Boluva Watches - The First Clock Radio

Most of us stylish and savvy citizens have heard of Bulova brand watches at some point in time. For those of you who have been living in seclusion and have never heard of this brand, I'll give you a bit of history.

Bulova brand was founded by a young man at the tender age of twenty three named Joseph Bulova. Joseph was an immigrant from Bohemia who opened a small jewelry shop in New York City. The jewelry shop was popular in its day and Joseph began to build a brand that would soon become an International phenomenon. In 1911, he began to manufacture table clocks and fine pocket watches. This was the beginning of a world renown brand that sets quality standards to this day.

Many who know the stylish and durable quality of the brand, may not know the awesome history that sets the standard of a watch before it's time. Bulova has a history of many firsts:

Did you know...

• In 1919 Boluva introduced the first line of men's wrist watches. The conveniences of having a wrist watch overpowered pocket watches during World War I.

• In 1920 Boluva built the first Observatory atop 580 Fifth Avenue in New York City.

• In 1926 Boluva broadcasts the nation's first radio commercial. Remember the lady on the time phone who would say, "at the tone, the time will be ?" The first commercial stated "At the tone, it's 6 P.M, B-U-L-O-V-A, Boluva watch time. What a monopoly!

• In 1928 Boluva launched the world's first clock radio.

• In 1941 Boluva airs the first television commercial. This commercial was simple, at best. It aired a picture of the U.S. map and a watch. The hitch to the commercial was "America runs on Boluva time."
• In 1960 Boluva engineers present Accutron. This was the first watch to keep time electronically. Because of this landmark of technology, Nasa hired Boluva to implement this same mechanism into its computers for the space program. This timing mechanism became an integral part of 46 missions of the U.S. space program. Read more about Accutron.

This is only a portion of what this company has accomplished over the years since the start of business in the little jewelry shop in 1875. Joseph was also a bit of a philanthropist. He started the Joseph Bulova School of Watchmaking and openly invited wounded veterans of World War II to train in the skills of watch making. All graduates were ensured employment among 1,500 positions supported by American Jewelers.

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