1953

Blancpain introduces the Fifty Fathoms dive watch.
After many experiments, in 1953 the first special wristwatch for divers is brought to market by Rolex - the “Submariner”. Later on this watch becomes one of the best known watches in the world and a true product icon.
On May 29, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summit Mt. Everest for the first time, with Hillary wearing a Smiths De Luxe watch. Their Rolex watches were left at the base camp.
The Bulova employee Max Hetzel begins with the development of a mechanism for stabilizing the accuracy by means of an electrically powered tuning fork, which later leads to the appearance of the model Bulova Accutron.
Patek Philippe introduces an automatic watch.
Jaeger-LeCoultre introduces an automatic watch and Memovox with Date.

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