Squale

Charles and Hélène von Büren founded a watchmaking company called Von Büren SA in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. They soon turned their attention to the then virtually unexplored field of professional diving watches and began producing reliable, tough, high-quality watches under the “Squale” brand.

Their daughter Monique became involved in the business and through testing the early watches became an excellent swimmer and expert diver. She went on to become a marine biologist.

In 1959, under Charles’ supervision, Von Büren SA registered the Squale trademark and obtained the first patent for the manufacturing of a diving watch case.

Having a reliable diving watch was crucial for a diver at that time. In those years watches were the only devices that divers could use to calculate diving times so they were considered one of the most essential tools for divers’ safety.

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