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Verger, Paris.
Two generations of designers and casemakers
founded by Ferdinand Verger in 1872, Place des
Victoires à Paris. Ferdinand Verger had two sons,
Georges and Henri. In 1896 the trade mark "F.V."
was registered. Ferdinand Verger bought from
Roux, the firm of Lepine, Place des Victoires, in 1901
and in 1914 he liquidated the remaining stock to
Louis Leroy but kept the trade mark which was
registrated again by him in 1917.
Successors of their father in 1911, Georges and Henri
setteled at 51 rue Sainte Anne under the name of
Verger Frères. The master-mark became "V.F.".
They were the agent in Paris for Vacheron &
Constantin. Not only wholesalers but also
designers and case-makers. They produced cases
for the finest jewellers of the world, including
Boucheron, Mauboussin, Ostertag, Tiffany, La
Cloche, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Giibelin and
even Hauser-Zivy y Cia. in Mexico.
They employed up to 40 craftsmen in Paris, not
only jewellers to produce cases and to fit the
movements, but also watchmakers for adjusting
and after sale service of the movements.
Some of their models are very original, such as the
so-called "Bras en l'air", made with a figure of
Buddah, of a serpent charmer or of a Mandarin,
the famous "Radiateur", often sold as a purse
clasp, the "Montres à volet" , produced for
Ostertag, Van Cleef & Arpels, Boucheron,
Mauboussin, Giibelin and Tiffany and the
celebrated "Montre Cadenas", specially designed
for Van Cleef & Arpels.
The revival of the fashion for dials and cases with
painted miniatures on ivory panels count among
theirs great successes.
Informations kindly supplied by M. Jean-Pierre
Brun, Jeweller in Paris.