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DE HAVILLAND WATCHES
A HIGHLY DEMANDING BRAND
De Havilland creates authentic watches for pilots. They are the result of the experience, skills and demands of two Swiss pilots and entrepreneurs, passionate about cutting-edge techniques and active in the heart of the watch-making region.
Based on this entrepreneurial spirit, this passion for aviation, this high-tech culture and this friendship strong in complicity, De Havilland Watches was born. A brand of respect; a homage to a rich history and a promising future.
A new player in the watch-making world, it brings a pioneering spirit, a flair for technological innovation and a high level of performance worthy of all those who have made it shine in the aeronautical sky.
FOUNDERS AND OWNERS OF DE HAVILLAND WATCHES
Jean-Daniel Carrard is the founder and director of a micro-electronics company in Yverdon-les-Bains and has been para-gliding/hang-gliding since the 1970s. Manufacturer of measuring instruments for para-gliders/hanggliders,navigation and meteorology, he partners wellknown watch-making brands, is an inventor and owner of patents for applications using magnetic fields, and also a film-maker and photographer.
Patrick Guerne is the founder and director of a graphic arts company in La Chaux-de-fonds. He has been para-gliding/hang-gliding since 1978 and is also a microlight, plane and aerobatics pilot, as well as an inventor, film-maker and photographer. To promote liberalisation of the microlight, in 1999 he did a tour of Switzerland in one day in this machine.
The two friends have notably made a film about the famous vol-bivouac pilot, Didier Favre, and have worked with the University of neuchâtel to develop an innovative camera stabiliser.
Patrick Guerne
Jean-Daniel Carrard