Bremont Watch Company Limited is an aviation-themed British luxury watchmaker based in England, and was founded in 2002 by brothers Nick and Giles English. Tragedy to Triumph Nick and their father, Euan English, crashed a vintage World War II aircraft during a training flight in 1995 and the elder English was killed in the accident. …
Oris SA was founded by Paul Cattin and Georges Christia in 1904 in the Swiss town of Hölstein, where the company is still based. The company name was named after a nearby brook, and started life as a manufacturer of pocket watches. In response to the growing wristwatch market, Oris began producing leather straps …
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 …