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Timex watches are up there with the Ford Mustang and Budweiser beer as quintessentially American products. Even folks outside the watch world are familiar with the once-popular slogan "Takes a licking and keeps on ticking." The company is based in Middlebury, CT, and they've been around the area since 1854. In a way, they've transcended the typical role of a watch manufacturer and become a small slice of American culture. Bill Clinton was known to wear a Timex Ironman while holding office, for example.
But they haven't produced any watches on American soil since well before the era of the quartz crisis in the 1970s. Globalization and market forces pushed (or rather, pulled) manufacturing overseas for many companies during that time. In 2019, Timex is getting involved in domestic production once again with a model that's assembled in the U.S. from mostly domestically-made parts. The quartz movement is the only exception, and that comes from Switzerland.
The article isn't clear if all production will be brought back to America, or if this is for a limited series.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday May 01 2019, @04:49PM (3 children)
U.S. A. was once known as the home of the finest watches in the entire World. No more -- because of Globalism. And Russia got ahead of us on that one. Our companies stopped building watches. But the Russians never stopped. I call it the Watch Gap. Russia must not win. They've been winning for a long time. Very strong competitor. But, Donald J. Trump. I did Tax Cuts & Jobs Act -- something our House & Senate GOP worked very hard on. Now our companies are coming back. Our factories are coming back. And our jobs are coming back. Jobs for Robots and jobs for "people." Our Country, very quickly, is becoming Great Again. Economy booming tremendously. Because of me!!!!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 01 2019, @06:30PM (1 child)
"U.S.A. was once known as the home of the finest watches in the entire World."
nope..
note the actual 'guts' of a Timex are Swiss.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday May 01 2019, @09:29PM
They, unfortunately, have the Swiss Movement now. As you saw, as you see. They call it Movement, otherwise referred to Guts. Used to be made, very proudly in Connecticut. Those Guts had GLORY. When America was Great. And America, believe me, WILL be Great Again!!!!
(Score: 3, Informative) by captain normal on Wednesday May 01 2019, @09:12PM
As the AC above has pointed out, I think you meant Switzerland. But by the late 1960's the best watches in the world were made in Japan by Seiko.
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