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28 2010 website www.zeno watch.ch zeno nostalgia an aviation watch with chronograph function date and day of the week with a 1920 style finish onion crown and fixed coin edge bezel zeno watch is a swiss watchmaker established 1868 but the zeno name has been in use only since 1922 . 2 specializing in aviation watches they are one of the few independent swiss watch manufacturers still in operation . their factory is in basel switzerland . contents 1 history 1.1 beginnings 1.2 the first zeno watches 1.3 current products 2 notes 3 external links history edit beginnings edit zeno s history begins in 1868 with watchmaker jules godat the founder of a small pocket watch manufacturing company godat & co. in la chaux de fonds in the heart of the swiss watchmaking industry . he produced in very small quantities fine pocket watches featuring solid silver cases and lady pendant watches . he built a small factory which was taken over in 1920 by a. eigeldinger & fils . eigeldinger specialized in wrist watches for the army . they produced watches in stainless steel silver gold and platinum with mechanical movements up to 43mm . their registered brands were zeno strand and solvex . the son of the owner andre charles eigeldinger introduced zeno . in greek the name means graceful . the first zeno watches edit the first zeno watches were made in 1922 . each piece was marked with a swiss cross on the back of the casing . the company has since continued to innovate watch manufacturing techniques . in 1949 the zeno watches were exhibited for the first time at the swiss watch fair in basel . in 1966 dr. peter atteslander and eric enggist bought the rights to zeno and later sold them to mr. felix w. huber in 1973 . mr. huber had worked for the company since 1964 . zeno s workshops gained international attention in 1969 with the legendary and futuristic spacemen model the production of the vacuum diving watch called the compressor and with the takeover of several well known swiss watch factories . current products edit the best known watches produced by zeno are in the pilot classic collection . today s model compares very favorably with the vintage zeno pilot basic 1965 original . the range of products extends from mechanical to quartz technology wrist watches with analogue displays collectors wristwatches pocket watches and sport chronographs in every combination of materials . zeno has enlarged their successful pilot watch family of products . since 1999 they have produced a huge range of pilot watches in new sizes and many cosc certificated chronometers . zeno also makes diving watches used by the swiss army for their frogmen with models rated for up to 300 meters 1000 feet depth . notes edit zeno watch patrik philipp huber sa commercial register of canton basel stadt history of zeno watch basel independent swiss watch manufacturing archived may 27 2007 at the wayback machine . external links edit official site zeno watch basel watch wiki zeno army diver 300m 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