The result was keep. listed for 21 days with no arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. ( non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman ( talk) 01:13, 1 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Contested prod. Minor Swiss watchmaker, the only references are catalogs. Swatch it ain't. Delete. Blanchardb - Me• MyEars• MyMouth- timed 22:21, 11 August 2009 (UTC) reply
I am in no way interested financially or otherwise with the company nor with the family. As you can notice from my participation to wikipedia, I am interested in establishing articles expanding the information about the watch industry in general, and the Swiss watch industry in particular.
Please bear that in mind when proposing any deletion. In fact, Century may be a rather unknown brand and company to many, but the product it manufactures is based on the most advanced technologz in the field of scratchproof watches. This technology has been patented in the major industrial countries.
claude ( talk) 10:10, 15 August 2009 (UTC) reply
It was founded on January 1966, at the abolition of the Horological Statute, which had prevented new comers into the industry since 1931. Klingenberg had already conceived the Vacuum Watch, which had been sold successfully by Glycine & Altus, a Swiss Watch Company that had a U.S. subsidiary in St. Louis. Vacuum was also sold under Private Labels, made not only in Stainless Steel, thungstene carbide, but also in polycristalline sapphire. 1971, when the value of the dollar was suddenly halved, the item could not sell anymore for double its previous retail price, facing also like the other Swiss makers the increased pressure of the Japanese, and vanished from the marketplace. ,
Century survived the important 1975-1985 downturn of the Swiss Watch Industry on its own, without any outside assistance, unlike the big companies agglomarated within the two big groups SSIH & ASUAG, through genuine pioneering invention and innovation.
Please help me finalizing this interested article, a piece of the history of the survival and "renaissance" of the Swiss watch industry.
Next week, when I am back home, I can search for more sources, as well as for the corresponding patents.
claude ( talk) 11:09, 19 August 2009 (UTC) reply
claude ( talk) 14:28, 18 August 2009 (UTC) reply
The result was keep. listed for 21 days with no arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. ( non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman ( talk) 01:13, 1 September 2009 (UTC) reply
Contested prod. Minor Swiss watchmaker, the only references are catalogs. Swatch it ain't. Delete. Blanchardb - Me• MyEars• MyMouth- timed 22:21, 11 August 2009 (UTC) reply
I am in no way interested financially or otherwise with the company nor with the family. As you can notice from my participation to wikipedia, I am interested in establishing articles expanding the information about the watch industry in general, and the Swiss watch industry in particular.
Please bear that in mind when proposing any deletion. In fact, Century may be a rather unknown brand and company to many, but the product it manufactures is based on the most advanced technologz in the field of scratchproof watches. This technology has been patented in the major industrial countries.
claude ( talk) 10:10, 15 August 2009 (UTC) reply
It was founded on January 1966, at the abolition of the Horological Statute, which had prevented new comers into the industry since 1931. Klingenberg had already conceived the Vacuum Watch, which had been sold successfully by Glycine & Altus, a Swiss Watch Company that had a U.S. subsidiary in St. Louis. Vacuum was also sold under Private Labels, made not only in Stainless Steel, thungstene carbide, but also in polycristalline sapphire. 1971, when the value of the dollar was suddenly halved, the item could not sell anymore for double its previous retail price, facing also like the other Swiss makers the increased pressure of the Japanese, and vanished from the marketplace. ,
Century survived the important 1975-1985 downturn of the Swiss Watch Industry on its own, without any outside assistance, unlike the big companies agglomarated within the two big groups SSIH & ASUAG, through genuine pioneering invention and innovation.
Please help me finalizing this interested article, a piece of the history of the survival and "renaissance" of the Swiss watch industry.
Next week, when I am back home, I can search for more sources, as well as for the corresponding patents.
claude ( talk) 11:09, 19 August 2009 (UTC) reply
claude ( talk) 14:28, 18 August 2009 (UTC) reply