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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...

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...

CROTON NIVADA GRENCHEN – is in fact the result of a business deal between two companies: NIVADA SA, A Swiss company, and the Amerian company CROTON WATCH CO. INC.  Nivada SA is a watch company that was founded in the town...

ZODIAC  Located in Le Locle (Switzerland), Ariste Calame (the son of a watchmaker) in 1882 founded a workshop to produce specialized watches with his name "Ariste Calame" and it was until 1908 when Calame patents the name Zodiac as a...

"The Hamilton Watch - The Watch of Railroad Accuracy."1926 HAMILTON RAILROAD WATCHPocket Watch "The 992 in its various forms is one of the finest movements around.."It was only after a railway crash in the late 1800's, involving two trains between...

TISSOT "Swiss Watches since 1853" Tissot is a Swiss luxury watch company founded in 1853 by Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son Charles-Emile Tissot in the town of Le Locle, Switzerland. Tissot is known for producing high-quality watches that are both...

SEIKO Alarm Watch  Seiko introduced the Bell-Matic, their alarm wristwatches, in 1966 but the history of the mechanical alarm wristwatch begins in in the early 19th century when two different watchmakers attempted to produce alarm wristwatch, but these projects were...

SEIKO Watch Co. - It is a Japanese company that specializes in the production of wristwatches, clocks, and electronic devices. The company was founded in 1881 by Kintaro Hattori in Tokyo, Japan. Originally named Seikosha, the company started out producing...

"Waltham Watch Company made over 40 million watches, clocks and other precision implements between the years of 1850 and 1957."Waltham Watch Company, also known as the American Waltham Watch Company, was founded in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1850. The company played...

BUCHERER Bucherer, a Swiss luxury watch and jewelry company founded in 1888 by Carl-Friedrich Bucherer in Lucerne, Switzerland. The company is still family-owned and operated and is known for producing high-quality timepieces and jewelry. Bucherer has a long history of watchmaking...

Patek Phillippe & Co. Patek, Czapek & Cie was founded in 1839 by Antoine Norbert de Patek and François Czapek. A great invention, in 1844, Jean Adrien Philippe receives a bronze medal for his keyless winding and hand-setting system at the Industrial Exposition in Paris. By 1945, they...

 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...

"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...

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,...

TUDOR “The Tudor”, a trademark registered in Geneva in February 1926 by Hans Wilsdorf at the house of “Veuve de Philippe Hüther”, a watchmaker and watch dealer. Hans Wilsdorf acquired the exclusive usage rights from the dealer. “For some years...

Walt Disney ProductionsBy MARX ToysMickey Mouse Toy Wristwatch From the packaging .- "Actually keeps time - Can't be overwound - Teaches time - See it run - Hear it tick Caution: Not recommended for children under 3 years."This is a...

ELGIN Diver Wristwatches  Elgin Diver watches hold a special place in the history of diving timepieces. Elgin, the renowned American watch company, produced diver watches during the 1950s, catering to the growing demand for reliable timepieces among diving enthusiasts and...

One of Rolex’s oldest and longest running watch models, still in production today, the Air-King. ROLEX Oyster Perpetual Air-King  “Introducing Air-King – The new Rolex Oyster Perpetual.” A number of “Air” models by Rolex were produced during and immediately after World War...

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...

TUDOR “The Tudor”, a trademark registered in Geneva in February 1926 by Hans Wilsdorf at the house of “Veuve de Philippe Hüther”, a watchmaker and watch dealer. Hans Wilsdorf acquired the exclusive usage rights from the dealer. “For some years...

"Vintage Omega watches are very highly regarded for their quality, particularly their movements which are outstanding." 1934 OMEGA CK Series Tank Case Art Deco Wristwatch  From the Omega CK series and dated from 1934, one of the first ever produced,...

GALLET “World's Finest Professional Timing Instruments” Gallet is a historic Swiss manufacturer of high-end timepieces for professional, military, sports, racing, and aviation use. Gallet is universally recognized as the “Maître du Chronographe” or Master of the Chronograph. For over 550 years, Gallet timepieces...

Eterna W. Co. – “BUILT ON TRADITION, DRIVEN BY INNOVATION, INSPIRED BY EMOTIONS”  Since 1856, Eterna is synonymous with timepieces of the highest quality, with Swiss watchmaking tradition, and with an outstanding spirit of innovation. Since the beginning and even...