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Mido was founded in 1918 by George G. Schaeren in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Mido comes from the Spanish phrase Yo mido meaning “I measure”. In the 1920s, Mido introduced ladies’ watches with color-enameled shaped cases and modern straps as well as timepieces for gentlemen in art deco style. Mido found a market in the flourishing automotive […]

Calvin Klein is an American fashion house and luxury goods manufacturer established in 1968. It specializes in leather, lifestyle accessories, home furnishings, perfumery, jewellery, watches and ready-to-wear. The company has substantial market share in retail and commercial lines as well haute couture garments. The company was founded by designer Calvin Klein and his childhood friend, Barry […]

Before the development of railroads across the United States, there was no need for a standardization of time or any real accuracy in timekeeping. Each town kept its own local time, based on the position of the sun. When trains began to connect really distant cities, it became problematic and difficult to avoid collisions. Moreover, […]

The origin of Orient Watch Company dates back to 1901 when Shogoro Yoshida opened a wholesale shop called “Yoshida Watch Shop” in Ueno, Taito, Tokyo, Japan. Yoshida Watch Shop was successful, selling imported pocketwatches. In 1912, Yoshida expanded his business and began producing gold wristwatch cases. In 1920, Toyo Tokei Manufacturing was established, originally producing table clocks and gauges. It was not until […]

The company was founded in 1930 by Japanese and Swiss investors. It took over Shokosha Watch Research Institute (founded in 1918) and some facilities of the assembly plant opened in Yokohama in 1912 by the Swiss watchmaker Rodolphe Schmid. The brand Citizen was first registered in Switzerland by Schmid in 1918. The development of Citizen until World War II relied on technology […]

In 1983, Casio engineer Kikuo Ibe designed the first G-Shock: the DW-5000C.[1] It had a 10-year battery life, water resistance to 10 bar and was able to survive a 10 meter fall onto a hard surface (he tested 200 prototypes by dropping them from rooftops or third story windows).[2][3][4][5] The shock resistant design has 10 layers […]

In 1983, Casio engineer Kikuo Ibe designed the first G-Shock: the DW-5000C.It had a 10-year battery life, water resistance to 10 bar and was able to survive a 10 meter fall onto a hard surface (he tested 200 prototypes by dropping them from rooftops or third story windows). The shock resistant design has 10 layers […]

Edifice watches range from basic chronograph to more advanced models with more computerized movements. Many Edifice watches utilize Tough Solar, Casio’s name for light chargeable batteries. More advanced models are “Waveceptors” and can calibrate themselves with atomic clocks via radio waves.