1976

• Chopard introduces the Happy Diamonds line.
• Patek Philippe brings the model Nautilus, designed by the Gérald Genta, on the market .
• Michel Parmigiani begins his career with the restoration of elaborate art of the haute horlogerie.
• Raymond Weil launches his own brand of watches.
• Junghans stops the production of mechanical movements completely and shifts the focus of all development efforts entirely on the perfection of the quartz watch.
• Citizen creates the first solar watch, the Crystron Solar Cell
• ETA introduces the Flatline quartz movements

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