Schwarz Etienne was founded in 1902 by Paul Arthur Schwarz and his wife Olga Etienne. The company was established in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a place it continues to call home. It was originally a manufacturer of movements, supplying watchmaking luminaries such as Chanel, Dunhill, Mauboussin and Caran d’Ache, and became renowned for making high quality, reliable calibres.