¶λλη μιά ιστορική εταιρία είναι και η γερμανική :arrow:
STOWA, η οποία αγοράστηκε το 1996 απο τον Jorg Schauer, ο οποίος είχε κι αυτός ήδη την ομώνυμη εταιρία :arrow:
Schauer απο το 1995.
Η ιστορία της STOWA ξεκινά το 1927 απο τον ιδρυτή της
Walter
Storz, όπου και οφείλει το όνομά της. Παραθέτω και ένα απόσπασμα απο την δύσκολη πορεία αυτής της εταιρίας.
"At first, Walter Storz tried his hand at representing small Swiss watch factories. In 1935, he founded his own manufacturing business in Pforzheim/Germany, in a rented space for the first three years. In 1938, he erected his own factory building. The company grew. The STOWA brand - named after the first syllables of Walter Storz’s name - came to stand for quality throughout the world.
The factory building was destroyed near the end of the war, on February 23rd 1945. The situation in Pforzheim having grown increasingly difficult, Walter Storz moved to Rheinfelden, setting up his own manufacturing building there in 1951.
Among other things, STOWA also built shock protection (RUFA), still used in many PUW and Durowe watch movements today.
At the same time, the building in Pforzheim was reconstructed, and the production capacity of both factories was expanded enormously. The proportion of exports rose to almost 50%, and STOWA watches were distributed to some 80 countries worldwide.
In the early 1960s, Werner Storz, Walter Storz’s son, joined the company, assuming responsibility, above all, for strenuous overseas trips. Werner Storz continued to successfully manage STOWA’s business through 1996, before retiring and looking for a successor. He found one in Jφrg Schauer from Engelsbrand, who has continued the uninterrupted manufacture of STOWA watches, in keeping with the intentions of their founder and his family, ever since."
Ο ιδρυτής και κάτοχος της εταιρίας Schauer, Jorg Schauer, γεννήθηκε το 1968 στο Pforzheim της δυτικής Γερμανίας σε μιά πόλη με μεγάλη ιστορία στο κόσμημα και ωρολογοποιεία. Ο Jorg Schauer πρώτα ασχολήθηκε επαγγελματικά σαν χρυσοχόος, το 1990 ξεκίνησε να δουλεύει ως ανεξάρτητος κατασκευαστής ρολογιών, έκανε επισκευές και έφτιαξε μοναδικά κομμάτια μέχρι το 1995, όπου ίδρυσε την δική του εταιρία.
