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History
The (brief) history of watch brands that can found on this site is based on several sources. 1) The story the brand itself tells (mostly found on their website). 2) One or more, mostly independent websites, with articles mostly written by specialists (where Wikipedia is one of the most consulted ones). 3) Old(er) publications about a brand in (digital) books and (digital) magazines. 4) We try to verify all stories found by combining data like sub-stories, dates and other not directly related sources. It is not a scientific research although it can be based on scientific research.
We have a brief history of the following brands
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