issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . october 2009 the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources century time gems news newspapers books scholar jstor free images september 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message century time gems ltd industry watch manufacturing founded 1966 founder hans ulrich klingenberg headquarters nidau switzerland key people hans ulrich klingenberg founder products watches website century.com century time gems ltd was founded on january 5 1966 by hans ulrich klingenberg the first day upon the abolition of the statut horloger which had prohibited the entry of newcomers into the watch industry for almost 40 years . contents 1 vacuum chronometer corporation 2 the century timepiece 3 sources 4 external links vacuum chronometer corporation edit the company was firstly called vacuum chronometer corp. which manufactured vacuum watches sold under several well known trademarks of his own invention the air being the vector of moisture and all impurities as well as of temperature differences that impair the automatic movements chronometer precision klingenberg had devised a watch case where a void of 80 % could be created and maintained . furthering his vision of the perfected watch he soon started manufacturing such cases in boron carbide followed by sapphire corundum . the century timepiece edit upon the advance of quartz movements vacuum automatic watches became much less in demand . but being less bulky quartz movements offered klingenberg the opportunity to finally realize his perfect watch creating a monolithic diamond facetted watch case of sapphire applying another of his patents . located previously in biel bienne the company is now established in nearby nidau still in family s hand led by one of his sons . the company is a full fledged member of the federation of the swiss watch industry fh . sources edit this section is empty . you can help by adding to it . december 2011 external links edit official website century time gems federation of the swiss watch industry fh 1 p. 22 gold bulletin journal this article related to a manufacturing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this swiss corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title century time gems & oldid 648438582 categories companies established in 1966watch manufacturing companies of switzerlandwatch brandsluxury brands1966 establishments in switzerlandmanufacturing company stubsswiss company stubshidden categories articles lacking sources from september 2011all articles lacking sourcesorphaned articles from october 2009all orphaned articlesarticles with topics of unclear notability from september 2011all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles to be expanded from december 2011all articles to be expandedarticles with empty sections from december 2011all articles with empty sectionsarticles using small message boxesall stub articles 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 tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 23 february 2015 at 06 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view