Webster Cray Bohr (1847 65438+1October 6-1922) is a jeweler and watchmaker, born in Frederick, Ohio, USA. Bohr grew up on a local farm. In order to pursue his dream, Bohr studied under the watchmaker George Levin as an apprentice. Later, as a salesman, Polga joined a watch case manufacturing company, John Duber.
On 1879, he bought some shares of whitcomb Company and Meiteng Company. Soon, he bought the whole Metten company and established Whitcomb and Ball jewelry store with his new partner. At the end of the same year, he acquired whitcomb and founded Weber C. Bauer Company in Cleveland.
1883 When the standard time system was adopted, he was the first jeweler to use the timing signal of the U.S. Naval Observatory, thus bringing accurate time to Cleveland. It is said that he was the first person to introduce accurate clocks and watches in Ohio and put them in the window.
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Bohr's company did not directly produce watches at first, but helped to establish a set of accurate timekeeping standards for railway services and designed a reliable time detection mechanism for railway timers.
In order to make durable and accurate watches, a set of strict design principles has been established, such as diamagnetism, reliability in five directions, isochronism, energy storage, winding mode, periodic record of watch reliability and so on. Today, the Swiss Observatory Certification Standard (COSC) is still based on Bohr's standard.
Later, Webster Cray Bohr became the vice president of Hamilton Watchmaking Company, focusing on the development of watches for railway transportation. 1February, 907 10, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers awarded him an honorary member for his great contribution.
Watches that use Swiss hand-wound movements and follow Bohr's design principles are the first watches that can be used on railways. Soon after, the watches made by Elgin, the first American company, also hit the road.
Bohr is a family business, which has always been controlled by future generations. But in the 1990s, the right to use the company name was sold. It is estimated that in 1999 (1999), the table tennis company changed hands but remained loyal to the original concept. ).
The new company has maintained the tradition of using Swiss movements (mainly ETA), making watches suitable for sports and some watches for small railway transportation. Since 2006, Bohr, who has achieved good results in the United States and Asia, has begun to enter the European market. Mainly distributed in Spain, Britain and Switzerland. In the same year, the company's headquarters moved from new york to Neuchatel.
There is a saying in America called "on the ball" (smart, dedicated, diligent and knowledgeable), which is said to come from Bohr's watch standard and its good reputation in accuracy.