In 1865 Georges Favre-Jacot, at the age of only 22, created what was to later become the core concept of the watch-making term 'Manufacture', and give rise to Zenith watches. Favre-Jacot brought various artisans involved in the watch-making industry together under one roof. He provided the basic facilities, including heat and light, that enabled these artisans to focus entirely on the design and making of their timepieces. The 'manufacture' was born.
The word manufacture derives from the French language where the word literally means a 'manufacturing company'. In the watch-making industry 'manufacture' has come to be used to denote a factory where watches are made almost completely if not entirely - in particular, the watch 'movement', the principal elements and mechanism of a watch. Because Zenith, conceives, manufactures and assembles its own movements in its workshops in Le Locle, in Switzerland, it can be called a Swiss Watch Manufacture. A term and a guarantee of excellence that is rare for a watch brand today.