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History of Hanhart

Founded in 1882

Hanhart is founded The sun glows red in the evening sky over the little town of Diessenhofen, located on the River Rhine in northeast Switzerland, as the watchmaker Johann A. Hanhart sits down, takes out a pen and paper and drafts an announcement. He “respectfully informs the worthy residents of Diessenhofen and surroundings” that he has purchased a business and its premises at the town’s Hauptstrasse with the intention of opening a watch shop. Relocation to Germany Relocation of the manufactory in 1902 to Schwenningen in southern Germany, the stronghold of watchmaking.