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2. TAG Heuer Monaco - Wikipedia

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   The watch used the mechanism of the Calibre 11 (also known as the Chronomatic) and was the first automatic micro-winding chronograph. [4] [5] [6] The Monaco was the first square-cased and water-resistant chronograph. [4] [7] [8] [9] The original model came with Chronomatic lettering at the top of the dial and Monaco at the bottom. [2]

3. Pocket watch - Wikipedia

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   It is typical for an open-faced watch to have the pendant located at 12:00 and the sub-second dial located at 6:00. Occasionally, a watch movement intended for a hunting case (with the winding stem at 3:00 and sub second dial at 6:00) will have an open-faced case. Such watch is known as a "sidewinder."

4. Rolex Oysterquartz - Wikipedia

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   It faced the Asian markets seeking to keep alive interest in Swiss watchmaking, an industry that seemed dominated by the Japanese quartz watch. The Datejust Oysterquartz dates back to 1976. [ 2 ] The design differs greatly from the classic Rolex line and carved characteristics of the period: a completely angular case, an integrated band with a ...

5. This watch was carved from a meteorite that hit Earth a ... - AOL

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   The prototype watch is estimated to fetch between $8,000 and $16,000 when it appears at the Time for Art auction, organized by Phillips Watches, in New York on Saturday.

6. History of watches - Wikipedia

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   Thomas Mudge, inventor of the lever escapement. The lever escapement, invented by Thomas Mudge in 1754 [18] and improved by Josiah Emery in 1785, gradually came into use from about 1800 onwards, chiefly in Britain; it was also adopted by Abraham-Louis Breguet, but Swiss watchmakers (who by now were the chief suppliers of watches to most of Europe) mostly adhered to the cylinder until the 1860s.

7. Ingersoll Watch Company - Wikipedia

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   These watches were made until the late 1920s, after the American parent company had collapsed. Ingersoll bought the Trenton Watch Company in 1908, and the bankrupt New England Watch Company in Waterbury, Connecticut, for $76,000 on November 25, 1914. [2] By 1916, the company was producing 16,000 watches per day in 10 models.