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1838 |
1868 |
1871 |
1880 |
Louis Audemars invents
stem winding and
setting mechanism
|
Patek Philippe makes the
first wrist watch
|
Aaros Dennison of
international watch
company (IWC) invents
waterproof case
|
Girard-Perregaux produces
a wrist watch for officers
of the Imperial Austrain Navy
|
|
1888 |
1902 |
1902 |
1903 |
Cartier produces ladies
wrist watch with diamond
and gold bracelet
|
The first Omega wrist
watch is produced
|
93,000 wrist watches
sold in Germany
|
Louis Brandt Founder
of Omega dies
|
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1904 |
1910 |
1911 |
1912 |
One of the most famous
early wrist watches
appears - the
Santos-Dumont produced
by the house of Cartier
|
Longines begins wrist
watch production
|
Santos-Dumont wrist
watch goes on general
sale
|
Movado makes a
army wrist watch with
a protective grid over
the glass
|
|
1914 |
1917 |
1918 |
1920 |
First alarm wrist watch
is made by Eterna
|
British royal flying corps
issued with wrist watches by
Omega
|
Omega suplies US army
with wrist watches
|
Audemars produces the
smallest repeater watch
|
|
1923 |
1925 |
1927 |
1930 |
Invention of the automatic
wrist watch by John Hardwood
|
Patek Philippe produces the
first wrist watch with a
perpetual calendar
|
First water resistant
Rolex Oyster produced
|
Smallest ladies watch
movement to date - baguette
shape - is produced
|
|
1930 |
1932 |
1932 |
1933 |
Tissot develops the first
antimagnetic wrist watch
|
Launch of Reverso by
Jaeger-LeCoultre
|
Manufacture of the Lindbergh
Aviator by Longines
|
First watch made for children
by Ingersoll (featuring
Disneys Mickey Mouse)
|
|
1933 |
1936 |
1936 |
1936 |
Longines made official
timekeeper at the
Brazilian grand prix
|
Omega appointed official
time keeper at the
Olympic games
|
Hamilton supplies US forces
with wrist watches
|
Omega and Breitling supply
US RAF watches during
the war years
|
|
1945 |
1946 |
1947 |
1947 |
Rolex Date is the first watch
with a date display on
the watch face
|
Audemars Piguet produce the
thinnest wrist watch in
the world (1.64mm)
|
American Nathan George Horwitt
designs the Movado
Museum watch
|
Poljot, the first Russian wrist
watch is produced - later
to become Sekonda
|
|
1947 |
1947 |
1952 |
1953 |
Tissot develops Tissot Navigator,
a self winding wrist watch
with a universal calendar
|
Rolex submariner watch capable
of going down to 305m/1000ft
is produced
|
Brietling introduce the Navitimer,
a super chronograph designed
especially for pilots
|
Lips produce the first
battery
powered watch
|
|
1957 |
1960 |
1966 |
1969 |
Hamilton produces the
first electric watch
|
Bulova launches accutron,
the electric tunning fork
watch invented by
Max Hetzel
|
Girard-Perregaux develops
the first high frequency
mechanical watch
(Swiss Quartz Movement)
|
Girard-Perregaux develops
the first mass-produced
quartz watch
|
|
1969 |
1969 |
1969 |
1969 |
International Watch Company
introduces the
DaVinci wrist watch
|
Longines produces the first
quartz cybernetic wrist watch
|
Zenith brings back El Primero
the epitome of chronograph
movements
|
Neil Armstrong wears the
Omega Speedmaster Professional
on the moon
|
|
1972 |
1972 |
1975 |
1976 |
Audemars Piguet makes the
first stainless steel
luxury wrist watch
|
Longines launches and LCD
wrist watch
|
Launch of Raymond Weil
brand with innovative
ultra slim movement
|
Launch of Maurice Lacroix
brand
|
|
1978 |
1983 |
1983 |
1983 |
Vacheron Constantin Kallista
is sold for $US5,000,000
|
Swatch is launched
|
Rolex Sea Dweller goes
down to 1,220m/4,000ft
|
Longines launches the
Conquest range, accurate
to one minute in
five years
|
|
1985 |
1986 |
1987 |
Tag-Heuer brand appears on
the market
|
Tissot brings out the Rock watch
|
Tissot introduces the two timer
(a watch displaying both
analog and digital displays)
|
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