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The Swiss Army Knife was not the first multi-use pocket knife. In 1851, in Moby-Dick (chapter 107), Herman Melville mentions the "Sheffield contrivances, assuming the exterior – though a little swelled – of a common pocket knife; but containing, not only blades of various sizes, but also screwdrivers, cork-screws, tweezers, bradawls, pens, rulers, nail files and countersinkers."
Products of Victorinox Company and related products (pocket knives) Pages in category "Victorinox" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ...
Victorinox (/ v ɪ k ˈ t ɒ r i ˌ n ɒ k s / [7]) is a knife manufacturer and watchmaker based in the town of Ibach, in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland.It is known for its Swiss Army knives.
The crisis led to the acquisition of Wenger by its competitor Victorinox in 2005. [8] With the backing of Victorinox, Wenger was able for a time to maintain its own production and branding of Swiss army knives and watches. Wenger knives had been advertised as the "Genuine Swiss Army Knife" and Victorinox as the "Original Swiss Army Knife".
The movement of a digital watch is more commonly known as a module. In modern mass-produced clocks and watches, the same movement is often inserted into many different styles of case. When buying a quality pocketwatch from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century, for example, the customer would select a movement and case individually. Mechanical ...
1939 advertisement from Jewelers' Circular Keystone magazine of the Gallet MultiChron 30 "Clamshell", the world's first water resistant chronograph wristwatch Reverse view of the Gallet Clamshell showing the 4 screws that compress the 2 part case around the flared acrylic crystal Open view of the Gallet Clamshell showing top part of the two part case and complex Swiss column wheel movement ...
Carl Elsener Jr. is the great-grandson of Karl Elsener (1860–1918) and the son of Carl Elsener Sr. (1922–2013). Karl Elsener had opened a factory in Ibach in 1884 [2] for the production of knives and surgical instruments, [3] from which the Messerfabrik Victorinox developed.
Watches used for mix-gas diving which satisfy the test requirements are marked with the words "DIVER'S WATCH xxx M FOR MIXED-GAS DIVING". The letters xxx are replaced by the diving depth, in metres, guaranteed by the manufacturer. The composition of the gas mixture used for the test shall be given in the operating instructions accompanying the ...