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...incorporate precious metals and gems in its watches. It was also the first company to make a wristwatch made of coins. ...g World War II peace talks, solidifying their position as a leading luxury watch.

...om Russia and would go on to form important branches of the North American watch industry. The foundations were established in 1904 with the incorporation o Morris Wein would become the founder of [[Marathon]] Watch in Montreal, Canada in 1939, which is run today by his grandson Mitchell We

...n Waltham, Massachusetts have been preserved as the American Waltham Watch Company Historic District. ...atch making machines, creating what has been called the American System of Watch Manufacturing.

In the early stages of World War II (WWII), Mr. Wakmann started his watch business in Portugal At the same time, warfare was spreading across Europe ...ecognized that this was an excellent opportunity to start his professional watch business in America.

...t|The Cricket]] in 1949. These first Memovox models were equipped with the watch calibres K489, K489/1 or K601, which were wound manually. (The K601 also a ...US Memovox watches. The Memovoxes in North America were distributed by the company [[Vacheron Constantin|Vacheron-Constantin]]-LeCoultre, a subsidiary of [[Lo

..., military, sports, racing, and aviation use. Gallet is the world's oldest watch and clock making house with history dating back to Humbertus Gallet, a cloc ...c. 1881), manufactured by Gallet during the 19th century for export to the American market

[[File:WWI COCKPIT WATCH.jpeg|250 px|thumb|right|watch attached to instrument board in cockpit of WWI aircraft]] ...services after supply chains had merged during 1917. (A Mark III aviation watch has also appeared but in such small numbers that it must be considered 'put