please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources sant blanc news newspapers books scholar jstor free images may 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message sant blanc product type wristwatches accessories gourmet chocolate country france introduced paris france 1779 markets jewelers watchmaking previous owners gaston sant blanc ambassador s jon todd ceo tagline a world of luxury website www.santblanc.com sant blanc is a family owned watch and jewelry company founded in 1779 by gaston sant blanc . sant blanc sells jewelry and luxury wristwatches to an international market . history edit in 1779 a self educated french clockmaker and mathematician gaston sant blanc crafted a complicated clock movement in paris france . sant blanc continued his work in paris where he crafted innovative micro movements and complicated pocket watches . in 1895 his grandson herschel gaston sant blanc a master watchmaker continued development of complications in period micro sized movement pocket watches always endeavoring to craft smaller more accurate time keepers . in 1899 sant blanc introduced a wristwatch for ladies . the delicate sized wrist watch was parisian high fashion . the stylish all gold ladies time keeper on a bracelet was designed and made entirely by the sant blanc family . while most french watchmakers relocated to switzerland the sant blanc family remained in paris a family owned firm . sant blanc continued to develop cutting edge timepieces complicated movement wristwatches clocks and fine luxury jewelry . in 1999 sant blanc began to offer fine luxury swiss made watches and timepieces on the internet . today sant blanc is headquartered in the united states and led by sant blanc s great grandson mr. jon todd . in 2002 jon todd assisted john brozek 1 with his book the rolex report an unauthorized reference book for the rolex enthusiast by supplying authentic rolex watch photos to be used . a special entry was made in the book to recognize mr. todd for the photos . also most of the modern rolex watch models were supplied by sant blanc and noted with the note courtesy of generalwar.com generalwar is the name of the sant blanc ebay store and stands for general watches accessories and restoration . references edit brozek john e. 2002 . the rolex report an unauthorized reference book for the rolex enthusiast . saint petersburg fl infoquest pub . p. 3 . isbn 0972313303 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sant blanc & oldid 659994132 categories high fashion brandsjewelry retailers of the united statesluxury brandshidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from may 2012all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles needing additional references from february 2013all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 april 2015 at 03 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view