Bulova

Bulova is an American / Swiss watchmaker, which is best known for his Accutron tuning fork watch.

Joseph Bulova ( 1852-1935 ), an immigrant from Bohemia, 1875 made ​​in New York as a watchmaker independently, where he imported watch movements from Switzerland and einbaute in self-made housing. These activities resulted in the establishment of its own factory in Biel, which led Joseph son of Arde in the further course and considerably goal for. It is increasingly produced wristwatches. Bulova was careful to a small deviation, which was given to the development of automatic wristwatches important impulses. Particularly noteworthy, however, is the subsequent Accutron tuning fork watch.

On 1 July 1941, the first television commercial was aired for a clock from Bulova. Based in New York City stations showed this for one minute clock from Bulova.

The plant Biel was closed in 1983; the rights to the name Bulova keeps the group Egana, while the American Bulova Corporation continues to exist. The company Bulova Corporation was sold by the former majority owner of the Loews Corporation to the Japanese company Citizen.