Victorinox Watches
The Victorinox Swiss Army legacy traces its origins to 1884, when Karl Elsener and his mother Victoria opened a
cutlery workshop in a small town in Switzerland.
Today, the Elsener family
still owns Victorinox. The company celebrated both the 125th
Anniversary of Victorinox and the 20th year of the Swiss Army Watch in
2009, with a number
of events, including a road trip, and limited editions of both Swiss
Army
watches and Swiss Army KnivesThere is sometimes confusion
about the term "Swiss Army" as it applies to knives and watches. The Swiss Army
in Switzerland (meaning the actual country of Switzerland's army) licenses
and procures their "Swiss Army" knives from two companies, Victorinox and Wenger (now both under the same
ownership) and has for over a century, so they are both legally and commonly
called "Swiss Army" knives. However, only Victorinox Swiss Army
Watches can say "Swiss Army" on the dial, they are the only "real"
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