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Armitron is a watch brand manufactured by E. Gluck Corporation, headquartered in Little Neck, New York. [1] It was founded in 1975 by Eugen Gluck. As of 1999, Armitron had the fifth largest share of all watch purchasers, by brand, in the United States.
Armitron started making digital watches in the 1970s with LED displays. The LED displays consumed so much battery life that, in 1977, the company stopped production. [ 9 ] Armitron subsequently began manufacturing their digital watches with LCD displays, [ 1 ] which eventually became the industry standard.
This list is a duplicate of Category:Watch brands, which will likely be more up-to-date and complete. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname.
A "watch brand" is often—but incorrectly—used as a synonym of "watch manufacturer" or "watchmaker".Brands are distinct from manufacturers. There are brands of watches that are purely marketing constructs and are not associated with a specific company.
The hand-winding movement of a Russian watch. A mechanical watch is a watch that uses a clockwork mechanism to measure the passage of time, as opposed to quartz watches which function using the vibration modes of a piezoelectric quartz tuning fork, or radio watches, which are quartz watches synchronized to an atomic clock via radio waves.
In watches sold for timekeeping, analog display remains very popular, as many people find it easier to read than digital display; but in timekeeping watches the emphasis is on clarity and accurate reading of the time under all conditions (clearly marked digits, easily visible hands, large watch faces, etc.).
Some watches of this period had the setting-arbor at the front of the watch, so that removing the crystal and bezel was necessary to set the time. Watch keys are the origin of the class key, common paraphernalia for American high-school and university graduation. Many keywind watch movements make use of a fusee, to improve isochronism. The ...
MIL-W-46374 is a specification first published on October 30, 1964, [1] for US military watches. [2] The 46374 was specified as an accurate, disposable watch. In its span, it encompassed metal and plastic cased watches with both mechanical and quartz movements. [2] The 46374 replaced the MIL-W-3818, reducing cost and inheriting the dial from ...