Waterbury clock originated in the 1850s, and brought American consumers inexpensive clocks for use in their households. By the 1900s the company had gone onto develop the Yankee pocket watch. By World War 1, the pocket watch was changed into a wrist watch for soldiers. By 1970s, Timex Coporation had sold 500 million Timex watches.
Timex watches serve a variety of functions, ranging from basic timekeeping to personal organization. Depending on the specific piece, these watches may come equipped with a stopwatch, alarm, schedule, chronograph and many other features.
Timex offers a wide variety of watches designed for a diverse population. Some of the categories that they highlight are watches created for fitness enthusiasts, sports and outdoors frequenters, fashion accessories and many more.
Timex has watches made for men, women and children. Their fashion watches have such items as Swarovski Crystals, diamonds, leather and other quality items devised for the style enthusiast. Watches in general have a variety of benefits. Not only do they make telling time convenient and fashionable, they have also become an accessory easily targeted to each person's specific needs.
If durability is important, Timex offers waterproof watches with a heavy-duty wrist band. For children just learning to tell time, Timex sells a brand of watches known as Time Teacher, which feature large, easy-to-read dials and colorful graphic.