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Mondaine Watch Limited was founded in 1951 by Erwin Bernheim when the Mondaine trademark was established. A pioneer of Swiss watch design throughout its history Mondaine was the first company in the 1970s to design digital watches and watches with LCD displays.

The company's real success though owes itself to an iconic design from 1944. It was then that Hans Hilfiker, a Swiss engineer and designer and employee of the Federal Swiss Railway, created a clock which has become known as the 'Official Swiss Railways Clock'. An icon in its own right this design now takes its place in an eternal hall of fame alongside other well know design icons such as the Coca Cola bottle, the Mercedes star and the Toblerone packaging.

In 1986 the Mondaine watch company took the blueprint of the iconic patented design of the Railways Clock and recreated this into a watch collection. These watches are the famous clock design in miniature and carry the same Swiss reputation of excellent watch making skills, punctuality and uncomplicated design.

The Mondaine watch collection has, in turn, become a respected design in its own right, going from strength to strength. It is now widely considered to be one of the "10 Classic Swiss Watch Designs" and although the styles may have been tweaked over the years the basic Mondaine design remains the same and true to the Official Swiss Railway original - a simple dial with straight line second and minute markings and iconic red second hand. This probably explains the watch's eternal appeal and a design identity which other watch brands have tried to emulate. Not surprising, then, that the Mondaine Watch appears in most design museums collection's throughout the world - as well as the affordable price applied to all its various reincarnations.

Mondaine built a new factory in Biberist in Switzerland in 2009 where all its watches are manufactured and, therefore, are officially Swiss Made.

Erwin Bernheim left the company in 2003 and today it is managed by his sons Ronnie and André Bernheim. As well as the Mondaine Brand the company now manufactures other watch brands including Camel Active and M-Watch.

Here at Utility we have been a Mondaine Watch dealer and retailer since we opened our first store in 1999.

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