"the Speedmaster Automatic MkIII and MkIV models alongside Speedsonic Electronic Chronometer Chronograph (marketing as a Speedmaster) other non-Speedmaster Chronographs such as the Omega Bullhead. However none of these proved as popular or long-lasting as the basic Speedmaster Professional ""Moon watch"". A variety of other types of watches have used the Speedmaster brand, including many different automatic day and day-date models, the tuning fork movement Speedsonic line, and the digital LCD Speedmaster Quartz (the Speedsonic and LCD Speedmaster where also prototyped in ten examples each under the Alaska project but not taken up by NASA). The digital-analog Speedmaster X-33 was produced"
"LM's electronic timer had malfunctioned. Buzz Aldrin elected to wear his and so his Speedmaster became the first watch to be worn on the Moon. Later, he wrote of his decision: Aldrin’s Speedmaster was lost during shipping when he sent it to the Smithsonian Institution, its reference number being ST105.012, although it is sometimes erroneously reported as a 145.012. In 1970, after Apollo 13 was crippled by the rupture of a service module oxygen tank, Jack Swigert's Speedmaster was used to accurately time the critical 14-second burn using the lunar module's descent propulsion system, which allowed for the crew's safe"
"These two models would be the two Speedmaster references known to have been worn on the Moon by Apollo astronauts, the original ""Moon watches."" Speedmasters were used throughout the early manned Apollo program, and reached the Moon with Apollo 11. Ironically, these and prior models are informally known as ""pre-Moon"" Speedmasters, since their manufacture predate the Moon landings and lack the inscription subsequent models carry: ""The First Watch Worn on the Moon"". Although Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong was first to set foot on the Moon, he left his 105.012 Speedmaster inside the lunar module as a backup, because the"
"Lemania Lemania was a Swiss watch manufacturer and manufacturer of watch movements. It was founded in 1884 by Alfred Lugrin (1858-1920), who had trained at Jaeger-LeCoultre. Lugrin received awards and gold medals at exhibitions in Milan in 1906 and in Berne in 1914. Until 1930, the factory was called Lugrin SA, until Lugrin's son-in-law Marius Meylan established the brand name Lemania Watch Co., based in l'Orient. In 1932, Lemania, Omega and Tissot merged to form the SSIH group. Lemania produced movements for Omega, including for the Speedmaster that Buzz Aldrin wore on the moon. With the advent of electronic watches"
"2008, Timex Group USA signed a four-year agreement making Timex the first official timekeeper of the ING New York City Marathon. Meanwhile, parent company Timex Group B.V. launched two new Swiss-Made luxury watch brands – Salvatore Ferragamo Timepieces and Valentino Timeless – under the Timex Group Luxury Watches business. As the year closed, construction commenced on the second-largest ground mounted solar array in the northeastern United States at Timex Group USA's Middlebury, CT headquarters. The 800-panel solar array was inaugurated on 5 February 2009 during a press event held at the headquarters. A few months later Timex Group USA purchased"
"watch had the distinctive features of the first hand-winding Omega Speedmaster introduced in 1957. It was sold in an edition of 1,957. Omega sponsors a number of celebrities to wear and advertise their watches including: In addition, the following have been seen wearing Omega watches: In the US television series ""NCIS"", lead actor Mark Harmon wears an Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean with supporting cast member Michael Weatherly wearing a matching version. In both cases, this is the stainless steel model with orange bezel and black dial. Omega is the official timekeeper for the video game ""Need for Speed II"", released"
"Rolex Daytona The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona is a mechanical chronograph wristwatch. It has been manufactured by Rolex since 1963 in three distinct generations (or series); the second series was introduced in 1988, and the third in 2000. While cosmetically similar, the second series introduced a self-winding movement (the first series is hand-wound), and the third series brought manufacture of the movement in-house to Rolex. The first series included an ""exotic"" variant dial now known as the Rolex ""Paul Newman"" Daytona, named after the famed actor, who received the watch as a gift from his wife, Joanne Woodward, and popularized it"
"line of watches, Longines, Swatch, Omega (Omega Seamaster Omega-matic), Dugena (K-Tech), Wenger (GST Field Terragraph Autoquartz), Hermès (Nomade), Roberge (Altaïr), Mido (Multifort), Bovet (Autoquartz calibre 11BQ01), Fortis (Spacematic Eco), Belair (Autoquartz), Franck Muller (Transamerica), HTO (Grand Voyager) and Cyma. Citizen, one of the world's largest watch manufacturers, also built an autoquartz-powered watch: the Eco-Drive Duo (released in December 1998). Novel to this watch was the use of both mechanical power as well as a solar cell. This model was an attempt to enter higher-priced markets (at a cost of around $1000 USD), but the technology failed to attract consumer interest"
"top watch producers in the world. In 1998 it became the Swatch Group, which now manufactures Omega and other brands such as Blancpain, Swatch, and Breguet. Omega's brand experienced a resurgence with advertisement that focused on product placement strategies, such as in the James Bond 007 films; the character had previously worn a Rolex Submariner but switched to the Omega Seamaster Diver 300M with ""GoldenEye"" (1995) and has stayed with the latter ever since until swapping it for the Omega Planet Ocean and Aqua Terra. Omega also adopted many elements of Rolex's business model (i.e. premium pricing, tighter controls of"
"by a group of former Poljot employees, forming the basis for a new company, Volmax. Volmax marketed watches under the Aviator, Buran and Shturmanskie brands using movements produced by another Russian firm, MakTime. As of 2012, the status of the Poljot brand is unclear, though the brand appears to be moribund. MakTime, the company utilizing old Poljot equipment to manufacture mechanical movements, went bankrupt, and Volmax, the successor company to First Moscow Watch Factory relocated to Switzerland. Present models from the Volmax company are Swiss-made, using design cues from vintage Russian models. Poljot Poljot (, literally meaning ""flight""), is a"
"Smartwatch Open Platform for the Swiss watch industry. Fullpower creates and manages the circuit design, firmware, smartphone applications, as well as the cloud Infrastructure. MMT manages the Swiss watch movement development and production as well as licensing and support for the Swiss watch industry. The initial partners were Frederique Constant, the Geneva-based luxury watch manufacturer of classical watches; Alpina, the Swiss Sports Watch manufacturer founded in 1883; and Mondaine, known for its SBB Swiss Railway watches. Together, they are offering ten different models in designer collections for both women and men. Frederique Constant announced in June 2015 that their horological"
"of Japan introduced a newly developed movement (UHF 262 kHz) that uses a three-prong quartz crystal for the Precisionist or Accutron II line, a new type of quartz watch with ultra-high frequency (262.144 kHz) which is claimed to be accurate to +/- 10 seconds a year and has a smooth sweeping second hand rather than one that jumps each second. The Chronomaster line of watches are a series of high accuracy quartz watches produced by Citizen. The Chronomaster is unofficially the most accurate watch ever made, with an accuracy of +5/-5 seconds per year. They are currently sold only in"
"bezel and later in 2998-2, tachymeter 500 bezel and alpha hands. This was again updated in 1963 by references ST 105.002, which kept the alpha hands and then less than one year later ST 105.003 with straight baton hands and ST 105.012, the first Speedmaster with the ""Professional"" appellation on the dial, with an asymmetrical case to protect the chronograph pushers and crown. All of the early Speedmasters used the same Calibre 321 movement, which was only replaced in 1968/1969 with the introduction of the Calibre 861 movement, used in the ""Moon watch"". The watches used for Apollo 11's mission"
"""Cardcaptors"", ""The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper"", ""Dexter's Laboratory"" and ""The Powerpuff Girls."" In 1999, the company released a line of animated watches called C-watches. These watches allowed the user to set alarms for Mon-Fri, alerted the user to mealtimes, and had many other uses and animations. Special editions of these watches included the *NSYNC edition, ""Austin Powers"" Edition, Pro Wrestling Edition, ""Pokémon"" Edition, ""Star Wars"" Edition, etc. Trendmasters produced the War Planets toy line, which spawned a successful television series entitled ""Shadow Raiders"", however, the series is off the air and the figures have ceased production since Trendmasters closed."
"Omega Seamaster The Omega Seamaster is a line of automatic winding chronometer and quartz watches that Omega has produced since 1948. The Seamaster is particularly popular among celebrities, with famous wearers including Prince William, Joe Biden, Jeremy Clarkson, Gabriel Holmes and Adam Savage. An Omega Seamaster typically has a stainless steel case and bracelet (Bond style with Omega symbol clasp), screw-in crown and case-back, engraved with the Omega hippocampus logo, up to 1200-metre water resistant, luminescent hands, unidirectional bezel, blue, silver or black dial with orange accents, sapphire crystal (anti-reflective) and helium release valve. Omega produces several models of Seamaster"
"from 18,000 to 21,600 vibrations per hour. Most Speedmaster Professional watches from 1968 to the present have used variants of this movement, including the modern rhodium-plated caliber 1861 and decorated exhibition calibers 863 and 1863. A standard Speedmaster Professional model with Plexiglas crystal, solid caseback with anti-vibration and anti-magnetic dust cover, tachymeter scale, without date or day complications, and powered by a caliber 861-based movement has been continuously produced since. The tritium-powered phosphorescent lume on the hands and index markers of the original watches were replaced at the end of the 1990s with non-radioactive pigments, but the fundamental design, dimensions,"
"started selecting the chronograph in the early 1960s. Automatic chronograph wristwatches were not available until 1969. Even so, all the instrument panel clocks and time-keeping mechanisms in the spacecraft on those space missions were Bulova Accutrons with tuning fork movements, because at the time NASA did not know how well a mechanical movement would work in zero gravity. The Omega Speedmaster Professional Chronograph was the first watch on the Moon, worn by Buzz Aldrin. Although Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong was first to set foot on the moon, he left his 105.012 Speedmaster inside the Lunar Module as a backup"
"models. Movado Group's brands include Movado, Concord, EBEL and MVMT, plus licensed brands Olivia Burton, Coach, Hugo Boss, Lacoste, Tommy Hilfiger, Scuderia Ferrari, Rebecca Minkoff, and Uri Minkoff (current as of August 2018). Movado previously manufactured other licensed brands, plus previously owned Piaget. Movado commissioned ""Time Sculpture"" by architect Philip Johnson. The bronze sculpture with granite base, located outside Lincoln Center in New York City, was dedicated May 19, 1999. Movado Movado is an American watchmaker that traces its origins to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. It is best known for its Museum Watch. Movado means ""always in motion"" in Esperanto. The"
"has reported a three year growth of 4.695%. Criticism has been targeted at the brand's perceived lack of novelty and value. Daniel Wellington Daniel Wellington (stylised with a reverse capital D) is a Swedish watch company, founded in 2011 by Filip Tysander. Headquartered in central Stockholm in Sweden, the company has different networks in over 25 countries. The watches are manufactured in China, designed in Sweden and use a quartz movement made by Miyota, a Japanese company. The company has gained success through its digital strategy in social networks like Instagram. In February 2017, Daniel Wellington was named the fastest"
"limited edition Speedmaster 125 sold for £186.50. In addition to the beta 21 Electroquartz watches Omega also developed an 8192 Hz Electroquartz clock, this was Omega SA's first quartz production quartz clock and used a thermo-compensated quartz bar and integrated circuit, produced in very small numbers under caliber 1390. The quartz clock was supplied in a stylish grey Cycolac resin case, because of the size and complexities of the movement the clock was quite large and weighed in at over 1 kilo. The clock runs on 4 AA type batteries and has an accuracy of circa 12 seconds per year."
"diamonds at the bezel. 33.""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCZ9mJIO-K0"" TAG Heuer Monaco The TAG Heuer Monaco (originally Heuer Monaco) is a series of automatic chronograph wristwatch originally introduced by Heuer in 1969 in honour of the Monaco Grand Prix. The Monaco was revolutionary for being the first automatic as well as the first square cased chronograph. The Hollywood film star Steve McQueen used the watch to accessorize his character in the 1971 film ""Le Mans"". In the decades after his death the use of film stills has made the watch synonymous with McQueen. Although it was discontinued in the mid-1970s, the Monaco was reissued"
"movement. Marketed under the Technoluxury trademark, Timex discontinued the TX Watch Company and its brand in 2011 — migrating its multi-motor, multi-hand technology to the Timex Intelligent Quartz (IQ) sub-brand in 2012. TX watches were engineered in Pforzheim, Germany over a five-year period, to six sigma standards. Movements were manufactured by the Timex Group in the Philippines and the watches were styled at the Timex Design Centre in Milan, Italy — formerly the Giorgio Galli Design Lab, which the Timex Group had purchased in 2007. The TX technology used miniaturization and patented technology in a quartz movement — with digital"
"Daniel Wellington Daniel Wellington (stylised with a reverse capital D) is a Swedish watch company, founded in 2011 by Filip Tysander. Headquartered in central Stockholm in Sweden, the company has different networks in over 25 countries. The watches are manufactured in China, designed in Sweden and use a quartz movement made by Miyota, a Japanese company. The company has gained success through its digital strategy in social networks like Instagram. In February 2017, Daniel Wellington was named the fastest growing company in Europe. The company made $230 million in revenue and $111.5 million in profit in 2016. The Swedish company"
"Group USA, Inc. Businesses and exclusive worldwide licenses include the Timex Business Unit (Timex, Timex Ironman, Opex, Nautica, Marc Eckō), Timex Group Luxury Watches (Valentino, Salvatore Ferragamo), Sequel (Guess, Gc), Vertime (Versace, Versus), Vincent Bérard and Giorgio Galli Design Lab. Today, Timex Group B.V.'s products are manufactured in the Far East, and in Switzerland, often based on technology that continues to be developed in the United States and in Germany. The group has operations in a number of countries in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Many Timex Far East operation wristwatches are manufactured by TMX Philippines Inc. in Lapu-Lapu, Philippines."
"versions by having highly polished centre links on its bracelet. Rolex GMT Master II The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date GMT Master is part of the Rolex Professional Watch Collection. Designed in collaboration with Pan American Airways for use by their pilots and navigators, it was launched in 1954. The Rolex GMT-Master wristwatch was originally designed in collaboration with Pan American Airways and issued by the airline to their crews on long-haul flights. (""GMT"" in the name stands for Greenwich Mean Time also known as Coordinated Universal Time). The original GMT Master watch has a 24-hour display fourth hand complication directly"
"chronograph became damaged. In 2014, he confessed that he had made a mistake: ""it was a Bulova, not a Waltham."" Waltham Watch Company The Waltham Watch Company, also known as the American Waltham Watch Co. and the American Watch Co., produced about 40 million watches, clocks, speedometers, compasses, time fuses, and other precision instruments between 1850 and 1957. The company's historic 19th-century manufacturing facilities in Waltham, Massachusetts have been preserved as the American Waltham Watch Company Historic District. In 1850, at Roxbury, Massachusetts, David Davis, Edward Howard, and Aaron Lufkin Dennison formed the company that would later become the Waltham"
"Rolex GMT Master II The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date GMT Master is part of the Rolex Professional Watch Collection. Designed in collaboration with Pan American Airways for use by their pilots and navigators, it was launched in 1954. The Rolex GMT-Master wristwatch was originally designed in collaboration with Pan American Airways and issued by the airline to their crews on long-haul flights. (""GMT"" in the name stands for Greenwich Mean Time also known as Coordinated Universal Time). The original GMT Master watch has a 24-hour display fourth hand complication directly linked to and displaying the same time zone as the"
"Blancpain Blancpain SA () is a Swiss watch manufacturer that designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells prestige and luxury Swiss watches. Founded by Jehan-Jacques Blancpain in Villeret, Switzerland in 1735, Blancpain is the oldest surviving watchmaking brand in the world. Since 1992, Blancpain has been a subsidiary of the Swatch Group. Blancpain is particularly noted for its Fifty Fathoms diving watch (introduced in 1953) and its 1735 Grande Complication wristwatch (introduced in 1991). Jehan-Jacques Blancpain started making watches in 1735 in Villeret, Switzerland. He founded the Blancpain brand, setting up his first workshop on the upper floor of his house at"
"to 16 employees, the company released its first production model and acquired land to build a new factory. By 2013 the construction was complete. The Benu Tourbillon, designed by Jens Schneider, was the world's first watch to use a human hair as an integral part of its movement. Other models as of 2015 are the Benu, Benu Power Reserve, Atum, Tefnut and Tefnut Lady. All models take their names from Ancient Egyptian deities. Moritz Grossmann Moritz Grossmann is a manufacturer of luxury wristwatches based in Glashütte, Germany. Annual production is approximately 200 pieces. During the financial crisis of 2007-08 Christine"
"smartwatches were available in stores, and Mondaine started a limited pre-order of their Helvetica 1 Smart watch in July 2015. In November 2015, Movado, a luxury watchmaker founded in 1881, announced the release of the Movado Motion collection of fine Swiss made watches, powered by MMT’s MotionX technology platform. The collection includes the women’s Bellina and the men’s Museum Sport models. In January, 2016, Simmons Bedding Company and Serta announced plans for a “smart bed” powered by Fullpower’s Sleeptracker sensor technology. The Beautyrest SmartMotion base powered by Sleeptracker offers sleep tracking technology that can work with any mattress to track"
"is already making its special modules for the regulators and chrono-regulators. For every watch one watchmaker bears the responsibility. All watches are delivered with a hand signed certificate including several details about the deviation of running data and the amplitude as well as a certificate of origin. Alexander Shorokhoff Alexander Shorokhoff Uhrenmanufaktur is a German company producing mechanical luxury wristwatches with highly artistic design. The head-quarters of the company is located in Alzenau, Germany. In September 2017, the manufacturer celebrated its 25th anniversary. Annual sales number approximately 1100 pieces. The founder of the enterprise is Mr. Alexander Shorokhov. He was"
"regulator; the initial rate is factory laser-set. Swatch reports precision of -5/+5 seconds per day. The design's peripheral bi-directional rotor allows viewing of movement components through the caseback. Swatch Swatch (stylized as swatch) is a Swiss watchmaker founded in 1983 by Nicolas Hayek and a subsidiary of The Swatch Group. The Swatch product line was developed as a response to the ""quartz crisis"" of the 1970s and 1980s, in which Asian-made digital watches were competing against traditional European-made mechanical watches. The name Swatch is a contraction of ""second watch"", as the watches were intended as casual, disposable accessories. Swatch began"
"Movado Movado is an American watchmaker that traces its origins to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. It is best known for its Museum Watch. Movado means ""always in motion"" in Esperanto. The watchers are known for their signature metallic dot at 12 o'clock and minimalist style. Movado was founded as LAI Ditescheim & Freres SA in 1881 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, by Léopold Achille Isidore Ditesheim. In 1905, the company changed its name to Movado. In 1983, the company was purchased by North American Watch Corp, founded by Gedalio Grinberg, a Cuban-born Jew, who fled Fidel Castro's Marxist Revolution in 1960 with"