Ollech & Wajs

selamlar arkadaşlar,

haberiniz vardır muhakkak, ama ben yeni haberdar oldum. isviçre yapımı saatler üreten bir firma. eta mekanizma kullanıyorlar, kadranlarında swiss made ibaresi yer almakta. kuvartz krizinde batıp 2000'lerdeki mekanik saat ilgisinin arttığı dönemde yeniden canlanmışlar. bazı ürünler nos, bazıları ise yeni üretim. yanlız anlamadığım bir nokta, eta ebuşe vermeyi bıraktığından beri bu firmalar mekanizmayı nasıl temin edebiliyorlar, anlayabilmiş değilim.

http://www.chronotime.ch/


Affınıza sığınarak ingilizce bilgileri ekliyorum, birebir çeviremedim.
Bilhassa Amerikalılara ve Amerikan askerlerine uzaktan satış yöntemiyle başlatmışlar işlerini. Benim epey hoşuma giden submariner homage'ları var.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ollech-Wajs-new-K-2-watch-heavy-case-diver-ETA-2824-2-/370536211207?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item5645ade307#ht_630wt_1169




Wikipedia - The free encyclopedia about O&W:

Ollech & Wajs started business in the 1950s when Albert Wajs began making and supplying stainless steel bracelets for wristwatches. In 1956, a partnership was formed with Joseph Ollech, and they soon began manufacturing wristwatches. Business was done from their retail premises in Zurich. They soon began to expand into world wide markets, more notably the US and UK markets by advertising in magazines that were popular with aviatos, soldiers, divers and sportsmen, selling direct to the end user by mail order from Switzerland.

In the 1960s O&W sold a variety of professional automatic and manual-wind mechanical military and dive watches for an average of US $12. The Ollech & Wajs M 65 military watch was often sold at PX's on US military bases. These watches became very popular with US soldiers who bought them privately as a replacement for their government issued disposable watches. Sales reached an all time high during the Vietnam War era when they were selling thousands of watches via direct mail order.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ollech_&_Wajs