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Bulova,
the leading American watchmaker produces precision crafted timepieces
with an emphasis on value, quality and design. Popular Series include
Marine Star and Millennia. Prices range from $79 to $550.
1875 Joseph Bulova, a 23-year-old Czech immigrant, opens a small jewelry shop on Maiden Lane in New York City.
1911 Bulova begins manufacturing and selling boudoir and table clocks as well as fine pocket watches. These pieces are sold in unprecedented numbers.
1912 Bulova sets up its first plant dedicated to the production of watch components and their assembly into jeweled movements in Bienne, Switzerland. 1919 During World War I, the convenience of wristwatches (as opposed to pocket watches) is discovered. In 1919 Bulova introduces the first full line of men's jeweled wristwatches.
1923 The name Bulova Watch Company, Inc. is adopted. Bulova perfects a new concept in the watch industry with total standardization of parts. Every part of a Bulova watch is made with such precision (standardized to the ten thousandth part of an inch) that it is interchangeable with the same part in any other Bulova watch. This revolutionizes the servicing of watches in the industry.
1924 Bulova unveils the first full line of ladies' watches, including diamond accented pieces.
1926 Bulova produces the nation's first ever radio spot commercial, "At the tone, it's 8 PM, B-U-L-O-V-A Bulova watch time."
1927 In honor of Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic solo flight from New York to Paris, Bulova ships 5,000 Lone Eagle watches, packaged with pictures of Lindbergh. The supply is sold out within three days. During the next few years Bulova sells nearly 50,000 of these commemorative watches. 1927 is also the year Bulova Watch Company goes public on the American Stock Exchange.
1928 Bulova introduces the world's first clock radio.
1929 Bulova engineers and patents a new principle in the construction of automobile clocks.
1931 Bulova begins manufacturing the first electric clocks. The collection includes wall and mantel clocks, and clocks for use in stores, windows, office buildings and terminals.
1986 Bulova introduces its first miniature clock. Creating a new category in clocks, Bulova goes on to produce entire collections of miniature clocks, including limited edition pieces and themed groupings.
1998 Bulova introduces the Millennia Collection, a group of watches featuring either innovative technology or materials. The collection includes a solar group, watches powered by light; motion quartz, watches powered by the motion of the wearer's arm; and vibra-alarm, watches featuring two alarm mode options sound or vibration.
1999 Bulova adds World Timer and Perpetual Calendar watches to the Millennia Collection.