Wittnauer : a history of the man & his legacy / by Henry B. Fried.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Short Hills, NJ : Parillo Communications, Limited, 1994Description: xv, 102 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
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Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Swiss Beginnings -- Selling swiss watches to America: the early years -- Albert Wittnauer: mastermind of the American market -- The Wittnaurs at the crossroads of a new century (1890-1908) -- A. Wittnauer company: supplier of timepieces for the military, aviators, explorers and athletes -- Longines-Wittnauer, radio days and the longines symphonette -- The second world war and the postwar era -- Westinghouse and the quartz revolution (1969-1991) -- Wittnauer International Incorporated Today -- The Wittnauer quality pledge --
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room TS544.8.W58 F75 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000058533

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Swiss Beginnings -- Selling swiss watches to America: the early years -- Albert Wittnauer: mastermind of the American market -- The Wittnaurs at the crossroads of a new century (1890-1908) -- A. Wittnauer company: supplier of timepieces for the military, aviators, explorers and athletes -- Longines-Wittnauer, radio days and the longines symphonette -- The second world war and the postwar era -- Westinghouse and the quartz revolution (1969-1991) -- Wittnauer International Incorporated Today -- The Wittnauer quality pledge --

Instructor Bulova School of Watchmaking

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Biography of Albert Charles Witnauer, swiss watch salesman who emigrated to USA in 1872 and launched Longines in the american market.

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