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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.
E. Gluck Corporation is an American watch manufacturer headquartered in Little Neck, New York. [1] [2] It was founded in 1956 by Eugen Gluck.E. Gluck Corporation manufactures watches under two flagship proprietary brands, Armitron and Torgoen.
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.
Indiglo is a product feature on watches marketed by Timex, incorporating an electroluminescent panel as a backlight for even illumination of the watch dial. The brand is owned by Indiglo Corporation, which is in turn solely owned by Timex, and the name derives from the word indigo , as the original watches featuring the technology emitted a ...
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.).
Benrus is an American watchmaking and lifestyle company founded as a watch repair shop in New York City in 1921 by Romanian-American Benjamin Lazrus and his two brothers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Benrus watches were worn for decades by the U.S. military from World War II through Vietnam .