1908

• 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 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.

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