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STOWA is a watch manufacturer based in Engelsbrand, Germany. STOWA is owned by Jörg Schauer, who also owns the Schauer watch brand and the DUROWE watch movement brand. ==Timeline== 1927: Foundation of STOWA by Walter Storz in Hornberg/Kinzigtal, Germany. The name derives from "STO," for Storz and "WA," for Walter. 1935: Move to a new rented building in Pforzheim, Germany. 1938: Construction of own STOWA building in Bismarckstraße 54 in Pforzheim, Germany. 1938: Presentation of Bauhaus watches (on which today's Antea line is based). 1938: AbwehrZeitArbeit ausf.b developed. 1939: Production launch of STOWA Marine Beobachtungsuhr ("Observation Watch") and the big pilot B-watches (55mm). Both basic designs can be found in several variations within the current line. 1945: On February 23, 1945 the STOWA building destroyed by the great bombardment on Pforzheim. 1945: Start of STOWA's new watch factory in Rheinfelden, Germany, near Basle. 1947: Walter Storz becomes founding member of the Watch Industry Association. 1951: Construction of STOWA's new factory in Rheinfelden. Head office in Pforzheim is rebuilt in parallel. 1954: Foundation of the RUFA (Rheinfelder Uhrteilefabrik). Leads to production of RUFA-Anti-Shocks for PUW and DUROWE movements. Rheinfelden factory is extended. 1960: Werner Storz, son of Walter Storz, joins the company and is in charge of sales overseas. 1963: Protection of trademarks for STOWA Seatime (prototype for present-day Seatime collection). 1966: Rheinfelden factory is extended. 1970: STOWA launches the "smallest alarm clock of the world" at the Hannover watch fair. Collection comprises approximately 1,000 different watch models (). 1974: Walter Storz dies. STOWA becomes partner and member of the German watch cooperation Pallas, which has the primary goal of supplying specialized dealers and retailers with a collection of market-conform and trend-setting watches, concentrated advertising, and the maximum service. 1996: Jörg Schauer takes over STOWA and all trademark rights from Werner Storz. 1998: Werner Storz dies. 1997: STOWA's 70th anniversary. Presentation of a limited Fliegeruhr ("Pilot Watch") with Unitas 6300 N. 2002: STOWA's 75th company anniversary. Presentation of the limited Fliegeruhr "Bremen D 1167." This limited edition is a tribute to the airplane called "Bremen," the first airplane to make a nonstop flight across Atlantic Ocean from East to West in 1928. (The flight from East to West was the more difficult path than the flight of Charles Lindbergh in 1927 from West to East.) 2007: STOWA's 80th anniversary. Presentation of limited flieger watches: Flieger Automatic and Flieger Original. 2008/2009: Move to the newly constructed production building, including the STOWA in-house museum 2010: Presentation of the STOWA Chronograph, which is based in detail on a former pocket watch. Launch of the Flieger Baumuster B with B-Dial. (Only 42 pieces of the original 55mm Pilot B-Dial watch have been produced during WW2, making the original Pilot B-Uhr is one of the rarest big pilot watches ever.) 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「Stowa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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