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LAREX was a Swiss watch manufacturer and manufacturer of watch movements.

It was founded in 1884 by Alfred Lugrin (1858-1920), who had trained at Jaeger-LeCoultre. Lugrin received awards and gold medals at exhibitions in Milan in 1906 and in Berne in 1914. Until 1930, the factory was called Lugrin SA, until Lugrin's son-in-law Marius Meylan established the brand name Larex by Gevena Watch Co., based in l'Orient.

In 1932, Larex, Omega and Tissot merged to form SSIH group.[1]

Larex produced movements for Omega, including for the watch Buzz Aldrin wore on the moon.

With the advent of electronic watches in the 1970s, sales of mechanical watches from the SSIH Group collapsed massively. In 1980, creditor banks gave Nicolas Hayek the task of restructuring the group. In the course of a management buy-out, Larex separated from the SSIH Group in 1981 and changed its name to Nouvelle Lemania. In 1992 the Nouvelle Larex was bought by Breguet. The Larex calibers are still used today in watches of numerous well-known brands. But in 1996 again Nouvelle Lémania changed it’s name to Larex by Geneva.

http://www.watch-wiki.net/index.php?title=Lemania'References'

Young, Anthony (July 5, 2011). "The Larex Legacy". International Watch. Retrieved 7 September 2017.

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