At a glance
Identity and scope
La Joux-Perret is a Swiss watch-movement manufacture in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
This guide treats that identity as the starting point. It does not transfer line-level history to an individual watch without matching reference evidence. 1
Historical position
The official manufacture site documents its current movement families and integrated production capabilities.
The date and context belong to the event described, not automatically to every object bearing the name. 1
What the source establishes
The cited La Joux-Perret record is the evidence anchor used here for La Joux-Perret. Its documented scope is narrower than a complete corporate, calibre, or model archive.
Where the source speaks for the brand, its historical statements remain attributed rather than converted into independent verification. 1
Identify the exact watch
Record every visible dial signature, the complete case-back reference and serial markings, movement or module markings, dimensions, materials, and complications. Compare those details with a dated catalogue, manual, archive extract, or service document for the exact reference.
A shared logo or broadly similar case is an identification lead, not proof of age, originality, or authenticity. 1
Keep entities and dates separate
No specific date is established by this guide. Use only the documented context described above. Names may survive ownership changes, disappear and return, or refer to a founder, historic maker, product line, and present operator at different times.
Build an object-level chronology before making continuity claims. 1
Research a La Joux-Perret watch
Start with clear photographs of the dial, case back, crown, clasp, and movement where safely accessible. Search the exact markings in primary documentation and retain the document date and page or section.
For authentication, servicing, or valuation, use a qualified specialist and preserve provenance, invoices, and prior service records. 1
Independent research update
La Joux-Perret is a Swiss movement manufacture in La Chaux-de-Fonds with broad in-house movement-production capabilities.
La Joux-Perret entered Citizen Group through Citizen's 2012 acquisition of Prothor Holding.
As of 2025-2026, Citizen still describes La Joux-Perret as its subsidiary, with LVMH holding an investment rather than replacing Citizen control. 2534
Key dates
- 2012
- 2025
LVMH investment
Citizen announced LVMH capital investment while identifying La Joux-Perret as its subsidiary. 4
Ownership and continuity
The current evidence identifies La Joux-Perret and establishes the bounded historical context above; an individual watch still needs reference-level documentation. 1
Identification and service
For an individual watch, record the complete reference, serial, dial, case, and movement markings and compare them with dated primary documentation.
A brand history cannot authenticate, appraise, or establish the provenance of a particular watch.
Evidence and limits
How the claims are supported
- source stated claim
La Joux-Perret is a Swiss watch-movement manufacture in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
- source stated claim
The official manufacture site documents its current movement families and integrated production capabilities.
- verified observation
The cited La Joux-Perret page is the source used for this guide's bounded identity and history statements.
- verified observation
La Joux-Perret is a Swiss movement manufacture in La Chaux-de-Fonds with broad in-house movement-production capabilities.
- verified observation
La Joux-Perret entered Citizen Group through Citizen's 2012 acquisition of Prothor Holding.
- verified observation
As of 2025-2026, Citizen still describes La Joux-Perret as its subsidiary, with LVMH holding an investment rather than replacing Citizen control.
Known limits
- This guide does not authenticate or value an individual watch.
- The exact equity percentage of LVMH's investment was not stated in the reviewed announcement.
Direct sources
- Manufacture La Joux-PerretLa Joux-Perret · official company profile · accessed September 12, 2026
Locator: Identity and historical context used by this guide. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.
- La manufactureManufacture La Joux-Perret · official · accessed September 12, 2026
Locator: Relevant identity, history, control, or manufacturing passage. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.
- 当社連結子会社による株式取得に関するお知らせCitizen Watch · official · accessed September 12, 2026
Locator: Relevant identity, history, control, or manufacturing passage. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.
- Capital investment by the LVMH Group to La Joux-Perret S.A., a Subsidiary of Citizen GroupCitizen Watch · official · accessed September 12, 2026
Locator: Relevant identity, history, control, or manufacturing passage. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.
- Citizen’s The Citizen Is Finally Here — Powered By... La Joux-PerretFratello · specialist · accessed September 12, 2026
Locator: Relevant identity, history, control, or manufacturing passage. External source.
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