====== 1907 ======

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  *  [[Wempe, Gerhard D.|Gerhard D. Wempe]] dares, after he had founded a shop for watches and jewelry in Oldenburg (Germany) in [[1894]], the jump to the metropolis of Hamburg. There, he opens at 141 Schulterblatt what is now called a 'flagship store'. On the facade a large clock with three dials attracts the passers-by. In only seven years, four more stores are opened in Hamburg.
  *  The [[Elgin|Elgin Watch Company]] begins production of wristwatches in America.
<- [[1906]] | [[1908]] ->
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