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Montres Edox et Visa SA is a Swiss manufacture of luxury wristwatches 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Luxury Swiss watch Edox to be launched in Brunei )〕 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. ==History== 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 Bémonts 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 Bémonts'', and ''Hydrosub'' timepieces. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Era Watch Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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