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. It was founded in 1956 by Eugen Gluck. E. Gluck Corporation manufactures watches under two flagship proprietary brands,

Armitron Armitron is a watch brand manufactured by E. Gluck Corporation, headquartered in Little Neck, New York. It was founded in 1975 by Eugen Gluck. As of 1999, Armitron had the fifth largest share of all watch purchasers, by brand, in the United S ...

and Torgoen. The company also manufactures watches for major fashion brands, including: Anne Klein,

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, Vince Camuto,

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. As of 1999, Armitron had the fifth largest share of all watch purchases, by brand, in the United States. As of 2005, Armitron ranks as one of the top ten fine and fashion watch brands in the US, along with Timex,

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Divisions

Armitron

* Men's Dress Watches * Men's Sport Watches * Ladies' Dress Watches ** Themed-dials * Ladies' Sport Watches Armitron is a medium-price watch manufacturing company which manufactures and retails watches in the U.S. only.

Brands

* Anne Klein * Anne Klein NY *

* JLO By Jennifer Lopez *

Major categories

Digital watches

Armitron started making digital watches in the 1970s with

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displays. The LED displays consumed so much battery life that, in 1977, the company stopped production. Armitron subsequently began manufacturing their digital watches with

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displays, which eventually became the industry standard.

Automatic movements

In 2007, Armitron began manufacturing

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es.

Notable marketing efforts

* Clock sponsor at

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References

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