Genuine Swiss Army - What A Watch!
Swiss Army watches were inspired by the superb reputation and popularity of the legendary Swiss Army knives, now over a century old. Also called the Victorinox, the useful Swiss army knife was introduced June 12th of 1897. The company now manufactures more than 34,000 of these famous pocket tools, with their recognizable Swiss cross insignia, in its factory in Switzerland.
Ninety percent of these knives are exported to more than 100 countries around the globe.
The dream of Carl Elsener, who founded the firm and created the Swiss Army knife, the Swiss Army knife was the result of Elsener's wish to industrialize the center of Switzerland and keep this sparsely populated part of his beloved country from losing even more of its people. His decision to turn from hand crafts to mass production was looked at askance but his Schwyz Switzerland Swiss Army knife and Swiss Army watch firm now employs 950 local workers.
The original Swiss Army knife was made for the Swiss soldiers. Each recruit was given the knife as they entered the military. Elsener crafted a better version of this bladed tool, one that was elegant and lighter in weight. It was equipped with six handy tools. This was the Swiss Army knife he called his "Officers and Sports Knife."
The Swiss Army knife left the bounds of earth when it soared into space with the crew of a U.S. space shuttle. The famous knife has traveled with expeditionary forces to the North Pole, and to the top of Mount Everest. It has toured the rain forest of the tropical Amazon. There are stories galore of how the Swiss Army knife has saved lives in situations fraught with danger.
The Swiss Army Knife is part of two highly touted collections - at The New York Museum of Modern Art as well as Munich's State Museum for Applied Art. Both herald it as design excellence. Every U.S. president since Lyndon Johnson has kept a supply available to hand out to guests as gifts.
The Swiss Army officers knife can now be purchased in one of more than 100 different styles, which have been put through a series of rigorous quality control tests.
Swiss Army watches are equally famed and recognized for their quality, dependability, range of uses and classic design. The Swiss Army watch holds the record as the fastest growing brand and style of watch ever in global history.
Awareness of the Swiss Army watches name is 92 percent the world over.
To be sure your watches are genuine Swiss Army look for that name printed on the watch dial.