Commerce and Industry, the General Council, the City Council, and the trade unions, before becoming the "Comité d'Organisation de l'Industrie de la Montre" after the 1940 debacle, under the aegis of André Donat, a top-level engineer who had transferred from Lip and Trincano. The school expanded at the end of the 1930s, but with the outbreak of war, teaching came to a halt and the school did not resume normal operations until December 1944. The building continued to expand in the 1950s and 1960s, and in 1962 the École Nationale d'Horlogerie celebrated its centenary with
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but employing just 3,000 workers by 1910, mainly due to the advent of mechanical engineering. Indeed, even if this number can be significantly increased if we take into account the many workers' wives who work at home "in their spare time", the simplification of manufacturing significantly reduces costs and production time, thus requiring less manpower. Nevertheless, the number of workshops grew steadily in the 1910s and 1920s, with the town boasting around a hundred clockmaking workshops on the eve of the war, including Bloch-Geismar, Sarda, Lévy, Piguet, Ulmann, Kummer and, of course, Lipmann.
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Gauthier, Bossy fils (founded in 1848), whose 4 generations were Xavier Bossy, Léon Bossy, Georges Bossy and Roger Bossy. This company was located at 6 rue des chambrettes (rue Pasteur), then at 9 rue de Lorraine, in the neighborhood of clockmaking workshops, Charlers Wetzel, Gérard Blondeau, Lamoureux. In addition to the clockmaking business, there were also companies specializing in items associated with watches, such as Georges Pargemin, which made leather bracelets, and the M. Matille jewelry store, founded in 1920 and employing up to ten people.
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which owned workshops for case assemblers in the city, and opened a veritable small factory producing watches from A to Z, without recourse to family labor. Mechanization was no longer marginal, and more and more workshops now had crimping machines, which placed the rubies at very precise points, something a craftsman could not do by hand. This saved considerable time, since the operation performed by the machine no longer required reworking the moving parts to adapt them to the fixed points.
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a year, topping the 400,000 mark in 1966, before reaching 500,000 watches sold in over fifty countries in 1969. The peak was reached in the mid-to-late 1970s, with a total of 850,000 watches produced in 1976, over a million in 1977 exported to more than sixty countries, and 1,300,000 in 1978. Thereafter, production dropped to just 220,000 watches in 1990, then 100,000 in 2000, before halving in 2005.
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unions, and resistance began to grow. After several unsatisfactory redundancy plans and a bankruptcy filing, on June 12, 1973, workers occupied the factory and sold the watches they produced themselves, before the forces of law and order dislodged them on August 14, 1973. The company subsequently recovered with difficulty, but the brand still exists well into the 21st century.
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223:(1802-1803). After the end of the favors granted to Swiss immigrants, most of them returned to their native region or saw their businesses go bankrupt, as in the case of Mégevand, who died in poverty in 1814. However, even if the initiators of the town's clockmaking movement were in a bad way, the industrial pole was well established: Franc-Comtois watchmaking was born.
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certain coloration that sets it apart from the others. The clockmaking school offers a more social alternative, ensuring a professional outlet in the region itself, hence the reputation it has been able to acquire, particularly among the population deeply involved in the city's industrial fabric. When Besançon lost its clockmaking vocation, it became the
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is having a major impact on the local clockmaking tradition, which is tending to disappear more and more, and has already been severely weakened for decades by the crisis in the sector. To remain competitive, the
Franche-Comté clockmaking sector is striving to be a leader in innovation, creativity, responsiveness, and marketing. The presence of the
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terms of both machines and workers. However, no buyer was interested, due to the economic and political elite of the time, who wanted to sanction the revolution of the first conflict. It's a new way of looking at these workers, who aren't experiencing the glory days of the previous struggle, but bitter repression.
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on a rehabilitation program, including the refurbishment of existing buildings and the construction of new ones, as in 2003 to accommodate BTS students and preparatory classes for grandes écoles. A new CDI has also been built, along with a cafeteria and an area for teachers. In 2008, the
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Mantion in Besançon. The company's founder, then aged 24, had an original idea for the time: to sell watches by mail order. From a small shop in the Rue Jeanneney in Besançon's capital, he and his wife launched a first catalog featuring twelve watch models for men and
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The town boasts another illustrious company: the Yema brand, founded in the town by Louis
Belmont in 1948. In 1952, the workshop produced the first series of all-French automatic chronographs, and in the 1960s was the most exported French brand. By 1961, the company was producing over 300,000 watches
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proportional to the product. This check was carried out using a chemical process known as "à la coupelle", which is said to be highly accurate. Swiss products, on the other hand, were not subject to these regulations, and were therefore much less expensive than French watches. What's more, the French
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Many other small clockmaking workshops also existed in the
Bregille area. For example, Jusma watches (later Sifhor), founded by Francis Landry in 1963 as a clockmaker and winegrower, continued until the 1970s, employing up to 40 workers. Other independent clockmakers had their own workshops, such as
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region, on or near the Swiss border, as well as a few in the
Comtois capital. A large number of Franche-Comté companies produce the majority of watch components (cases, dials, movements, glasses, hands, crowns and bracelets) for Swiss brands with a world-renowned image for quality. This small exodus
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However, there are still a few clockmaking companies in the city and region, most of which are subcontractors for major Swiss or Parisian brands. Since the early 1990s, they have focused on high-end products, while Asian countries have taken over at the lower end of the market. Comprising two-thirds
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In 1982, the town was struck again by the closure of the Rhodia factory, which left almost 2,000 employees out in the cold, followed shortly afterwards by the difficulties of the Kelton-Timex clockmaking company. In almost twenty years, the town lost almost 10,000 industrial jobs and seems set for a
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or, Zenith, Lip and Laudet all had to reduce their staff, as did watch supply companies such as Brunchwing and Nicolet (dials) and Manzoni (watch glasses). In the long term, partial or total unemployment soared, exports and imports dropped considerably, many companies in the sector were jeopardized,
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against machinery in 1891, 1898, and 1899. Finally, the rest of the profession (engravers, chisellers, guillocheurs, enamellers, etc.) also had their own union, created in 1909. Employers' associations also existed alongside these workers' unions, including the Besançon clockmaker factory, which was
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defended Besançon's reputation and workforce, and the town reached such heights of popularity in the clockmaking industry that Parisian firms such as Maison Leroy set up shop in the city. The industry took off again at the beginning of the 20th century, with the town producing 635,980 items in 1900,
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Fortunately, changes in manufacturing processes from 1889 onwards breathed new life into the Besançon industry, which began to catch up with its Swiss neighbor. Then in 1892, legislation became neutral for the two competing countries, since Swiss watches imported from 1894 onwards had to be at least
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Although the town has had a gold case assembly workshop since 1881, created by the merger of several private firms and equipped with a full range of modern tools on par with those in Switzerland and the US, the case factory is only involved in an independent part of the clockmaking movement, not the
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Laurent Mégevand (1754-1814) settled in Besançon with 80 colleagues, founding the city's clockmaking industry, apparently to escape unemployment or because of his political activities. They subsequently brought 22 clockmaking families to the city, representing between 400 and 700 people, mainly from
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In addition to the many books on the city's clockmaking history and the Lip conflict, architectural elements also highlight the importance of this industry to the region. The town's long clockmaking past can be seen in the ten-meter-high clock at the Viotte train station, as well as in the numerous
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in 1807. But it wasn't until 1867 that Emmanuel's grandson, Ernest Lipmann, opened a full-fledged watch production workshop in the city. The brand officially appeared under the name Lip in 1896, and little by little the family business grew into a full-fledged industrial enterprise. In 1931, Lip SA
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The expansion of the clock and watchmaking industry in Besançon has led to a sharp rise in the number of related companies in the city. These included world-renowned companies such as Lip, Yema, Zenith and Maty, as well as smaller factories with workshops employing no more than a few dozen workers.
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hit the city at the end of 1930, and had significant repercussions until 1936. As the city and region depended heavily on Switzerland for basic parts, and that country was one of the first to be hit hard, the repercussions were soon felt in the Comtois capital. The crisis was particularly severe in
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is a documentary film directed by Thomas Faverjon in 2007, telling the story of the second Lip conflict through the testimonies of the "voiceless" (all those who were never heard from). It presents another Lip struggle in a company that has filed for bankruptcy, but remains perfectly profitable in
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retracing the great Lip strike. Through the eyes of a 20-year-old employee named Tulipe, the daughter of an Italian immigrant, the film revisits the highlights of the 1970s struggle. In June 2010, production company Jade Production called on all Bisontins to come and take part in a re-enactment of
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manufacturing. Taking their cue from their neighbors, local clockmakers called for the creation of an independent certifying body, offering a wide range of services including watch testing and local production of accurate time. A chronometric observatory, inspired by those in Geneva and Neuchâtel,
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However, the dominance of Swiss clockmaking was not simply due to administrative differences: the Swiss were far more enterprising and organized than the people of Besançon, and clearly understood that the future of clockmaking lay in technical developments. At the Philadelphia Exhibition in 1877,
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By becoming the Lycée technique d'État Jules Haag in 1978, then the Lycée polyvalent Jules Haag in 1987, the clockmaking school, which conveys its rich technological culture, aligns itself with the other Lycées in Bisont, which are also polyvalent, in its general education function, but retains a
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At the end of the nineteenth century, the city of Besançon, in line with the intense activity in the clockmaking industry and in the image of Swiss museums, began to consider the idea of creating a clockmaking museum. Attempts were made to build up collections, and after several difficulties, the
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In 1905, a controversy erupted in the town because of the perceived unfair competition from civil servants (letter carriers, teachers, customs officers, country wardens, etc.) who were solicited by watch manufacturers to sell horological products, which put Besançon's clock merchants at a serious
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from 1939 to 1943 and listed as a historic monument on June 20, 1986. Today, the building is considered an architectural masterpiece of its kind. The building is made of reinforced concrete with steel beams, and also includes a private formal garden with a swimming pool and tennis court, and was
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district opposite Maty. However, the quartz crisis threatened the company, which experienced numerous difficulties and had to lay off many of its employees: by 1985, only 1,400 remained. The workforce subsequently dwindled even further, to around 200 by 2005, before the relocation of part of the
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district, employing over 1,000 people. In 1967, the Swiss trust Ébauches SA bought 33% of Lip's capital, then in 1970 43%, the maximum share authorized at the time; the first workers' mobilizations began in 1968. In 1969, a first downsizing plan failed thanks to the mobilization of employees and
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gradually made its appearance. Movement factories were set up to mechanically manufacture driving parts, drastically reducing the time and manpower required to manufacture Franc-Comtois watches. New kinds of production workshops appeared in the Comtois capital, such as MM. Bloch-Geismar and Cie,
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while neglecting the Besançon school, and above all Swiss competition, considered unfair by the profession. In fact, the French authorities regarded a watch as a piece of jewelry because of its casing, which was usually made of gold or silver, and the French product was therefore subjected to a
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However, the clockmaking industry remained very much alive in the town. For several generations, the life of the inhabitants was shaped by this industry, particularly in terms of skilled employment. And although today the number of workshops is low, representing just 89 establishments and 2,119
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companies have fewer than 50 employees. In Besançon, the main clockmaking companies and affiliates are Maty (600 employees, including 450 in Besançon), Cheval frères SAS (300 employees), SMB horlogerie (140 employees), Fralsen (around 100 employees), Breitling Besançon (at least 60 employees),
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However, a crisis struck in the late 1880s: thousands of jobs disappeared and many inhabitants left the town for lack of work, while others saw their wages drastically cut; production fell to 366,197 watches in 1888. The causes of this decline are many and difficult to pinpoint: the industrial
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A family workshop appeared in the 1800s: Lip, founded by Emmanuel Lipmann. A testimonial reports the existence of this small workshop as early as the 1800s; it was to become one of France's largest clock manufacturers: "In 1800, the future emperor, who was still only First Consul, was visiting
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Today, the Franc-Comté clockmaking industry represents 89 establishments, 2,119 salaried jobs, 2% of the region's industrial workforce, and 60% of the sector's national workforce (although salaried jobs fell by 29% between 2000 and 2005, with 900 fewer jobs between the two dates), and 85% of
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district was chosen, and the work was entrusted to the architect Guadet, who built the future Lycée Jules Haag. In 1931, the premises housed the school, as well as the Institut de Chronométrie under the direction of Mr. Jules Haag, and a jewelry section created in 1928. The
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The René Blind company was created and operated from 1955 to 1965 on rue du Funiculaire in Bregille. Employing up to 45 people, this small factory specialized in the manufacture of ladies' watches, marketed through wholesale networks. The company won several CETEHOR
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partially subject to the same controls as French products. In 1893, the city of Besançon organized a national, industrial, technical and retrospective exhibition to commemorate the arrival of the Swiss and Mégevand 100 years earlier. An agreement was reached with
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the company specialized in wartime clockmaking products. In 1929, the factory moved to Besançon, where the brand flourished, producing up to 100,000 watches in 1983. The company is still in business today. The Dodane factory in Besançon was built by
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watches themselves. Watch assembly still relies too heavily on manual labor compared to competitors, and the use of machines is almost non-existent in the city. The Besançon clockmaking industry continued to manufacture rough metal parts called
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administration applied testing and inspection duties to unworked, unpolished, and unengraved cases, whereas at the nearby Swiss border, these duties were levied only on finished products, therefore relieved of the burden of engraving.
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was governed by an outstanding figure: Louis Trincano, a former graduate of the school who became a clockmaker in the town and secretary of the factory's union, who obtained the de facto nationalization of the establishment in 1921.
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series of rigorous, heavily taxed tests designed to check the reliability of the finished piece. Every French manufacturer was obliged to take his boxes to the guarantee office, where an official checked them, and paid a high
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For decades, all these factories have played an essential part in the city's economy, offering a wide range of jobs to the local population. The following is a non-exhaustive list of the city's biggest names in the field of
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and fierce competition from Switzerland put Besançon in even greater difficulty. This crisis was first symbolized by the famous Lip affair, which left a lasting mark on the town's history. The company was threatened with
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that the clockmaking industry experienced a sharp upturn: 5,600 pieces in 1847; 100,000 in 1854; 200,000 in 1860; 373,138 in 1869; 395,000 watches in 1872; 493,933 in 1882; then 501,602 in 1883. In 1880, according to the
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on a European scale, and to the specific field of time-frequency on a global scale. One area of the city became home to most of the new microtechnology activities: the microtechnology and science park, commonly known as
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In 1923, the project to build a new school was launched, supported in particular by Monsieur Labbé, Director General of Technical Education, who visited Besançon the following year. The site on Avenue Villarceau in the
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The Dodane company was founded in 1857 by Alphonse Dodane and his father-in-law François-Xavier Joubert, just over the border from Switzerland, in a village called La Rasse. The family workshop subsequently moved to
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production to China led to the loss of around 150 jobs, bringing the current workforce down to just under a hundred. However, the company seems to be out of the crisis, and is even planning to hire a few new staff.
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difficult recovery. Thanks in part to the decentralization laws of 1982, the town's industrial vocation was transformed into that of a tertiary center. In 1985, 80% of watches were still produced in the
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women: the Maty company was born. Headquartered on boulevard Kennedy in the Montrapon-Fontaine-Écu district, the company also operates in the city of Belfort, and currently employs around 800 people.
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Besançon, as the majority of the city's companies manufactured small watches, which fell by 46%, while large watches dropped by 18%. By the end of 1931, many companies in Besançon were affected: the
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in the spring of 1973, giving rise to a new kind of social struggle based on self-management and provoking a nationwide wave of solidarity that culminated on September 29 with the
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decommissioned in 1994. Located in the Montrapon-Fontaine-Écu district, the Dodane factory's architectural homogeneity is a fitting testimony to Bisont's clockmaking activity.
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and around thirty closed for good between 1931 and 1936. It wasn't until December 1935 that the sector recovered somewhat, and in 1936 the situation returned to almost normal.
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partnership of local elected officials and a scientific project brought the project to fruition in 1890. The aim was to combine two municipal collections: the first, from the
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in Besançon, offering them spacious premises and subsidies. These links with the Swiss workers' milieu were to prove decisive, both socially and politically, for the
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France (46 employees, 700,000 watches produced per year), Sibra (production of leather watch straps, 40 employees) and Universo France (at least 40 employees).
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in the late 19th century, is considered a masterpiece of its kind. It is made up of 30,000 elements and features 122 interrelated indications, including:
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some 50,000, although a large number turned out to be of Swiss origin; actual production was counted from 1821, with a total of 30,000 pieces. After the
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Tribaudeau was a small, traditional clockmaking company founded in 1876, named after its founder, G. Tribaudeau, and located next to the
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The lycée was built between 1923 and 1933 in the Grette-Butte district. In 2010, the school's administration is working with the
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Action Horlogerie has been making watches since 1961. They specialize in the production of watches for men, women and children.
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by the Jewish community of Besançon. This event marked a turning point in the city's clockmaking history, but also for
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was orchestrated by architect Étienne-Bernard Saint-Ginest. The time given by the observatory was posted at the
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Laurent Mégevand (1754-1814) Swiss-born watchmaker, founder of Besançon's historic watchmaking industry.
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salaried jobs in the whole region, Besançon nonetheless retains indelible traces of this rich past. The
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a great success with both manufacturers and traders. Other employers' unions existed, such as the
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L'affaire Lip et les catholiques de Franche-Comté : Besançon, 17 avril 1973-29 janvier 1974
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rapport de M.Fernier au Congrès de la Ligue contre la concurrence déloyale, Besançon, 1905.
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capital of microtechnology), and the Lycée Jules Haag played its part in this development.
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set up their first workshops in the Comtois capital. Then, little by little, the people of
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Naissance, développement et situation actuelle de l'industrie horlogère à Besançon...
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disadvantage. In the same year, around a hundred clockmakers in Besançon founded the
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Visite de Fred Olsen, PDG de Fralsen, à la filiale de Besançon, sur le site de l'INA
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Le développement de l'entreprise d'horlogerie Trib à Besançon, sur le site de l'INA
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La Naissance du mouvement ouvrier à Besançon: la Première Internationale, 1869-1872
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Jacques Borgé and Nicolas Viasnoff, Archives de la Franche-Comté, 1996, page 161 (
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Emmanuel Lipmann (19th century), a Jew from Besançon, founder of the Lip dynasty.
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R. Goudey : Horloge astronomique de Saint-Jean de Besançon, 1909, 30 pages.
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Pays et gens de France : Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Larousse, 1985, page 17.
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Pays et gens de France : Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Larousse, 1985, page 18.
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Comité de Défense des Fabricants d'Horlogerie du Doubs et Territoire de Belfort
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was founded, employing 350 people; in 1960, the new Lip factory opened in the
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joined in the clockmaking fever, definitively transforming Besançon into the
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L'horlogerie et les microtechniques en Franche-Comté sur le site de l'INSEE
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held on Place Labourey in Besançon in 1860, the city was recognized as the
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La Route des Communes du Doubs, Éditions C'Prim, 386 pages, 2010, page 78.
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La Route des Communes du Doubs, Éditions C'Prim, 386 pages, 2010, page 88.
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L'observatoire de Besançon sur le site officiel du ministère de la Culture
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L'industrie horlogère dans la région de Besançon : étude sociologique
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façade, and for the astronomical dome on the roof of the building itself.
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Edmond Maire and Charles Piaget, Lip 73, Éditions du Seuil, 1973, page 7.
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La mesure du temps, montres et horloges, by Éliane Maingot, published in
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Jacques Boyer, "Les trois piliers techniques de l'horlogerie française",
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Fralsen relocalise quelques pièces, sur France 3 Bourgogne Franche-Comté
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Les 100 plus grandes entreprises de Besançon sur le site de l'Express
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Histoire de l'horlogerie Dodane sur le site officiel de l'entreprise
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of the national clockmaking workforce, they are mainly found in the
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The former granary, now a clockmaking school and music conservatory.
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Besançon: école d'horlogerie, sur France 3 Bourgogne Franche-Comté
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Les Suisses et l'horlogerie à Besançon, sur Migrations.Besançon.fr
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district, and a statue has been erected near Saint-Jean Cathedral.
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Horlogerie : Fralsen remonte le temps, sur MaCommune.info
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Le musée du Temps sur le site officiel de la ville de Besançon
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718:École nationale supérieure de mécanique et des microtechniques
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2159:(fr) Michel Chevalier et Pierre Biays, "Chronique comtoise",
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Louis Trincano, "Pages d'Histoire de l'Industrie Horlogère",
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L'enseignement horloger à Besançon sur Racines-Comtoises.net
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Clockmaking in Besançon and its surrounding area before 1793
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Historique de l'horloge comtoise sur horlogerie-comtoise.fr
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Laurent Megevand sur le site officiel de la ville du Locle
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astronomical, meteorological, and chronometric observatory
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Histoire de l'horlogerie Zenith sur Horlogerie-Suisse.com
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Les Prés-de-Vaux, cœur de l’activité ouvrière bisontine"
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clockmaking poet. A city street bears his name, in the
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Histoire de l'entreprise Yema, sur montres-de-luxe.com
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are two documentaries about the Lip conflict made by
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1905:, Le journal de Carrefour, décembre 1999, numéro 58.
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L'usine des horlogeries Dodane sur le site de l'INA
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La mémoire de l'industrie: De l'usine au patrimoine
1432:, Yens-sur-Morges, Éditions Cabedita, 2003, 200 p.
2555:, base Mérimée, ministère français de la Culture.
2278:, article de l'Hebdo de Besançon of May 30, 2007.
2263:De mai 68 à LIP: un Dominicain au cœur des luttes
2061:, base Palissy, ministère français de la Culture.
1345:Books devoted entirely to clockmaking in Besançon
1251:the demonstration in the city's historic center.
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1107:Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon
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1818:Histoire de l'entreprise Lip sur montres-lip.com
1627:Bibliographie franc-comtoise 1980-1990, page 52.
1389:, Presses universitaires de France, 1955, 116 p.
1375:, no vol. 14, September 1944, pp. 175–210 (
509:Syndicat des Patrons Monteurs de Boxes en Argent
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641:From a timid revival to the end of the journey
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505:Syndicat des Patrons Monteurs de Boxes en Or
2244:La sage des montres Lip sur Linternaute.com
1525:, Presses Univ. Franche-Comté, 2006, 426 p.
1489:Jean-Pierre Gavignet and Lyonel Estavoyer,
1403:, Presses Univ. Franche-Comté, 1990, 83 p.
950:was a subsidiary of the Zenith group from
685:(dead city); the procession went from the
1666:Besançon sur le site officiel du Larousse
1616:Laurent Megevand sur Racinescomtoises.net
989:Centre Technique de l'Industrie Horlogère
763:centre technique de l'industrie horlogère
239:From early developments to initial crisis
1079:Places in Besançon linked to clockmaking
601:École Nationale d'Horlogerie de Besançon
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1466:Books featuring clockmaking in Besançon
634:Société générale des monteurs de boîtes
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94:, founder of the industry in the city.
1361:, no 2908, July 1933, pp. 75–80 (
693:to the Chamber of Commerce, along the
167:The founding of industrial clockmaking
42:French capital of clockmaking) at the
2636:Mémoires de Bregille, 2009, page 241.
2031:Mémoires de Bregille, 2009, page 240.
1406:Jean-Luc Mayaud and Joëlle Mauerhan,
880:The former Kelton-Timex factory, now
474:), tide dates and times, solar time,
7:
747:trade show, held every two years at
40:Capitale française de l'horlogerie (
1493:, Le Coteau, Horvath, 1989, 175 p.
496:Union ouvrier de la boîte de montre
1486:, Les Belles lettres, 1968, 136 p.
1446:, KARTHALA Editions, 2008, 288 p.
1373:Annales Françaises de Chronométrie
523:The craze for clockmaking training
270:International Universal Exhibition
202:Manufacture Française d'Horlogerie
28:history of clockmaking in Besançon
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2780:(accessed on November 14, 2010.).
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2760:Les Lip, l'imagination au pouvoir
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2699:Les Lip, l'imagination au pouvoir
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1843:, 1970, p. 65-79 (brochure).
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1484:La Crise des années 30 à Besançon
1396:, Éditions du Seuil, 1973, 138 p.
1392:Edmond Maire and Charles Piaget,
1323:Lycée Jules Haag official website
1311:Société archéologique de Touraine
1226:Les Lip, l'imagination au pouvoir
1142:Entrance to the Lycée Jules-Haag.
1066:Louis Duplain (1860-1931), was a
778:Illustrious clockmaking companies
488:syndicat des ouvriers horlogers (
319:Besançon Astronomical Observatory
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1511:, Besançon, Cêtre, 1994, 824 p.
1425:, OCLC 468594904, BNF 37642154).
1354:, J. Millot et cie. 1909, 300 p.
1174:Besançon clockmaking in the arts
893:Small and medium-sized companies
649:The former Kelton-Timex factory.
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274:Capitale de la montre française
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2167:, accessed on August 22, 2020)
1903:L'épopée de la mesure du temps
1161:capitale des microtechniques (
1148:Franche-Comté regional council
517:Comité des Patrons Décorateurs
68:École d'Horlogerie de Besançon
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2676:, 2002, 319 pages - page 205.
2586:(accessed on July 30, 2010.).
1266:La marche de Besançon, Lip II
998:Action Horlogerie PV 22 Watch
966:Inside of a Tribaudeau watch.
577:École municipale d'horlogerie
545:École Municipale d'horlogerie
140:clock, made in particular in
44:1860 International Exhibition
2701:sur le site officiel du film
2113:Besançon autrefois, page 82.
2101:Besançon autrefois, page 81.
2083:Besançon autrefois, page 80.
2011:Besançon autrefois, page 79.
1984:Besançon autrefois, page 78.
1939:Besançon autrefois, page 77.
1877:Besançon autrefois, page 75.
1603:Besançon autrefois, page 74.
2225:La marche Lip sur Lepost.fr
2161:Revue Géographique de l'Est
1110:, which possessed watches,
784:List of watch manufacturers
728:, precision mechanics, and
567:, and a grand prize at the
428:Besançon Astronomical Clock
421:Besançon astronomical clock
233:Besançon's Jewish community
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907:Dodane clockmaking factory
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208:project fomented in 1871.
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60:Dodane watchmaking factory
2208:, t. II, p. 570-571.
2137:à Besançon, page 34 à 53.
1715:, t. II, p. 251-253.
1385:Viviane Isambert-Jamati,
1246:is a documentary film by
1244:Lip, un été tous ensemble
972:funicular railway station
575:. From 1912 to 1944, the
22:Flower clock in Besançon.
1415:Besançon ville horlogère
1044:'s table clock, made in
1028:Statue of Louis Duplain.
184:, but also from Geneva,
180:and the principality of
2811:Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
2762:sur Objectif-cinema.com
2662:http://www.sav.support/
1183:Besançon-Viotte station
867:Maty is another famous
569:1889 Paris World's Fair
565:1878 Paris World's Fair
561:1867 Paris World's Fair
306:Difficult mechanization
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1151:the Regional Council,
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876:Kelton-Timex (Fralsen)
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361:Incomparable expansion
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2739:Présentation du film
2180:, t. II, p. 519.
2150:, t. II, p. 518.
1528:Hector Tonon et al.,
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1456:read online
1428:Jean Divo,
1377:read online
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1255:Fils de Lip
1230:documentary
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1068:self-taught
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919:World War I
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2417:La Tribune
1544:References
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976:mail order
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150:Haut Jura
2806:Besançon
2774:Le film
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1301:Le Locle
1296:Horology
1280:Appendix
1168:Art Deco
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1048:in 1564.
1046:Augsburg
952:Le Locle
948:Bregille
791:horology
691:Planoise
670:Far East
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452:seasons
434:, this
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98:History
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472:epact
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330:watch
294:Paris
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157:Swiss
142:Morez
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