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2. 24-hour analog dial - Wikipedia

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   Glycine was the first to feature a 24-hour rotating bezel in 1953 with the Airman No.1 pilot watch. The design became widely known when Rolex designed the Rolex GMT Master for Pan-Am pilots in 1954. A 24-hour watch with a compass card dial can be used to determine direction when set to local noon and used in conjunction with the Sun.

3. List of most expensive watches sold at auction - Wikipedia

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   Finally, any auctioned watch without public online records from auctioneers (e.g. major auction houses) will not be included in the ranking. As of December 2022, the most expensive watch (and wristwatch) ever sold at auction is the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010, fetching US$31.19 million (31,000,000 CHF) in Geneva on 9 ...

4. Chelsea Clock Company - Wikipedia

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   In 1975, Chelsea began marketing its Ship's Bell and house strike (12-hour chime) movements with pendulum escapements in the popular banjo style. That same year, it also designed and introduced its first tide clock. Bunker Ramo sold Chelsea in 1978 to Richard Leavitt, a native Bostonian, avid sailor, and former corporate auditor.

5. 8 Timeless Watch Brands to Invest In Now and Wear Forever - AOL

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   24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ... We have Seiko to thank for the quartz movement watches. The company introduced the first-ever quartz movement (basically battery-powered) watch in ...

6. Bozeman Watch Company - Wikipedia

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   It has a Swiss automatic caliber (movement), 21 jewels with 28,800 VPH, a sweep second hand and date function, a 24-hour second-time zone on the outer dial, COSC certified, individually placed, raised luminescent hour markers, water resistance to 10 ATM below sea level, a 42 mm (1.7 in) stainless steel case and only 10.5 mm (0.41 in) in height ...

7. Gallet & Company - Wikipedia

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   Besides being the first time zone calculating wristwatch based upon a 12-hour system (24 hour world time wristwatches were produced by Patek Philippe in 1937), [8] the Flight Officer was the first wristwatch with a rotating bezel and one of the world's first wrist chronographs to be housed in a water-resistant case. [5]