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  2. Lititz Watch Technicum - Wikipedia

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    The Lititz Watch Technicum is a watchmaking school located in Lititz, Pennsylvania, and was designed by an architect Michael Graves. [ 1][ 2] The school, founded by Rolex in 2001, was created to help make up for the deficiency of skilled watchmakers in the United States. [ 3][ 4] In the mid-1970's, there were 44 watchmaking academies in America ...

  3. Rolex - Wikipedia

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    Rolex watch in original packaging. Rolex SA (/ ˈ r oʊ l ɛ k s /) is a Swiss watch brand and manufacturer based in Geneva, Switzerland. [3] Founded in 1905 as Wilsdorf and Davis by German businessman Hans Wilsdorf and his brother-in-law Alfred Davis in London, the company registered Rolex as the brand name of its watches in 1908 and became Rolex Watch Co. Ltd. in 1915.

  4. Watchmaker - Wikipedia

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    Watchmaker. A watchmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs watches. Since a majority of watches are now factory-made, most modern watchmakers only repair watches. However, originally they were master craftsmen who built watches, including all their parts, by hand. [ 1][ 2] Modern watchmakers, when required to repair older watches, for which ...

  5. Hans Wilsdorf - Wikipedia

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    Hans Wilsdorf was born in Kulmbach, Bavaria, [2] to Protestant parents, Anna and Johan Daniel Ferdinand Wilsdorf and was the second son of a family of three children.. The photo above shows Hans Wilsdorf (front row right) standing in front of his father, with his mother sitting down between his sister and brother.

  6. Rolex Milgauss - Wikipedia

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    The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Milgauss is a wristwatch model introduced by Rolex in 1956 with model number 6541. The Milgauss was advertised as “designed to meet the demands of the scientific community working around electromagnetic fields”. The first of its kind, it is capable of withstanding magnetic fields of up to 1,000 gauss and became ...

  7. Rolex Cosmograph Daytona - Wikipedia

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    The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona is a mechanical chronograph wristwatch designed to meet the needs of racing drivers by measuring elapsed time and calculating average speed. Its name refers to Daytona, Florida, where racing flourished in the early 20th century. It has been manufactured by Rolex since 1963 in four distinct generations (or series ...

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