When the first horseless carriages appeared, George Ducommun became one of the region's first owners of an automobile. From there he made the daily journey to his factory by carriage. The success of his watches enabled him to live in Chateau des Monts, today home of the world-renowned Le Locle horological museum. He worked hard to set up his business, walking the 10 kilometers to La Chaux-de Fonds to deliver his products personally, even in the depth of winter. He started his own watch repair business when he was 20. At the age of 12, he became an apprentice in a manufacture specialised in casing-up watch movements. He was one of 13 children of a poor family. The founder of DOXA, Georges Ducommun (1868-1936), was born in Le Locle among the Jura hills of canton Neuchatel in Switzerland. Click here for Doxa timepieces currently for sale.ĭOXA was founded in 1889 in the heart of one of Switzerland's major and most inventive watch making areas, the canton of Neuchatel.
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