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  • 31Automatic watch — An automatic or self winding watch is a mechanical watch, whose mainspring is wound automatically by the natural motion of the wearer s arm, to make it unnecessary to manually wind the watch. Most mechanical watches sold today are self winding.… …

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  • 32Chronometer watch — For other uses, see Chronometer (disambiguation). Inside chronometer mechanism . A chronometer watch is a specific type of watch tested and certified to meet certain precision standards. In Switzerland, only timepieces certified by the COSC may… …

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  • 33International Watch Company — Infobox Company company name = International Watch Company company company type = Watch Maker foundation = 1868 location = Schaffhausen, Switzerland key people = area served = Worldwide industry = Watch Making products = Watches revenue =… …

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  • 34Waltham Watch Company — Industry Horology Fate Went out of business Founded 1850 Defunct 1957/1994 Headquarters Waltham, Massachusetts, United States …

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  • 35Citizen Watch Co. — Infobox Company company name = Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. シチズンホールディングス株式会社 company company type = Public (Tyo|7762) company slogan = Beyond Precision foundation = 1918 as Shokosha Watch Research Institute (in May 28 1930, company took on current… …

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  • 36Dakota Watch Company — The Dakota Watch Company is a retail and service company that specializes in watches and watch accessories. The company was founded in 1945 by Albert Cooper under the name Cooper s Fixery in Cincinnati, Ohio. At the time, the company s products… …

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  • 37Joseph Johnson (watch maker) — Joseph Johnson of Liverpool was a highly respected and successful British master clock, watch and chronometer maker.He was working in Liverpool from 1795 to about 1851. After his death his company continued his work. His watches are of high… …

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  • 38bar movement — noun Etymology: bar (I) : an old type of watch movement in which the upper pivot bearings are in separate bridges instead of in a full top plate called also Geneva movement …

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  • 39ISA (watch movements) — ISA is a quartz watch movement manufacturer currently owned by the Chung nam group. The company produces watches in Switzerland and China.External links* [http://www.isaswiss.com ISA homepage] …

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  • 40Febrile movement — Movement Move ment, n. [F. mouvement. See {Move}, and cf. {Moment}.] 1. The act of moving in space; change of place or posture; motion; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine. [1913 Webster] 2 …

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