Venerable Victorinox was born 125 years ago in 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, which actually assumed the name Victorinox in 1921 when Karl coined the name, combining his mother's name, Victoria, with "inox" an abbreviation for the french name of the new "stainless" steel, which is "inoxydable"
Victorinox Swiss Army is celebrating big in 2009, since it's also the 20th anniversary of their Swiss Army Watch line. Thus we have the gorgeous watch on the right. Only 125 were produced worldwide and only about 40 are available for sale in the US, the others going to the rest of the world.
We currently have just one Swiss Army 125th Anniversary Watch at PrincetonWatches.com although we tried to get more since Victorinox Swiss Army limited editions are always hot. Understandably, Victorinox decided to make more of their US retailers happy instead of just a few. See more about this watch including several other views we've shot by following the link above.
Please note that when this one is gone, we probably won't be able to get any more.
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