天美时集团

天美时集团(Timex Group B.V.)是一家总部位于荷兰霍夫多普的手表及奢侈品制造商,在美国(Timex Group USA)等一些别的国家有分公司[2][1]

Timex Group B.V.
公司类型私人公司
总部荷兰霍夫多普
产业手表、其他奢侈品
所有权者Fred. Olsen & Co.[1]
网站timexgroup.com

“天美时”这个品牌本身是1854年在美国马萨诸塞州沃特伯里创立的,原本叫沃特伯里钟表公司(Waterbury Clock Company),1944年改现名。“Timex”是一个混成词,由“Time”和“Kleenex”合成。[3]

参考文献

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 Buchanan, Norma. Inside the New Timex (PDF). WatchTime (Ebner Publishing International). 2007, (October 2007): 112–119 [2019-05-29]. (原始内容 (PDF)存档于2019-05-29). 
  2. ^ Staff – JCK Online. '...and keeps on ticking'. JCKonline. 2005-01-01 [2010-05-06]. (原始内容存档于2010-05-21). 
  3. ^ Shawn Tully. The crazy, true-life adventures of Norway’s most radical billionaire. Fortune magazine. March 7, 2015 [2019-05-29]. (原始内容存档于2016-07-28). A few years later Thomas Olsen would rechristen the company Timex. He hatched the iconic name from an unusual confluence of sources. Recalls Fred: “My father always loved to noodle with words. He liked to read Time magazine, and he used a lot of Kleenex, so he put the two names together and got Timex. 

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