====== 1908 ======

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  *  [[Hans Wilsdorf]] registers the today world-famous brand name "[[Rolex]]" (perhaps inspired by "horlogerie exquise") to protect his watches.
  *  [[Cartier]] openes the first Russian branch in St. Petersburg. 
  *  [[Heuer|Heuer Watch Company]] launches a line of [[Sphygmometer]] watches for measuring the pulse.
  *  [[Zenith]] founds a subsidiary in Russia, in Moscow.
  *  [[Minerva]] produces its first [[chronograph]] movement.
<- [[1907]] | [[1909]] ->
</WRAP>


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