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Timex Group USA, Inc. (formerly known as Timex Corporation) is an American global watch manufacturing company founded in 1854 as the Waterbury Clock Company in Waterbury, Connecticut. In 1944, the company became insolvent but was reformed into Timex Corporation. In 2008, the company was acquired by Timex Group B.V. and was renamed Timex Group USA.
Timex Datalink or Timex Data Link is a line of early smartwatches manufactured by Timex and is considered a wristwatch computer. [1] It is the first watch capable of downloading information wirelessly from a computer. [2] [3] As the name implies, datalink watches are capable of data transfer through linking with a computer. [4]
Timex Group B.V., or Timex Group, is an American - Dutch holding company headquartered in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands and Middlebury, Connecticut. [ citation needed ] It is the corporate parent of several global watchmaking companies including Timex Group USA, Inc. , [ 1 ] TMX Philippines, Inc., and Timex Group India Ltd.
The result was the Timex Triathlon. Timex was a sponsor of the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon, and they hoped that this new digital product would improve sales. Timex’s product manager for digital launches, Mario Sabatini, flew to Kona in October, 1984 to get a feel for the market. He took 1500 Timex Triathlon watches with him to sell to athletes.
The following is a list of notable companies that produced, or currently produce clocks. Where known, the location of the company and the dates of clock manufacture follow the name. In some instances the "company" consisted of a single person.
Clocks can be simple display objects if they are not required to run. This reduces the physical force on the clock. Whereas "running any functional object will result in wear and handling, which contributes to the degradation of the parts. Replacing the inner workings of a clock still requires handling, which could potentially damage the clock.
An exception is Timex and Oris [5] [6] who in the 1960s produced fully jeweled pin-pallet watches. By 1980 inexpensive quartz watches took over the market for low-end watches which pin pallet watches had dominated, and production ceased. Quartz technology is gradually replacing the last uses of pin pallet movements in timers and alarm clocks.
Animation of an anchor escapement, widely used in pendulum clocks. An escapement is a mechanical linkage in mechanical watches and clocks that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.