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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. 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 ...

6. List of watch manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   Slow watch Roger W. Smith SMH (short for Société de Microélectronique et d'Horlogerie previous name of the company issued from the merger of ASUAG & SSIH, now Swatch Group)

7. Rolex GMT Master II - Wikipedia

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   Rolex GMT Master II stainless steel (ref. 16710) The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date GMT Master is part of the Rolex Professional Watch Collection. Designed in collaboration with the now defunct Pan American Airways of the United States for use by their pilots and navigators, it was launched in 1954.