Jean Lassale
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Jean Lassale was a Swiss watch company that designed the Calibre 1200, featuring the thinnest mechanical watch movement: 1.2 mm.[1] In the 1970s, Pierre Mathys,[2] master watchmaker in La Chaux-de-Fonds, designed and built the prototype of a revolutionary watch caliber, with the goal of making the thinnest watch in the world. To achieve this feat, Mathys based his design on the work of Robert Annen,[3][4][5] who previously had the idea of using ball bearings in small scale horology. Mathys decided to remove the bridges and counter-pivot, and instead use ball bearings for the axis.
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Watch manufacturing |
Founded | 1976 by Jean Bouchet-Lassale |
Fate | Bankruptcy |
Headquarters | Geneva , Switzerland |
Key people | Jean Bouchet-Lassale, founder; Pierre Mathys, watchmaker |
Products | Prestige watches |
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