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  2. Black Watch (wristwatch) - Wikipedia

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    The Black Watch is an electronic wristwatch launched in September 1975 by Sinclair Radionics. It cost £24.95 ready-built, but was also available for £17.95, as a kit. [ 1] These prices are equivalent to around £230 and £160 respectively in 2023, when adjusted for inflation . The Black Watch was supplied with a plastic band as standard, with ...

  3. Trench watch - Wikipedia

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    The first watch that somebody adapted to wear on a wrist is unknown. The first series of purpose-made men’s wristwatches was produced by Girard-Perregaux in 1880 for the German Navy. [5] During World War I numerous companies, including Omega, Longines, Elgin and others produced wristwatches for the military. [3] [4] Rolex also produced trench ...

  4. History of watches - Wikipedia

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    A 16th-century portable drum watch with sundial. The 24-hour dial has Roman numerals on the outer band and Hindu–Arabic numerals on the inner one. [ 1] The history of watches began in 16th-century Europe, where watches evolved from portable spring-driven clocks, which first appeared in the 15th century. The watch was developed by inventors ...

  5. Sinclair Radionics - Wikipedia

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    The Sinclair Black Watch. In August 1975, Sinclair introduced the Black Watch digital watch at £17.95 in kit form and £24.95 ready-built, although this wasn't available to buy until January 1976. [9] Including a five-digit LED display, it suffered from technical flaws related to the design of the case, the chip, the battery and accuracy.

  6. Cortébert (watch manufacturer) - Wikipedia

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    Cortébert Watch Company. Cortébert was a Swiss premium watch brand, manufacturing their own movements, supplying movements to other brands such as Rolex and introducing a jump-hour movement later adopted by IWC. When the quartz crisis hit the industry in the 1970s, the majority of prestige brands ceased production, including Cortébert.

  7. Illinois Watch Company - Wikipedia

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    The Illinois Watch Company was founded on December 23, 1870, in Springfield, Illinois, by John C. Adams, John Whitfield Bunn (1831–1920), and various additional financiers. Twenty years later, Jacob Bunn Jr., (1864–1926) took over and ran the company until his death in 1926. The Bunn family surname was used in their most famous railroad ...

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