A Brief History of Gay Frèr: Bracelet Kg | Bob's Watch Rolex Blog

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• WELE TO FRANCIS & GAYE JEWELLERS
• FRANCIS & GAYE SALE
• FRANCIS & GAYE LIMED
• FRANCIS & GAYE
• FRANCIS & GAYE
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• A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY FRèR
• FRANCIS & GAYE JEWELLERS REVIEWS
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WELE TO FRANCIS & GAYE JEWELLERS

Fd signer watch at a actn of the price our watch sale at Francis & Gaye. Francis & Gaye Limed. About Francis & Gaye.

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Among the was Gay Frèr, a well-known metal bracelet manufacturer, who supplied bracelets to a number of proment, luxury timepiece pani.

Found 1835 by Jean-Pierre Gay and Gaspard Tissot, Gay Frèr origally specialized the productn of handma, gold chas for e wh pocket watch and other var jewelry-related applitns.

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Throughout much of the 20th century, Gay Frèr played a major role wh the wristwatch dtry as one of s largt and most highly regard bracelet manufacturers. Gay Frèr’ fluence is unmistakably lked to Rolex (Pictured: Cosmograph Daytona 116250).

There were other pani that manufactured metal bracelets for wristwatch; however the novative signs of Gay Frèr, along wh the pany’s nsistently strong build, qualy and craftsmanship, earned them the dtry’s top spot.

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Addnally, durg the 1930s, nsumer preferenc shifted towards watch wh stals steel s, which gave Gay Frèr an addnal advantage.

Stals steel is signifintly harr and more difficult to shape than gold, and nsequently requir a level of expertise craftsmanship that only a few pani at the time (other than Gay Frèr) would have been able to supply, let alone manufacture on a large sle. By the 1970s, Gay Frèr had already built a strong reputatn as both a manufacturer and a bracelet signer.

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Due to their unrivaled expertise and experience manufacturg watch bracelets om stals steel, Aumars Piguet approached Gay Frèr for the tegrated bracelet on their now-inic Royal Oak. Four years later, Patek Philippe also reached out to Gay Frèr; however this time was for help wh the bracelet on their newly-signed petor to Aumars Piguet’s Royal Oak: the Ntil.

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At the height of s succs durg the mid 1970s, Gay Frèr was nng the largt factory Geneva and employg over 500 craftsmen and specialists.

In addn to bracelets for wristwatch, Gay Frèr also manufactured a variety of other jewelry-related products. While was Gay Frèr that manufactured the very firsts metal bracelets for Rolex durg the 1930s, thgs would ultimately e full circle for the legendary bracelet maker 1998, when Rolex purchased the historic pany as part of an ongog effort to acquire past suppliers and vertilly tegrate all aspects of their productn procs.

Possibly the most imprsive feature about Gay Frèr was the pany’s abily to produce a seemgly endls variety of wonrful and distct bracelet signs that would perfectly pliment an impossibly diverse range of wristwatch.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY FRèR

Throughout their long and illtr history, Gay Frèr manufactured bracelets for everythg om nservatively signed drs watch of the 1950s, to chunky and overtly sporty chronographs om the 1970s. Issu d’une longue lignée lapidair et pivotrs, Ge Gay s’t lancé dans la productn montr et chronograph en 1943.

Quelqu décenni pl tard, l marqu DESOTOS, puis Ge Gay, voyaient le jour. Ge Gay a su développer et cultiver s montr hte qualé. Chaque gar-temps Ge Gay t fabriqué spécialement pour son acquérr.

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FRANCIS & GAYE JEWELLERS REVIEWS

I bought two watch om Francis & Gaye this year (2023) and both buyg experienc have been exceptnal. Great work Cherri - Thank of experience: 06 April 2023Excellent serviceI bought a Haton watch om Francis and Gaye over the ter which stopped workg the warranty perd.

Communitn was excellent, I was kept rmed of the progrs of the repair and the repaired watch was returned wh the advised time you Francis and Gaye om a very happy ctomer! Defely worth the journey to of experience: 29 June 2022Can't beat their ctomer serviceAll pani should aspire to Francis & Gaye standards.

Well done Francis & Gaye!

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I would remend you to of experience: 29 September 2021Manufacturer problem sorted very quickly wh no fsI bought a Brn watch om Francis and Gaye recently. Would fely e of experience: 20 Febary 2021Fantastic ctomer service received…Fantastic ctomer service received om the staff at Francis and Gaye Coventry. Need to get sorted by 1st of November, e gog on holiday for 3 of experience: 19 October 2018Reply om Francis & Gaye Jewellers15 Jan 2019Good afternoon, I have checked through our rerds and have found no emails or voicemails regardg this matter.

My partner recieved a very apologetic phone ll om a reprentative at Francis and Gaye today and they have thrown an extra gift to the value of £79. Thankyou for a great service and a great watch Francis & Gaye Jewellers! I will not be g Francis & Gaye aga for my jewelry of experience: 26 September 2017.

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