Parrenin was a French ébauche and movement manufacturer founded in the 1870s by Hippolyte Parrenin in Villers-le-Lac, Franche-Comté, approximately 70 km from Besançon and only 8 km from the Swiss border near Le Locle. The factory supplied ébauches to both Swiss and French watchmakers, including Tissot. By 1930 it employed 130 workers, making it one of the larger concerns in the French horological industry.

Production comprised primarily Swiss-lever escapement movements until the late 1960s, then shifting heavily to Roskopf (pin-lever) ébauches; by 1973 output reached nearly 1.2 million Roskopf units per year. Parrenin went bankrupt in 1974, was acquired by Hong Kong-based Remex in 1977, and pivoted to quartz movement assembly. A new facility built in 1990 failed to secure long-term viability, and the company closed in 1992.

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Manufacturer Movement
Parrenin Manual 40.75 mm
Parrenin Manual 23.7 mm
Parrenin Manual 26 mm
Parrenin Manual 26 mm
Parrenin Manual 23.7 mm
Parrenin Manual 23.69 mm
Parrenin Manual 23.7 mm
Parrenin Manual 23.7 mm
Parrenin Manual 26 mm
Parrenin Manual 36.1 mm
Parrenin Manual 23.7 mm
Parrenin Manual 29.33 mm
Parrenin Manual 26 mm
Parrenin Manual 26 mm
Parrenin Manual 26 mm
Parrenin Manual 26 mm
Parrenin Manual 26 mm
Parrenin Manual 40.75 mm
Parrenin Manual 26 mm
Parrenin Manual 26 mm
Parrenin Manual 26 mm
Parrenin Automatic 26.35 mm
Parrenin Manual 29.33 mm
Parrenin Manual 29.33 mm
Parrenin Manual 24.81 mm
Parrenin Manual 24.81 mm
Parrenin Manual 19.74 mm
Parrenin Manual 19.74 mm
Parrenin Manual 23.69 mm
Parrenin Manual 24.81 mm