====== 1886 ======

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  *  For the first time watches are awarded the [[Geneva Seal]] (also called Geneva hallmark, //Poinçon de Genève//) by the [[Geneva]] test office //Bureau Officiel de l'Etat pour le contrôle facultatif of montres de Genève//, as a quality seal. 
  *  The German watch manufacturer [[Junghans]] starts the production of [[pocket watch]]es, but suffers several setbacks at the beginning.
  *  [[Helwig, Alfred|Alfred Helwig]], the later inventor of the [[Flying tourbillon|flying tourbillon]], is born on 5 July 1886 in Goldbach/Niederlausitz (Germany).
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