SÖNER's Library of Inspiration

Richard Mille Rectangular Watches: RM 016 History and Complete Guide

Richard Mille is the most radical proposition in contemporary watchmaking. Founded in 2001 by French entrepreneur Richard Mille in partnership with Dominique Guenat of Guenat SA, the brand arrived ...

Patek Philippe Gondolo: History and Complete Guide

Patek Philippe requires little introduction. Founded in Geneva in 1839 by Antoine Norbert de Patek and François Czapek, and reformulated in 1845 into the partnership between Antoine Patek and the F...

Raymond Weil Toccata Rectangular Watch: History and Complete Guide

Raymond Weil is one of the watch industry's most resolutely independent family businesses. Founded in Geneva in 1976, right in the middle of the quartz crisis, an act of either extraordinary confid...

Oris Rectangular Watch: History and Complete Guide

Oris is one of Switzerland's most characterful independent watch brands, founded in 1904 by Paul Cattin and Georges Christian in the Swiss town of Hölstein, the company was named after a nearby bro...

Hamilton Rectangular Watches: Boulton & Ardmore History

Hamilton Watch Company was founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1892, born from the merger of two local watchmakers and propelled immediately by a landmark contract to supply pocket watches to th...

Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945: History & Guide

Girard-Perregaux is one of the oldest watch manufactures in the world, with origins tracing to 1791 in Geneva. In 1852, Constant Girard established Girard & Cie in La Chaux-de-Fonds; two years ...