subject: The Impressive Tale Of Bulova Watches [print this page] The beginning of the Bulova mens watch Company began with a man named Joseph Bulova. Joseph was 23 years old when he traveled from Bohemia to New York City. In New York City, Joseph opened his own jewelry shop in 1875. By 1911, Bulova acquired his first plant, which was dedicated to the manufacture of watch components. The watches were assembled into jeweled movements in Bienne, Switzerland.
World War I soldiers took an interest in Bulova timepieces during 1919. The devices became useful for the soldiers. Jeweled wristwatches for men also came into play during 1919. Four years later, in 1923, Joseph finalized his corporation with the title of the Bulova Watch Company, Inc. The devices were then standardized with ten thousandth of an inch precision. During the next year, a line of feminine timepieces was brought out. Diamond accented pieces became a part of these watches.
The years of 1926, 1927 and 1928 were big for Bulova. The Bulova Company was the first to broadcast a radio commercial to the entire nation and they also brought the first clock radio to the world. In 1941, the 1st television commercial was aired by Bulova. During World War Two, the American government and Bulova worked together in order to support the armed forces with specially made timepieces, and advanced technology for airplanes, and watches, as well as torpedo mechanisms and fuses.
The Accutron, one of the largest selling timepieces for the Bulova Watch Company, came into play during the early part of 1960. Tuning forks were used during the construction of the Accutron. With such technology, this watch has been able to keep track of time extremely well compared to a variety of other products that had been introduced. Since the Accutron could keep time so well, NASA decided to take the technology with them on the Apollo expedition. Then, during 1967, the Accutron was the favored watch of Air Force One.
During 1968, the Satellite Clock by Bulova was introduced. This clock went on to become the 1st public clock in the world that displayed time using signals from orbiting satellites. Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, the President of Mexico, had it installed in Torre Latino Americana, the highest skyscraper in Mexico. Also, Caravelle became the largest selling watch with jeweled movements within the US in 1968.
Bulova was announced the main supplier of mens wristwatch for the US Olympic Team during 1987. Both the Calgary winter games and the Seoul summer games had players that were supplied with Bulova devices. Bulova continued to expand across the world, reaching to South America and signing a distribution agreement with them in 1995. The Far East and Europe signed licenses with Bulova.
The 125th anniversary of the Bulova Company was celebrated in 2000 with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. In 2001, Bulova obtained the Wittnauer trademark and the Harley-Davidson timepiece license. Also in 2001, Bulova ranked number 14 by women who were asked what brand they thought had the most luxurious apparel and accessories.
In 2002, Bulova gained assets of Heirloom. Throughout this year, grandfather clocks were selling in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Also, with their opening of a European headquarter in Fribourg, Switzerland, Bulova was able to produce the Bulova European Collection and release it on January 1, 2003.
