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Brief History of
Zeno
Zeno Watches came about in 1868 with watchmaker Jules Godat, the founder
of a small pocket watch manufacturing company (Godat & Co.) in
La Chaux-de-Fonds, located in the heart of Swiss watch
manufacture. They made very small quantities, fine pocket
watches featuring solid silver cases and lady pendant watches.
The company was taken over in 1920 by the company, A.
Eigeldinger & Fils.
The new company then began to
specialize in wrist watches for the army. Watches were made in
stainless steel, silver, gold and platinum, with mechanical
movements up to 43mm. Registered as ZENO, the name was
influenced by the Greek philosopher, Zeno, and comes from
Zenodopolus, which means "Gift of Zeus."
The first ZENO watches were made in 1922. Each piece was marked
with a Swiss cross on the back of the casing. The company has
since continued to innovate watch manufacturing techniques. In
1949, the ZENO watches were exhibited for the first time at the
Swiss Watch Fair in Basel.
The corner stone of ZENO is the famous "Pilot Classic"
collection (40mm). A remake of the pilot watches from 1965
(37mm), today's model compares very favorably with the vintage
ZENO Pilot Basic 1965 original. Their technical features,
however, give them an undeniable advantage. Today Zeno watches
are produced by one of the last independent Swiss watch
manufacturers and traditional company, ZENO-WATCH BASEL. |
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The range of Zeno products extends from mechanical to
quartz technology wrist watches with analogue display for
ladies or gents in every combination of materials: mechanical
and quartz technology wrist watches with analogue display,
collectors' wristwatches, pocket watches, military, scuba
diving watches or sport chronographs in every combination of
materials.
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