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Post by John Lind on Aug 23, 2020 10:28:41 GMT
I grew up in Arlington, Texas, where Armitron started. A former USAF officer figured out that if he made some ceramic mounting plates and attached a watch chip to it, he could have a quartz watch business. The company set up operations in the Great Southwest Industrial District, which was basically just an industrial park. The thing was, they set up shop very early in the quartz watch era, so there wasn't a huge number of competitors, and so it was a good business proposition. They were in business for a few years, and then the company operated elsewhere. I figured the company had closed and just sold off its trademark. Or it could have just relocated. As far as the new Armitron fogging up, and naturally assuming there was something wrong with the water resistance, I tend to doubt that was actually the "case". Sometimes watches are shipped or stored in a humid atmosphere. So the watch fogs up when it hits the cool temperature of a swimming pool. After experiencing this, I now wear a watch for a few weeks before taking it to a pool to give the watch time to acclimate. It seems to work. I fogged up a new Sandoz Submariner once as soon as it hit the water, and I am pretty sure there was nothing actually wrong with the watch.  Nice photos and tea! Armitron was created in 1956 by E. Gluck and his E. Gluck Trading Company, a subsidiary of Armin Corporation. What you're outlining is their foray into digital ~20 years later, give or take a few years. E. Gluck split from Armin during the 1970's, assuming private ownership of his company, taking the Armitron brand and its trademarks with him . . . becoming E. Gluck Corporation. My guess would be what you mention occurred about the time Gluck split from Armin Corp. Gluck's company is HQ in Little Neck, New York. Also owns the Anne Klein trademarks and product lines. |
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Post by jamestkirk on Aug 23, 2020 12:42:35 GMT
Cool marathon styling on that one, Johan!  |
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Post by jamestkirk on Aug 23, 2020 12:51:34 GMT
I grew up in Arlington, Texas, where Armitron started. A former USAF officer figured out that if he made some ceramic mounting plates and attached a watch chip to it, he could have a quartz watch business. The company set up operations in the Great Southwest Industrial District, which was basically just an industrial park. The thing was, they set up shop very early in the quartz watch era, so there wasn't a huge number of competitors, and so it was a good business proposition. They were in business for a few years, and then the company operated elsewhere. I figured the company had closed and just sold off its trademark. Or it could have just relocated. As far as the new Armitron fogging up, and naturally assuming there was something wrong with the water resistance, I tend to doubt that was actually the "case". Sometimes watches are shipped or stored in a humid atmosphere. So the watch fogs up when it hits the cool temperature of a swimming pool. After experiencing this, I now wear a watch for a few weeks before taking it to a pool to give the watch time to acclimate. It seems to work. I fogged up a new Sandoz Submariner once as soon as it hit the water, and I am pretty sure there was nothing actually wrong with the watch. Actually I didn't think of this of course and since I never experienced that with all of my Casio's WR 100, I thought of leakage. And one of those came from a Walmart. I had this watch for a day wearing it all the time, and it was stored in the airconditioned shop all the time. Anyway, I decided not to buy Armitron ever more again... Said that, I had a Citizen chrono once with a base metal case, and that lost all of it's chrome in a few years. Never wanted a Citizen again and see how that turned out.. |
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Post by jamestkirk on Aug 23, 2020 12:56:19 GMT
That really reminds me of my Deep Blue tritium watch, especially the bezel.  And Deep Blue is another brand I'm not saying no, to, and I love their Day/Night models but $$€€... Cool recraft, Dan!  |
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