sa type private industry watches clocks watch cases and parts founded 1884 1884 founder christian ruefli flury headquarters les genevez switzerland key people christian hotz ceo products luxury wristwatches accessories revenue u.s. 10.64 million 2014 1 parent era watch company website www.edox.ch montres edox et visa sa is a swiss manufacture of luxury wristwatches 2 that operates under the era watch company . christian ruefli flury a watchmaker originating from grenchen switzerland founded the company in 1884 in biel bienne . edox has remained in continuous production since their foundation . 3 contents 1 history 2 sponsorship and clientele 3 distribution and price 4 references 5 external links history edit ruefli flury used the ancient greek word edox as a trademark and designed the 1900 hourglass to serve as a visual symbol for the company s brand . robert kaufman hug took over the company when ruefli flury died in 1921 . he led the company s transition from pocket watches to become the first wristwatch exclusive watch maker . by 1955 the company employed 500 people and moved to a new factory . the delfin line of watches launched in 1961 with industry first double case backs for high standards of shock protection water resistance and ruggedness . the hydrosub line was launched in 1963 featuring the first crown system with tension ring allowing waterproofness of 500 meters . in 1965 victor flury liechti took over the company from his uncle and invested in new manufacturing technologies . this led to the 1970 geoscope timepiece the first watch covering all time zones . in 1973 the third generation delfin was released . it used elements from to the gerald genta designed audemars piguet royal oak . with the rise of japaneses watches and the quartz crisis in the 1970s the company became an affiliate of the general watch company a sub holding company of asuag . as part of the move technos and certina was transferred to the biel bienne edox location . at the end of the downturn in the swiss watch industry in 1983 edox re gained independence when the company was sold to victor strambini montres vista sa and moved to les geneveys jura mountains . it has since remained a family owned company . the edox les b monts ultra slim was released in 1998 . with a movement thickness of 1.4 mm it still holds the record for the slimmest calendar watch . the delfin line was restarted in 2013 with a new model based on the 1973 edition . in 2014 the company celebrated their 130th anniversary by releasing updated limited edition versions of their geoscope les b monts and hydrosub timepieces . sponsorship and clientele edit the company sponsors the extreme sailing series dakar rally now held in south america 4 5 and is sponsor and official timekeeper of the world rally championship . 6 the manufacture also produces diving watches for uim class 1 . notable wearers of edox watches include olympic swimmer mireia belmonte race car drivers benito guerra scott mclaughlin and petter solberg as well as u.s. actors andrew garfield and bruce willis . 7 distribution and price edit the company produces 70 000 to 90 000 watches annually each retailing at an average price of 1 600 to 2 200 usd . 8 references edit hoover s dun & bradstreet 14 june 2015 . financials information for montres edox et vista s.a. . hoovers.com . hoover s. retrieved 14 june 2015 . luxury swiss watch edox to be launched in brunei . bt.com.bn . retrieved 2015 05 24 . yukino kano 3 april 2014 . style baselworld 2014 vol . 2 . nile . retrieved 7 feb 2015 . kl watches 4 january 2012 . edox dakar limited edition . kl magazine in spanish . retrieved 1 july 2012 . suisse auto mag 23 december 2011 . edox dakar edition limit e . suisse auto mag in swiss . traction integrale . retrieved 1 july 2012 . cs1 maint unrecognized language link amy tokic 26 april 2012 . edox x treme pilot iii watch inspired by wrc drivers . autoguide.com . verticalscope inc. retrieved 1 july 2012 . jambora anne 2 june 2015 . record breaking freediver wore this watch under arctic ice . lifestyle.inquirer.net . philippine daily inquirer . retrieved 14 june 2015 . raphael minder 9 december 2011 . swatch supplier to rivals now aims to cut them off . the new york times . the new york times company . retrieved 1 july 2012 . external links edit edox website company history retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title era watch company & oldid 685812066 categories watch brandsluxury brandsswiss watch brandsprivately held companies of switzerlandwatch manufacturing companies of switzerlandhidden categories cs1 spanish language sources es cs1 maint unrecognized language navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page 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