TW Steel was founded in 2005 by Ton and Jordy Cobelens in the Netherlands. Despite being a relatively young watch brand, the father and son team have built an impressive motorsport collaboration portfolio that belies their relatively short history. This was no beginner’s luck though, as Ton’s involvement in the watch industry stretches back to …
CVSTOS is a Meyrin-based Swiss watch manufacturer founded by Sassoun Sirmakes and Antonio Terranova in 2005. The brand name “Custos” is Latin for “guardian”. If the names of the two founders don’t immediately ring a bell, their pedigree certainly will. Sirmakes is the son of Vartan Sirmakes, co-owner of the Franck Muller Watchland Group, and …
Breil is an Italian luxury company that specializes in watches, jewels, fragrances, eyewear, and leather accessories. Breil was founded in Milan in 1939, and introduced their first watch in 1942. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Binda Group, founded by Innocente Binda in 1906 and also based in Milan. Binda was also known for …
Casio was founded in April of 1946 as Kashio Seisakujo by fabrication technology engineer Tadao Kashio. The Japanese company initially enjoyed early success with a cigarette-holding finger ring called the yubiwa pipe. The profits from this obscure non-electronic device allowed the Kashio brothers to develop calculators, which would go on to serve as a foundation …