1950s

GRUEN Watch Company One of the most important and prestigious American watch manufacturers! Gruen watch company was an American watch company founded in 1874 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA by German-born watchmaker Dietrich Gruen. "On December 22, 1874, Gruen obtained a...

OMEGA Omega is a Swiss luxury watchmaker known for producing high-quality and prestigious timepieces. The company was founded in 1848 by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Louis Brandt started as a watchmaker, and he produced key-wound pocket watches. Originally, it...

HELBROS WATCH Co. – “Helbros watches are a fantastic part of the US watch story, "one of the most popular brands of the 50's and 60's."  Helbros was a major US watch company, founded in 1913 by the Swiss-German Helbein...

NIVADA SA, Grenchen"Nivada is a Swiss watch company founded in the town of Grenchen, Switzerland. Nivada is a manufacturer of Swiss watches, their timepieces have been in the watchmaking industry since 1926... In the United States, Croton was formed in 1940 as a distributor for...

“Elgin, The Watchword for Elegance and Efficiency.”By the early 20th century, Elgin was producing over 1 million watches per year and was the largest producer of fine watches in the world.ELGIN WATCH COMPANY was a leading American watch manufacturer that...

“Elgin, The Watchword for Elegance and Efficiency.”By the early 20th century, Elgin was producing over 1 million watches per year and was the largest producer of fine watches in the world.ELGIN WATCH COMPANY was a leading American watch manufacturer that...

H. Moser & Cie. Founded at the turn of the 19th century by Heinrich Moser, “a young entrepreneur destined to forge his own path.” Moser was born in Schaffhausen into a family of watchmakers, he followed the footsteps of his family and...

H. Moser & Cie. Founded at the turn of the 19th century by Heinrich Moser, “a young entrepreneur destined to forge his own path.” Moser was born in Schaffhausen into a family of watchmakers, he followed the footsteps of his family and...

 LONGINES - "The World's most Honored Watch" "The only watch in history to win 10 World's Fair Grand Prizes and 28 Gold Medals -- to be classified 'first' in competitions organized by the four government observatories; Washington, Kew-Teddington, Neuchatel and...

“Elgin, The Watchword for Elegance and Efficiency.”By the early 20th century, Elgin was producing over 1 million watches per year and was the largest producer of fine watches in the world.ELGIN WATCH COMPANY was a leading American watch manufacturer that...

BULOVA The Bulova Watch Company is a renowned American watchmaker with a rich history that spans over a century. The company was founded in 1875 by Joseph Bulova, a 23-year-old Czech immigrant, in New York City. Initially, Bulova focused on...

DOXA S.A. is a Swiss watchmaking company that was founded in 1889 by Georges Ducommun in Le Locle, Switzerland. The company started as a small family business, producing high-quality timepieces with precision movements. Doxa also began as a maker of...

"Techniques d'Avant Garde" ED. HEUER & Co.  From TAG HEUER website – “The company established by Edouard Heuer in 1860 would rely on two foundations – family leadership and technical innovation.” TAG Heuer is a well-known Swiss watch brand that was...

"Look for that Bulova difference.” 1957 BULOVA 23 "B"   - White - 23 Jewels - Stainless Steel Back - Self-Winding - Certified Waterproof - 6 Adjustments - Shock-Resistant - Anti-Magnetic - Unbreakable Mainspring - Sweep Second Hand A STUNNING timepiece!...

OMEGA  Omega is a Swiss luxury watchmaker known for producing high-quality and prestigious timepieces. The company was founded in 1848 by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland; Louis Brandt started as a watchmaker, and he produced key-wound pocket watches. Originally,...

Omega Seamaster Seamaster, the longest product line still produced by Omega. It is also, the first waterproof watch Omega and the oldest current Omega's collection, "The Omega Seamaster is a line of manual winding, automatic, chronometer and quartz watches that Omega...

CORTEBERT – A watch brand with a legacy in cutting edge watchmaking.  Cortebert was a Swiss watchmaking company that was established in 1790 in the town of Courtelary, located in the Swiss Jura Mountains. Known for its high-quality timepieces, Cortebert...

PAUL BREGUETTPaul Breguette was a well-known jewelry and watch retailer, formerly based in Pennsylvania. Leon Dunleavy, a past employee of Kay Jewelers, stated that the company purchased the name “Paul Breguette” in Switzerland in 1938.  The company was owned by...

Langendorf Watch Company was a watchmaker located in Langendorf, Switzerland. The company was founded by Colonel Johann Viktor Kottmann, first as Uhrenfabrik Langendorf S.A. in 1873 to produce ebauches -part of movements for watches- for other watchmaker companies. The factory...

DOXA S.A. is a Swiss watchmaking company that was founded in 1889 by Georges Ducommun in Le Locle, Switzerland. The company started as a small family business, producing high-quality timepieces with precision movements. Doxa also began as a maker of...

BIFORA  Bifora is the first German watch manufacturer, founded in 1900 by Josef Bidlingmaier. He succeeded to establish the company as an assured player on the watch market with the quality characteristic “Made in Germany”.  In 1928, the company was able...

ETERNA-MATIC Watch Co. - "First gents automatic-family with ball-bearing rotor". Eterna-Matic movement, one of a number of innovations by Eterna, was developed in 1948 as an improved self-winding mechanism using five strategically placed ball bearings in order to reduce friction...

CERTINA  Certina S.A., a distinguished Swiss watch brand, traces its roots back to 1888 in Grenchen. Founded by visionary brothers Adolf and Alfred Kurth, they established a pioneering movement and supplies factory that catered to the watchmaking industry in Switzerland....

LUCERNE 17 Jewels Triangle Case Wristwatch  From “The Eccentric Fifties” – when the the exaggeration of the Retro-Modern period had its moment in the sun before it gave way to the conservative mood that enveloped the country in the fifties. This...